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Local provider warns of housing-services cuts after state overestimate; county commissioners pledge to push back
Summary
A Clackamas County nonprofit that uses SHS funds said a projected state funding cut will force program reductions; commissioners said the county and cities are coordinating to resist proposed cuts by Metro.
Shivani Shurn, founder of the local nonprofit Up and Over, told the board on Jan. 9 that state overestimates of Supportive Housing Services (SHS) revenue mean providers face budget reductions and she may have to cut outreach and flex funding that buy survival supplies for clients.
Shurn said Up and Over has housed 74 people with SHS funds since December 2022, 19 with rapid rehousing…
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