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Commissioners give guidance to provide $250,000 step‑down for BECCA‑funded program; board asks for a phase‑down plan
Summary
After discussion of expiring state BECCA funding, Spokane County commissioners directed staff to provide a $250,000 step‑down allocation to support the transition and asked the program to return with a detailed wind‑down plan, including estimated buyouts and staffing impacts.
Spokane County commissioners discussed the impending loss of some BECCA‑related funding during the June 3 briefing and provided staff guidance to make a limited step‑down allocation to ease transition, while directing county and program leaders to produce a concrete wind‑down plan.
Presenters reminded the board that BECCA funding would expire July 1 and that federal and state timelines require 30 days’ notice for layoffs; any staff continuing to work past July 1 would need to be paid from county budgets or reserves. Commissioners discussed a previously requested figure of about $382,000 to fund operations through the remainder of the year; several commissioners said that sum might be more than the…
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