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Lifeboat Services urges Clatsop County to reverse steep shelter funding cut
Summary
Lifeboat Services testified to the Clatsop County Board that a county funding formula would reduce the nonprofit’s shelter funding by roughly $170,000 for fiscal 2025, threatening the operation of its 22‑bed low‑barrier shelter and prompting allegations the county treated different shelter models unequally.
Representatives of Lifeboat Services told the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners that the nonprofit faces a substantial county funding cut that would undermine its low‑barrier shelter operations.
Erin Carlson, associate director of Lifeboat Services, said Lifeboat received $1,250,000 from the state in 2023 to create new low‑barrier shelter beds and used those funds to open a 22‑bed shelter. "We created our shelter program with a budget of 625,000 a year," Carlson said. She said Lifeboat "used grant funding for major costs such as a wheelchair lift and a…
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