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Missoula County uses leftover Safety and Justice funds for Hope Rescue Mission, temporary outdoor shelter support and training
Summary
As part of the consent agenda, Missoula County allocated remaining funds from a Safety and Justice Challenge grant to create an operational pool for Hope Rescue Mission, support the Temporary Safe Outdoor Space (TSOS), and fund Critical Time Intervention (CTI) training; one agreement provides up to $1,000 per individual for a year.
Missoula County approved a consent-agenda allocation of remaining funds from its Safety and Justice Challenge grant to support Hope Rescue Mission, the county's Temporary Safe Outdoor Space (TSOS) and CTI training for service providers.
County staff said funders allowed the county to extend use of the Safety and Justice grant after the grant formally ended on June 30, provided the county had a plan to spend the remaining funds. Staff said part of that plan was an operational pool of money to Hope Rescue Mission to provide vocational training, housing resources and related assistance to residents. One presenter said an agreement would run for one year and could provide up to $1,000 per individual during that period.
Staff also identified a separate consent-agenda item to pay for Critical Time Intervention training and another to support operations at the Temporary Safe Outdoor Space. The presenter described CTI as a structured approach for wraparound services that helps define how cases move between providers and how transitions are managed.
A resident asked whether this was the first time the county had used funds in this way; a staff presenter confirmed it was. The consent agenda item was approved without separate roll call after commissioners asked whether any items needed to be pulled for separate discussion.
Meeting discussion did not specify the exact total amount of the remaining funds available for these uses, the vendor(s) that would deliver the CTI training, or detailed eligibility criteria for the per-person assistance. Those details were not specified during the consent-agenda discussion.
