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PRQlOsAl_OETA|tS 1. Appllcant Profile and Qualifications: Tell us about your organization including the purpose of your work, your goals, any histo'ry, and experience working in homeless andlor affordable housing services, experience managing publlc funds, and anything else that describes the organization's qualifications. (250 words max.) The purpose of HopeSource is to protect those who cannot protect themselves and to encourage those who can. Ourgoals are to end homeles$ness in our community and to support people in buildlng seif-sufflcient lives. HopeSource has a 50-year history as a private, non-profit communlty action agency operating in a rural environment, making a difference through programs that stabilize households in crisis including housing, nutrition, energy assistance, home weatherization, transportation, rental assistance, and youth recreation asslstance. HopeSource serves as the Continuum of €are lead for Kittitas County, operates the Coordinated Entry system for Kittitas County, conducts the annual Point-ln-Tlme count, completes the Community Needs Assessment, operates the only homeless shelter in the county, built 26 units of new affordable housing in Cle Elum, kept 157 units of affordable housing units from going market rate. HopeSource case managers are trained in trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing, WSCAP family developrnent, home health worker, mental health first aid, and family stability planning. HopeSource oversees administration of 45 federal, state and local contracts including; Consolidated Homeless Grant, Housing and Essential Needs, Supportive Semices for Vetei'an Families, McKinney-Vento, HUD, Rural Development, Housing Trust Fund, liuusing Finance Commission, Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, and private funding from the ROE Foundation, Mercer Creek Church, the Shoemaker Foundation, and the Suncadia Associate Fu nd. 4