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Cowlitz County staff recommend updating lease, invite Janice House to brief commissioners on youth day-stop program
Summary
County staff reported on two small houses the county owns that Janice House, a local nonprofit, occupies rent-free while providing a daytime drop-in program for homeless youth. Staff recommended legal review and a new, longer lease if the board wishes to continue the arrangement and invited Janice House to present to the board.
Cowlitz County public services staff told commissioners on Wednesday that two county-owned houses near the Hall of Justice are occupied by a nonprofit called Janice House and that staff are proposing a modernized lease and a board briefing.
Savannah Clement, Public Services, said the county acquired two houses on Washington Street (addresses 124 and 202) some years ago and that volunteers and the nonprofit rehabilitated the buildings after they were in poor condition. “What Janice House does is provide a day stop area for homeless youth in our community,” Clement said, describing shower, laundry and donation-room services and…
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