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County accepts OHA housing grant to administer rent and utility support for Medicaid members
Summary
Deschutes County accepted a $350,000‑class Oregon Health Authority grant to set up staff and administration for health‑related social needs housing supports that will be available only to certain Medicaid enrollees; commissioners approved the chair’s signature on document 2025‑016.
Deschutes County commissioners voted to accept an Oregon Health Authority (OHA) grant to set up administration for a housing assistance program aimed at certain Medicaid enrollees.
The measure — recorded as document number 2025‑016 — was described by Kara Cronin, intensive adult services program manager with the county Health Services Division, as funding the infrastructure needed to deliver rental, deposit and utility payments to eligible people. Cronin said, “So it's essentially like pass through. We will pay someone's rent. We invoice the state. They pay us back.”
The grant package shown in the staff packet allocates about $241,624 to…
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