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South King Housing Partnership adopts $501,976 operating budget; Federal Way to contribute $68,386
Summary
The South King Housing and Homelessness Partnership (SCIP) executive board adopted a 2026 work plan and $501,975 operating budget the committee was asked to concur with; the plan preserves ongoing priorities, funds two staff and draws on pooled capital funds and interest earnings.
Claire Goodwin, executive manager for the South King Housing and Homelessness Partnership (SCIP), asked the committee to concur with the SCIP executive board–approved 2026 work plan and a $501,975 operating budget that funds staff and ongoing program work across 11 South King County cities and King County.
Goodwin said the operating budget is funded solely by member contributions and that the executive board adopted a policy to increase member contributions by 15% each year through 2026 to move toward a balanced budget. "The 2026 SCIP operating budget totals $501,975," she said, adding that about 64% of SCIP's expenses pay salaries and benefits for two staff members.
The work plan keeps SCIP’s four goals from 2025 — fund expansion and preservation of affordable housing, develop supportive policies, advocate for South King County, and manage operations and administration — and links actions to indicators reported in SCIP’s annual report. Goodwin said SCIP has pooled roughly $11,000,000 in a fiduciary housing capital fund administered by the city of Auburn; interest earned in 2024 may be allocated partly to an unrestricted reserve and partly to the 2025 housing capital fund subject to member concurrence. "Interest earned in 2024 to be applied to the reserve in 2026 for the city of Federal Way would be $22,682," she said.
Committee members asked how SCIP determines member contributions and what population data are used. Goodwin said member dues are set by population tiers in the SCIP interlocal agreement and that the city contributions use the Washington Office of Financial Management population data for 2024; Federal Way’s member contribution for 2026 is shown as $68,386 in the budget materials. She also explained proposed budget adjustments: a 0.3% salary and benefits alignment, a 14% increase in interfund IT charged by the administering agency (Auburn), and a 46% increase in professional services largely for an every-other-year data update to the affordable housing inventory dashboard.
The committee moved to forward SCIP’s 2026 work plan and operating budget to the June 17, 2025 consent agenda for council approval; the motion passed unanimously.
The SCIP interlocal agreement requires each member jurisdiction’s legislative body to adopt the executive board–approved work plan and budget before it becomes effective. The packet materials include the full work plan, actions, and indicators as referenced in Goodwin’s presentation.
