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Cowlitz County HHS says state cuts reduce homeless grant; veterans fund, CDBG income offer local options
Summary
Health & Human Services reported the state's consolidated homeless grant was amended, reducing the county's two-year award from about $11.7 million by roughly $1.8 million to about $9.8 million; HHS also described a roughly $1,000,000 veterans relief fund balance and a $10,000 CDBG program-income deposit and proposed options for reserving veteran-specific housing units and subsidizing service-animal costs.
Gina James, representing Cowlitz County Health & Human Services, told the Board of County Commissioners that the county's two-year Consolidated Homeless Grant (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2027) had been amended by the state and will be reduced. She said the grant originally was described as approximately $11,700,000 and that the state is recapturing some fiscal-year‑2026 funds and reallocating others, which will lower the county's contract by about $1,800,000 to roughly $9,800,000.
James said some projects already have funding approvals (for example a project with the Kelso School District tied…
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