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County health department previews multiple contracts: coordinated entry, shelter matching and housing initiatives
Summary
Gina James, director of Health and Human Services, told commissioners Amendment No. 1 to the county’s consolidated contract with the Washington State Department of Health will be on the next agenda and previewed coordinated entry, shelter operations and housing contracts that require upcoming board action.
Gina James, director of Health and Human Services, alerted the board to several health‑and‑housing contracts coming to the commissioners for approval in the near term. She said Amendment No. 1 to the county’s consolidated contract with the Washington State Department of Health will appear on the Tuesday agenda and will add standard annual program allocations for foundational public health services, emergency preparedness (partial allocation initially), and other program lines.
Why it matters: the amendment funds public health activities and supports the county’s ability to bill and receive state dollars for behavioral-health and sheltering services. James said the state’s fiscal-year timing means that some allocations are delivered in multiple amendments across a contract cycle.
Coordinated entry and shelter contracts: James summarized the coordinated entry procurement:…
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