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Homelessness Planning Council approves coordinated entry policies as "living document" after legal concerns
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The Homelessness Planning Council approved a revised Coordinated Entry (CE) policies and procedures manual as a "living document" at Wednesday's meeting after debate over encampment prioritization, the definition of "emergency," and whether a committee could have final decision-making power.
The Homelessness Planning Council approved a revised Coordinated Entry (CE) policies and procedures manual at its Wednesday meeting, voting to adopt it as a "living document" and to send sections raising legal questions to Metro Legal for review.
Grant, identified in the meeting as co‑chair of the Coordinated Entry Oversight Committee, framed the manual as a tool to "support the great work of our community" and emphasized the document is designed "to be a living document" that adds oversight to decisions about prioritization and allocation of CE resources. He told the council the committee had unanimously…
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