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Lane County weighs whether to accept Continuum of Care renewal after new federal conditions
Summary
Lane County staff told the Poverty & Homelessness Board the county has received a Continuum of Care renewal that includes new conditions — including limits on use of funds for certain health services and requirements tied to federal executive orders — and the county is still deciding whether to sign.
Lane County staff told the Poverty & Homelessness Board on April 21 that the county has received a Continuum of Care renewal grant agreement that includes new conditions requiring legal review and could force difficult choices for the county and subgrantee nonprofits.
Kate Budd, human services division manager with Lane County, said the renewal for what the meeting transcript names the “Shingle MLK continuum of care renewal grama agreement” arrived as expected but includes requirements the county has not previously seen. “It included additional requirements that we had not seen in continuum of care agreements before,” Budd said, naming a prohibition on using federal funds “to pay for health care that allowed elective abortions” and clauses tying recipients to compliance with current federal executive orders.
The county is assessing how those federal conditions would affect programs that serve people experiencing homelessness.…
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