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Cowlitz County staff outline $11.7M consolidated homeless grant and commissioners press for stronger oversight
Summary
Health and Human Services described an $11.7 million state consolidated homeless grant and related pass-through contracts; commissioners pressed staff on results, spending trends and whether independent audits or tighter monitoring could be funded from the grant.
Gina James, director of Health and Human Services, briefed commissioners on the state Consolidated Homeless Grant (CHG) and several pass‑through contracts on the upcoming agenda. James said the current CHG contract is about $11.7 million and combines state general funds and locally collected document‑recording fee revenue that the state returns for homeless services.
James walked the board through recent biennial outcomes and program uses. She said past bienniums (July 2021–June 2023 and July 2023–June 2025) each show roughly 350 individuals served with about 210 households moving into housing in the earlier biennium and 211 in the later one; she…
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