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PROPOSAL DETAI rs <br />L. Applicant Profile and Qualifications: Tell us about your organization including the <br />purpose of your work, your goals, any history, and experience working in homeless <br />and/or affordable housing services, experience managing public funds, and anything <br />else that describes the organization's qualifications. (250 words max.) <br />The purpose of HopeSource is to protect those who cannot protect themselves and to <br />encourage those who can. Our goals are to end homelessness in our community and to <br />support people in building self-sufficient lives. HopeSource has a S0-year history as a <br />private, non-profit community action agency operating in a rural environment, making a <br />difference through programs that stabilize households in crisis including housing, <br />nutrition, energy assistance, home weatherization, transportation, rental assistance, and <br />youth recreation assistance. HopeSource seryes as the Continuum of Care lead for <br />Kittitas County, operates the Coordinated Entry system for Kittitas County, conducts the <br />annual Pointln-Time count, completes the Community Needs Assessment, operates the <br />only homeless shelter in the county, built 75 units of new affordable housing in Cle Elum <br />and Ellensburg, and kept 167 units of affordable housing units from going market rate. <br />HopeSource case managers are trained in trauma-informed care, motivational <br />interviewing, WSCAP family development, home health worker, mental health first aid, <br />and family stability planning. HopeSource oversees administration of 45 federal, state <br />and local contracts including; Consolidated Homeless Grant, Housing and Essential <br />Needs, Supportive Services for Veteran Families, McKinney-Vento, HUD, Rural <br />Development, Housing Trust Fund, Housing Finance Commission, Youth Homelessness <br />Demonstration Program, and private funding from the ROE Foundation, Mercer Creek <br />Church, the Shoemaker Foundation, and the Suncadia Associate Fund. <br />4 <br />Doc I D: 4ad0596977 1 3e4eb6b6522ca80bfcd3afea7Sbdb