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Cowlitz County accepts $11.7 million state homeless grant and OKs subcontracts
Summary
Health and Human Services presented an $11.7 million consolidated homeless grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce; commissioners approved contracts to pass funding to Lower Columbia CAP and the Community Mediation Center and requested future workshops and stronger oversight.
The Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners voted to accept the Washington State Department of Commerce consolidated homeless grant for the 2025–27 biennium and approved related subcontracts to local service providers.
Gina James, director of Cowlitz County Health and Human Services, told the board the consolidated homeless grant combines state general funds and locally collected document recording-fee backfill and that the total award for the county is approximately $11,700,000. "This is, called the consolidated homeless grant. This grant is a combination of state general funds and document recording fees that are collected locally," James said, and she explained that the state has changed some allocation rules and added new lines such as…
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