Clallam County task force recommends 2025–27 homeless-housing allocations; task force approves preliminary awards

Members of the Clallam County Homelessness Task Force reviewed nine proposals for Homeless Housing and Assistance funding and three proposals for local affordable-housing funds and recommended partial awards given limited funding.

Task force staff reported $720,000 available for the 2025–27 homeless-housing cycle (about $360,000 per year) and roughly $130,000 available for the affordable-housing fund. Review committee members said they received nine homeless-housing proposals totaling several million dollars in requests and three affordable-housing proposals; because requests exceeded available funds, the committee partially funded multiple programs.

The review committee recommended funding (examples): - TAPPI STAR Fleet operations: recommended $12,000 per year ($24,000 total) for six-month transitional housing support. - TAPPI Virginia GAP program: recommended $30,000 per year ($60,000 total) for operational support. - Healthy Families of Clallam County, Safely Home housing navigator: recommended $50,000 per year ($100,000 total) to support one FTE housing navigator for the county’s low-barrier domestic-violence shelter. - Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, Teen Home Prevention and Resources: recommended $30,000 per year ($60,000 total). - Forks Abuse Service (Mariposa House/West End Hope): recommended $30,000 per year ($60,000 total). - Sarge’s Veteran Support, case manager: recommended $20,000 per year ($40,000 total) (reviewers noted errors in the original submission but recommended funding due to demonstrated need). - Serenity House shelter aids: recommended $138,000 per year across the two-year period (committee noted the agency serves the entire county and that reduced funding may reduce operational hours). - Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic mobile app for home sharing: recommended not to fund at this time (committee cited low score and overlap with existing resources). - Trinity United Methodist Church safe-parking program: recommended $50,000 per year ($100,000 total) for staffing, on-call monitoring and facility costs.

For affordable-housing funds the committee’s partial recommendations included assistance for emergency shelter rental costs, Sarge’s shelter kitchen remodel/utility offsets, and a $15,000 award to Peninsula Housing Authority to support architectural fees for a proposed multi-unit project in the county.

The committee stressed the decisions reflected scoring criteria: connection to funding priorities, availability of other funding, community need and past performance. Several presenters told the committee that reduced awards would force agencies to seek new revenue, reduce services or modify operations.

Motion and vote: A task force member moved to approve the funding recommendations as presented; another member seconded the motion. The motion passed with voice vote (ayes recorded). Task force staff said they will notify agencies of preliminary recommendations, then forward final recommendations to the Clallam County Board of Commissioners for contract approval; contracts are expected to start July 1 following the county process.

Ending: Task force members thanked the review committee for its work and noted the difficult trade-offs the committee faced when requests far exceeded available funds. Staff said they will circulate the point-in-time (PIT) count and follow up on contract timelines and next steps.