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Adopted by the Board of County Commissioners <br />February 3, 2009 <br /> 24 <br />6. Ensure an integrated housing mixture throughout the county. <br /> <br />What Needs to Happen: 2009 By 2012 By 2015 <br />The Cities must encourage the integration of low income and <br />transitional housing into existing neighborhoods. An incentive <br />program might be the most effective. Consider developing <br />Comp Plan implementation regulations that allow and <br />encourage this mixed housing. <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />Using County 2163 funds, purchase capacity (subsidize) at <br />regular (i.e. not low income) apartment complexes for <br />transitional housing. <br />X <br /> <br /> <br />Goal 2. Provide sufficient and coordinated supportive services delivery. <br /> <br />Supportive services enable homeless people to access assistance, referrals to appropriate <br />housing and the tools they need to retain permanent housing. We must create the local <br />community support and infrastructure, to enable homeless populations to become self <br />sustaining and, we must provide opportunities for the homeless population to access available <br />services. <br />· This includes planning and implementing annually Project Kittitas County Connects, <br />a one-day event that brings together persons who need services and service <br />providers in the county. <br />· This includes addressing the most basic survival needs of short-term emergency <br />shelter, food, clothing, medical and dental care. <br />· This requires a coordinated service delivery utilizing a data base management <br />system that all agencies access and used to track client services. <br />· It also encompasses the next level of survival, addressing physical and mental health <br />concerns, addiction recovery treatment, domestic violence counseling, parenting <br />classes, support groups, and childcare assistance. <br />· Long term goals include employment counseling, job training, job retention <br />counseling, educational opportunities, employment placement, childcare assistance <br />and access to income-enhancing benefits. <br /> <br />Kittitas County is fortunate to have strong interagency collaborations in place already to <br />support this infrastructure. The Continuum of Care, comprised of agencies, churches, and other <br />programs that provide emergency, transition, and permanent housing to the homeless, has <br />been meeting since 1989. There are other interagency groups that meet regularly to review <br />services being provided to clients seen by all participating agencies, and their progress toward <br />reaching a place of self-sufficiency. <br /> <br />A. Providing basic needs including: food, clothing, health and dental care <br /> <br />People are only able to focus on long-term planning and action if their basic needs are met. <br />When a person is hungry, cold, or in need of medical and/or mental health attention, it is