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County briefings highlight youth homelessness services and available grant funding
Summary
County staff presented an annual advisory-board report and a request-for-qualifications for unspent homeless funds while Youth Connection detailed 2024 service outcomes and needs for expanded housing, shelter and treatment supports.
Mason County staff at the commissioners' March 3 briefing outlined priorities for behavioral-health and homeless-response funding and said the county would release a request for qualifications to allocate $342,999 in unspent consolidated homeless grant funds.
The advisory-board report, described by a county staff member as the 2024 annual report, separates priorities for homeless crisis response from behavioral health and lists potential funding priorities should money be available in 2025. County staff said the RFQ will be distributed to programs that already receive consolidated homeless grant (CHG) funding; only currently CHG-funded agencies will be eligible to apply for the leftover $342,999.
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