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Ypsilanti council asks county for shelter funding, urges unarmed crisis-response pilot
Summary
After extensive public comment urging permanent shelter and non-police crisis response, the Ypsilanti City Council approved resolutions requesting Washtenaw County funding for a permanent shelter and an unarmed crisis-response program and directed staff to pursue planning steps and an RFP in collaboration with county partners.
The Ypsilanti City Council unanimously approved two resolutions Wednesday asking Washtenaw County to allocate funding for a permanent shelter in eastern Washtenaw County and to support an unarmed, nonpolice crisis response program.
The shelter resolution asks the county to provide capital and operating support for a facility to serve people experiencing homelessness in the Ypsilanti area and says the city will work with county agencies, community mental-health providers and local service organizations to identify sites, develop services and set monitoring measures. The companion resolution asks county partners to fund and help set up a trauma-informed, noncoercive unarmed crisis-response program and directs city staff to work with the county and local partners to develop an RFP and program goals.
Both measures came after a lengthy public-comment period in which more than two dozen residents and local service providers…
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