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Shelter operators warn Seaside council of widening multi‑year funding gap; ask to be considered in budget
Summary
Operators of two peninsula emergency shelters told the Seaside City Council they face a multi‑year structural deficit without new funding streams and asked the city to consider bridge funding and partnerships in upcoming budget deliberations.
Sean Stone, chief operating officer of Community Human Services, told the Seaside City Council on Feb. 5 that two nonprofit shelters serving women and families on the peninsula face a growing funding shortfall that threatens services. "Our current and near term funding gap is ... just under $300,000" for Casa Noche Buena and roughly $650,000 for Schumann Hart House in the following fiscal year, Stone said during a joint presentation with Gathering for Women executive director Stacy Alzeebler Perkins.
Stone and Perkins said both shelters provide housing‑focused case management and wraparound services that produced better-than-average outcomes for exits to…
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