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Resident urges expansion of Family Self‑Sufficiency program, volunteers for advisory roles
Summary
A Section 8 voucher holder told the advisory committee the Family Self‑Sufficiency (FSS) program has been closed to new applicants for more than a year and urged outreach, funding and additional coordinators so participants can graduate to permanent housing; she also applied to volunteer on the committee.
Weia Fileico, who identified herself during the meeting as a current Section 8 voucher holder, used the public‑comment period to urge Washington County Housing Services to expand and better publicize the Family Self‑Sufficiency (FSS) program so more participants can “graduate from Section 8.”
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