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Councilmember asks to add homelessness strategy resolution as White House guidance changes funding priorities

5593209 · August 4, 2025
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Summary

Councilmember Robert Van Dyke asked the council to draft a resolution updating the Grand Junction area homelessness strategy to reflect a White House executive order emphasizing treatment-first approaches and to protect federal funding; staff agreed to schedule a future workshop to review definitions and program alignment.

On July 30, Councilmember Robert Van Dyke asked the Grand Junction City Council to place a resolution on a future workshop agenda that would amend the city’s local homelessness strategy in light of a recent White House executive order. Van Dyke said the executive order includes new federal guidance and funding tied to treatment-focused approaches and that the city should clarify its definitions and program…

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