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Deschutes County accepts OHA housing grant to set up Medicaid rental-assistance pass-through
Summary
The Board approved accepting an Oregon Health Authority grant that will fund staffing and administration to invoice the state for rental assistance for certain Medicaid members; the funding itself is paid to clients through the County as a pass-through.
Deschutes County commissioners voted to accept a grant from the Oregon Health Authority to support delivery of “health related social needs” housing services, approving county chair signature on document number 2025-016.
The grant, described by county staff as infrastructure funding, provides $241,624 for a new staff position to administer the program and approximately $62,700 to cover psychiatric provider care; it does not itself contain the rental or utility payments residents would receive. "The funding is to support infrastructure. So we can invoice the state for actual rental assistance payments," Kara Cronin, intensive…
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