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Project the fully implemented local plans on the number of households <br />7 hotrsed and the number of households left unsheltered, assuming existing.s resorlrces and stale polir:ies. <br />This projectwill add 25 units to the County homeless stock. as well as 25 additional units of <br />affordable low-income housing, a priority of Objective 4 in the recently updated homeless plan <br />The plan also shows an increased need for housing that targets senior, disabled, and veteran <br />households who are rapidly being priced out of the market, This project will add ten unitr of <br />low-lncome housing targeting households earning at or below 50% AMl. Homeless households <br />will be placed through coordinated Entry, which will reduce pressure on the homeless <br />response system in the county. <br />Address racial disparities amongst people experiencing homelessness <br />HopeSource recognizes that race and economic status can significantly limit the opportunities <br />of program participants and acknowledges the unequal impact of these factors. HopeSource <br />worksto prepare program participants to overcome systemic racism in housing, education, <br />asset building, income, employment, and access to high-quality food. lt is the expectation that <br />employees are sensitive to all diversity within the populaticn of persons served by the <br />organizatlon and the employee workforce. <br />l7lOti,", information you think would be beneficial for the Committee to know, <br />HopeSource priorities and the priorities of the Homeless and Affordable Housing committee <br />strongly align with Governor lnslee's Reducing Poverty and inequality 10-year plan. Rll of those <br />projected to be served by this funding willhave housing stability plans, including education and <br />employment plans, HopeSource's Hope University pr"ovides in-person and virtual coaching ln <br />lile skills such as basic budgeting, credit and debt, smart spending, stress management, and <br />healthy living to ensure they can maintain their independence in the long term. The <br />HopeSource Hope University suite works with people to strengthen or gain work skills and <br />behavior that will secure and sustain employment. <br />7 <br />/