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City outlines housing-navigation pilot, new medically supported respite at Westminster opens for referrals
Summary
City staff said a $5.85 million pilot combining a housing navigation center, scattered-site shelter beds and a new medically supported respite at Westminster is largely allocated; about $1.3 million remained unassigned and two additional shelter proposals were in negotiation.
City staff gave the Urban Experience Committee an update on a winter pilot that pairs a 30‑bed housing navigation center with a scattered‑site shelter model and a medically supported respite at Westminster that began admitting patients this month by referral.
Zeke, the presenter, said the pilot was launched with multiple funding streams and that the city has contracted roughly $5.85 million to date. "I think you all recognize there was an initial $3.85 million that was contracted," Zeke said, adding that an amendment added about $1.9 million in ARPA funding and $125,000 from opioid settlement dollars for a mental‑health hot team. He told the committee that about $4.5 million of the $5.85 million had been allocated for services through June 2025, leaving roughly $1.3 million unallocated for additional pilot activities.
The pilot combines 30 beds at the navigation center with 205 beds in the…
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