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Spokane Valley outreach team reports housing placements but warns special funding runs out in June
Summary
Outreach contractor Frontier Behavioral Health and city outreach officers reported housing placements and extensive outreach contacts during the Jan–Mar quarter but said a special arrears fund used to clear past rental debts will expire in June, likely reducing near-term housing placements.
The Spokane Valley outreach team reported Wednesday that outreach efforts placed multiple people into housing during recent quarters but cautioned that a special fund used to clear rental arrears and pay transition costs will expire in June, likely reducing the program’s capacity to place people into housing.
Gretchen Brown, lead for the outreach team contracted through Frontier Behavioral Health, described quarterly outcomes and the funding sources that enabled placements. She said earlier quarters showed nine housing placements in each of the first two quarters covered in the packet and that the most recent quarter produced additional placements; the presenter referenced both “12” and “15” in the meeting while reporting the latest quarter’s placements.
Brown said outreach staff…
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