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HHS outlines options as state behavioral-health housing dollars remain partly unspent
Summary
Yamhill County Health & Human Services staff told the Board the county has about $1.3–1.4 million of unexpended behavioral-health housing funds that must be obligated by Dec. 31, 2025, and that reductions in related Measure 110 'burn' funds put an expansion of transitional treatment and recovery services (TTRS) houses at risk.
Lindsay Manfren, director of Yamhill County Health & Human Services, updated the Board on March 13 about state behavioral-health housing funds and how recent reductions in Measure 110 “burn” allocations affect planned uses.
“Some state general funds were designated to counties through a non-competitive process for behavioral health housing,” Manfren said, describing original intent to fund sheltering, residential treatment, and supports such as shower kits. She said the county originally received a little over $2.8 million in those funds and has used portions for an RFP that produced three awards, plus…
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