Scott County Fiscal Court on May 2025 received a quarterly report on housing and homelessness that said the county’s consultant report is being revised and outlined local use of ESG and other grant funds.

The county’s presenter said the housing needs assessment prepared by consultant RKG was not “exactly what we had asked for,” and the county is working with the consultant and a local committee to ask for a revised scope and a new final presentation date (speaker: Candace, Affordable Housing/Homelessness presenter).

The update also described how Emergency Solutions Grant funds from the Kentucky Housing Corporation are being used. The Gathering Place low‑barrier shelter has served about 100 clients since July 2024, the presenter said, with 16 moving into the Gathering Place program (with case management) and five going straight into housing. The county’s ESG funds have allowed the low‑barrier shelter to remain open 24 hours, enabling residents to stay on site through the day and access services, the presenter said.

The presenter said the county and the Gathering Place are pursuing a Community Development Block Grant to construct a dedicated low‑barrier shelter facility so the provider can expand capacity and better accommodate family units that do not fit traditional shelter sex‑segregated configurations. The county’s grants administrator is overseeing the application work, the presenter said.

Court members pressed for the final housing needs assessment to be specific to Kentucky and to Scott County and asked that the consultant include a segment assessing local sober‑living and similar transitional facilities. The presenter said the housing needs committee and some citizens raised concerns about the draft and the county has asked RKG to fulfill the scope of work before a final presentation.

The presenter also invited court members to a recurring community engagement meeting — the Network for Homeless and Housing Solutions — that meets monthly at the Scott County Library and includes nonprofit, government and business participants.

Court members asked about the ESG funding amount; the presenter said it was “around a hundred and 50” (thousand dollars).