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2. Project Description Summary: Provide a brief summary the project being proposed and <br />a general description of how it will address homelessness or affordable housing in <br />Kittitas County. Be sure and indicate whether the proposal is intended to provide direct <br />client services or construction, maintenance, or improvement of housing facilities, <br />including a proposed timeline for completion. (300 words max.) <br />HopeSource seeks matching funds from the HAHC to support existing services for homeless <br />youth in Kittitas County. HopeSource has been operating the HUD Youth Homelessness <br />Demonstration Project (YHDP) since its inception in 2019 and administers the grant in Kittitas, <br />Grant, Adams, and Okanogan County. YHDP serves homeless youth, ages L8-24, by providing <br />rapid rehousing, transitional housing, support services, and outreach. HopeSource is the direct <br />service provider in Kittitas County. Between October 202O and December 2O22,theyHDp grant <br />served 337 youth and young adults in Kittitas County. Through the program, vulnerable youth in <br />Kittitas County received emergency housing, permanent housing, case management, <br />connections to community services, and family reunification. HopeSource received state <br />legislative funding to purchase and furnish the Pine Place Apartments, an 18-unit building <br />dedicated to homeless youth in Kittitas County. The project includes four units dedicated to <br />transitional housing and sixteen for income-based permanent housing. To operate the yHDp <br />program, HopeSource must provide a 25o/o cash match to the project's total cost. per the 2OZ2 HUD <br />monitoring, HUD asks that match funding come from local community sources rather than direct <br />grantees. HopeSource has historically provided the match dollars internally, most recently by leveraging <br />federal cAREs Act funding. However, this funding is set to expire. HopeSource is requesting the Sss,boo <br />annual match funding from Kittitas County to show community support and continue serving vulnerable <br />youth. <br />5