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Food-bank funding helped dozens into temporary housing, presenter tells Sedro-Woolley council
Summary
Rebecca Larson Squinty told the Sedro-Woolley joint City Council and Planning Commission that flexible emergency funds and hotel vouchers helped 68 people, including veterans and families with children, move into temporary housing and connect with services.
Rebecca Larson Squinty, a guest speaker identified at the joint Sedro-Woolley City Council and Planning Commission meeting, told elected officials and commissioners that a flexible fund and hotel placements helped 68 unhoused people obtain temporary housing and connect to services.
Squinty described program outcomes she said included five homeless veterans, seven families with children, two disabled homeless seniors and at least one domestic violence survivor and child. She said many temporary placements were at local hotels and that the funding’s flexibility allowed staff to cover unusual but necessary costs such…
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