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Washington County corrects Supportive Housing Services forecast, outlines pipeline and contingency plan
Summary
County staff corrected earlier reporting on the Supportive Housing Services fund balance, said revenue forecasts have been reduced and described an updated one‑time investment plan while confirming ongoing shelter and housing projects and potential use of reserve funds to smooth program transitions.
Washington County commissioners heard an update Feb. 18 from Homeless Services staff who said earlier public reporting overstated the program’s uncommitted balance and described an updated spend plan, ongoing projects and steps to manage a downshift in forecasted revenues.
“For the supportive housing services measure … we wanted to pause and correct the record, and describe fully what was behind that number,” said Jess Larson, assistant director overseeing the Homeless Services Division, during a quarterly briefing on the Metro Affordable Housing Bond and the Supportive Housing Services (SHS) program.
Larson told the board that a prior figure shown in a public report represented a projected end‑of‑year fund balance included in a comprehensive financial workbook and did not reflect…
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