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Encampment Resolution Program credited with high move‑in rates; officials say funding shortfall limits expansion
Summary
Commerce, WSDOT and King County officials said the Encampment Resolution Program has moved hundreds of people indoors with acceptance rates above typical averages, but agency leaders warned legislative appropriations fall short of sustaining or expanding the program.
State and county officials described a multiagency Encampment Resolution Program (ERP) that they say has produced above‑average results but now faces funding constraints that could limit future site work.
Ted Kelleher, housing policy director at the Department of Commerce, described the ERP launched in 2022 and said it has addressed more than 34 sites and moved more than 1,000 people inside; he said about 83% of people engaged at typical ERP sites moved into shelter or housing, well above historic averages. "We found new ways to work with one another," Kelleher…
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