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Polk County commissioners pull River of Lifehouse contract after concern over required church attendance
Summary
A Polk County consent calendar contract to fund six transitional-housing beds with River of Lifehouse in Dallas was pulled after a commissioner raised legal concerns that the program’s rules require residents to attend weekly church services while the county would pay for beds.
Polk County commissioners pulled a consent-calendar contract with River of Lifehouse on June 18 after a commissioner raised concerns that the transitional-housing operator requires residents to attend weekly church services and that requirement could conflict with the use of public dollars.
The contract (listed as contract 25-99) would have funded six beds at River of Lifehouse, a transitional housing program in Dallas, at a cited cost of $32,008 a year for the county…
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