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State homelessness coordinator outlines $45 million in funding, warns 687 winter-response beds at risk
Summary
Tyler Clancy, Utah's new homelessness coordinator, told the Utah League of Cities and Towns board that the governor's homelessness budget is about $45,000,000 and contingent on a 1:1 local match; he warned 687 emergency winter-response beds are at risk when onetime funding expires and described plans for a mitigation task force and mobile case management.
Tyler Clancy, the state's newly appointed homelessness coordinator, told the Utah League of Cities and Towns board on March 23 that the governor's homelessness package totaled about $45,000,000 and is divided among initiatives for high utilizers of the criminal justice system, emergency shelter and housing, and mental and behavioral health.
Clancy said the appropriations include a mix of onetime and ongoing money and that much of the funding requires a 1:1 local match. He cautioned that funding tied to winter-response operations expires April 30 and that approximately 687 beds propped up on onetime dollars could go offline without a bridge to the new appropriations.
"The governor's budget for homelessness was fully funded for the first time probably ever. The total number is…
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