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Commissioner asks administrator to probe unusually high homelessness costs reported for Franklin County
Summary
A county commissioner raised questions about a state homeless-system report showing Franklin County’s reported emergency-shelter and exit costs far higher than statewide and neighboring-county figures and asked the administrator to investigate and invite service operators to explain.
Commissioner Baumann told the Board of Commissioners on April 13 that a Washington state homeless system performance report shows deeply divergent cost figures for Franklin County and asked the administrator to investigate and bring county contractors in to explain.
Baumann said the statewide average cited in the report is $96 per day and that "in Franklin County, we spend over $1,800," a multiple he said demands explanation. He continued, saying the county’s…
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