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Council approves cold‑weather shelter funding and stipends for lived‑experience steering committee
Summary
The Regional Housing Council approved $300,000 in cold/hazardous-weather contract recommendations and authorized county procurement of an administrative contract (up to $50,000) to disperse stipends for the Lived Experience Steering committee; Family Support Center, Interfaith Works and Oolie Map were among the recommended recipients.
The Regional Housing Council approved recommendations from the Homeless Services Advisory Board (HSAB) to award cold and hazardous‑weather contracts and to authorize procurement of an administrative contract to disburse stipends for a lived‑experience steering committee (LES).
HSAB chair Dana Evans summarized the RFP results and said the board recommended dedicating $170,000 to Family Support Center, $100,000 to Interfaith Works, and $30,000 to Oolie Map (total recommended cold/hazard allocations: $300,000). The council also approved a motion to authorize the Thurston County Office of Housing and Homeless Prevention to procure an administrative contract up to $50,000 to administer LES stipends, after HSAB recommended county administration rather than awarding facilitation to either applicant.
Why it matters: HSAB noted requests exceeded available funds by roughly threefold and prioritized sustaining existing programming, increasing daytime services (not just event‑driven responses), and distributing limited funding in ways that maintained core services for families and individuals during cold/hazardous weather.
Council action and follow-up: the motion passed by voice vote with recorded yes/abstain responses. Staff will return contract language and procurement details for execution so funded services can expand winter and hazardous‑weather response services this season. HSAB noted that organizations that did not receive full requests provided narratives explaining likely program reductions, which informed allocation decisions.
