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Winnebago County budget keeps HELP homelessness-prevention positions; county executive emphasizes eviction-prevention capacity
Summary
Public comments and the county executive emphasized the importance of the HELP homelessness- and eviction-prevention program. The 2026 budget moves previously project-funded HELP positions to permanent status and funds additional TBRA administration to support rental vouchers.
Multiple residents and a written submission urged supervisors to retain and expand the HELP homelessness- and eviction-prevention program during the Oct. 12 budget hearing.
Brian Nagler, program supervisor at the Aging and Disability Resource Center, sent a letter read into the record by the county clerk urging the board to make HELP positions permanent. The letter described the HELP team's caseload and warned that, without permanent positions,…
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