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King County homelessness authority says it is shifting to data-driven role and warns of federal funding risk
Summary
Dr. Kelly Kinison, CEO of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, briefed the Lake Forest Park City Council on a shift away from direct services toward research, coordination and grant management, and described budget risks tied to changes in federal contract terms.
Dr. Kelly Kinison, chief executive officer of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, told the Lake Forest Park City Council on May 8 that the agency is pivoting from direct service delivery toward a data- and policy-focused role while continuing to run the region’s emergency homelessness response system.
Kinison said KCRHA’s 2025 budget is about $206 million, with roughly one-third federal funding, “a little over half” from the City of Seattle and about a quarter from King County. She told the council the agency administers federal, county, municipal and philanthropic dollars and “we cannot levy taxes.”
The shift away from providing direct services, Kinison said, leaves KCRHA focused on three core functions: administering crisis-response funding, monitoring and evaluating program performance, and providing research and technical assistance to jurisdictions and providers. “We will always hold our values of equity and social…
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