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Health department seeks CJTA plan approval and proposes $53,000 tenant-based rental assistance and other homeless-grant projects

Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners · April 14, 2026
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Summary

Gina James presented the Criminal Justice Treatment Account (CJTA) local plan for board approval and outlined potential uses of consolidated homeless-grant funds, including a $53,000 tenant‑based rental assistance request from Community House and projects with Family Promise and Faithful Servants; she noted grants are reimbursement‑based and subject to state approval.

Gina James, health and human services (speaker 5), asked the board to approve the county's Criminal Justice Treatment Account (CJTA) local plan, which the CJTA panel approved, and to authorize the commissioner signature required to submit the plan to the state as part of the county’s contractual obligations.

"The local plan has to be approved by our CJTA panel... She has signed it. So we're bringing it now to the board, for approval and, hopefully, a signature from Commissioner Dahl, and then we have to submit that to the state as part of our…

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