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County renews shelter and housing support contracts amid data and funding concerns
Summary
The board approved renewals and amendments for several emergency shelter and housing-support contracts totaling funding authorization for shelter beds over two years, while supervisors pressed staff on declining performance metrics and the limits imposed by reduced funding and low housing inventory.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors on May 6 approved amendments and renewals for multiple shelter and housing-support contracts intended to maintain emergency shelter capacity and housing support services over the next two years.
Staff asked the board to authorize approximately $3.0 million in funding to preserve 471 shelter beds across seven contracts that cover families, individuals, transitional-age youth and survivors of domestic violence. The package includes renewals for Illumination Foundation family…
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