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<br />Professional Services Agreement <br />Page 22 of 22 <br />EXHIBIT "E" <br /> <br />PURPOSE <br /> <br />In response to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the Washington State Department of <br />Commerce awarded funds through the expanded Consolidated Housing Grant (CHG) to <br />HopeSource for administration and operation of activities to help protect the community <br />from the impact of the virus, including sheltering high risk populations, and providing <br />isolation or quarantine housing for individuals unable to shelter safely at their own <br />residence or who may be experiencing homelessness. <br /> <br />HopeSource worked under the direction of the County, specifically the Kittitas County <br />Public Health Department (KCPHD). The expanded CHG grant allowed the recipient, <br />HopeSource, to utilize some portion of those funds for capital acquisition in order to <br />provide housing for individuals experiencing homelessness and for individuals under an <br />isolation or quarantine order referred by KCPHD. The grant also allowed HopeSource to <br />amend the original COVID-19 Safety Plan to include capital acquisition provided the <br />KCPHD Health Officer approved the amendment for submission to the Department of <br />Commerce. <br /> <br />Upon approval of the amended HopeSource CHG COVID-19 Safety Plan by the <br />Department of Commerce, the following Service Agreement would take effect utilizing the <br />expanded CHG funds. <br /> <br />HopeSource, with utilization of the CHG capital acquisition funds approved by the KCPHD <br />Health Officer, purchased an existing local property for an expanded enhanced shelter <br />facility, adding critical shelter capacity to a severe shortage of shelter units in Kittitas <br />County. <br />