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Committee hears bill to expand youth and young-adult voices on homeless youth advisory council
Summary
The Early Learning and Human Services Committee heard House Bill 2185, which would expand membership of the state’s Homeless Youth Advisory Council to add seats for adults with lived experience and broaden youth representation to include those under 25; witnesses said the change is mostly procedural and low-cost.
House Bill 2185, presented Tuesday to the Early Learning and Human Services Committee, would expand the Homeless Youth Advisory Council to add at least two members aged over 25 with lived experience and at least two representatives of populations disproportionately affected by youth homelessness.
Committee counsel Luke Wickham told members the Office of Homeless Youth within the Department of…
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