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Committee backs supplemental funding to sustain family sheltering as SHARP reduces family homelessness
Summary
The HHS committee signed off on a supplemental appropriation to maintain motel overflow and annualize funding for the SHARP program after HHS presented data showing marked reductions in family homelessness; members pressed for clearer housing-first execution and follow-up metrics.
The Health and Human Services Committee voted by consensus to advance a supplemental appropriation to the full council that would provide $3,064,158 to sustain emergency family shelter services and related staff through the end of the fiscal year.
Chair Sales opened the meeting and turned the item over to council staff Tara, who described the package as covering motel overflow (about 85 rooms), maintenance costs for overflow sites, and an allocation to bring the Stepping Stones family shelter from 70% to 100% capacity through FY26. "This supplemental covers overflow motel sheltering, approximately 85 rooms, and $2.9 million that will sustain staff through the end of the fiscal year," Tara said.
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