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Clatsop County told to maintain 163 shelter beds as OHCS funding drops; new contract rules tighten uses
Summary
County staff said Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) reduced shelter rehousing funding for the 2023-25 biennium, adding day-and-night operational requirements and limiting capacity-building dollars to 15%. The county reported creating 95 shelter beds in the previous biennium and rehousing 223 households versus a goal of 42.
Monica Steele, assistant county manager, told the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners that Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) has reduced shelter rehousing funding for the 2023-25 biennium while imposing new contract requirements that will affect local shelter providers.
"We are being required with this reduction in funding to maintain all beds," Steele said, describing a contract requirement that the county maintain the beds created under the prior funding. Steele said the county must now maintain 163 beds countywide and that…
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