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PROPOSAL gETATLS 1. Appllcant Proflle and Quallfications: Tell us about your organiration including the purpose of your work, your goals, any history, and experience working ln homeless and/or affordable housing services, experience managing public funds, and anything else that describes the organieation's qualifications, (250 words max.) The purpose of HopeSource is to ptotect those who cannot prolect themselves and to encourage those who can. Our goals are to end homelessness in our community and to support people in buildlng self-sufflclent lives. Hope5ource has a 5O-year hlstory as a ptivate, non-profit comrnunlty action agency operating in a rural environment, making a difference through programs that stabllize households ,n crisis including housing, nutrition, enerEy assistance, home weatherization, transportation, rental assislance, and youth recreation asslstance. Hope5ource serves as the Continuum ofCare lead for Kittitas County, operates the Coordinated Entry system for (ittitas County, conducts the annual Point-ln-Tlme count. completes the Comrnunity Needs Assessrnent, operates th€ only homeless shelter in the county, built 26 units of new affordable housing in Cle Elum, kept 167 units of affordable housing units from going merket rate. HopeSource case managers are trained in traurna-informed care, motivational interviewing, WSCAP family development, home health worker, mental health first aid. and famlly stability planning. HopeSource oversees administration of 45 federal, state and local contracts includingi Consolidated Horneless Grant, Housing and Essential Needs, Supportive Services for Veteran Families, McKinney-Vento, HUD, Rural Development, Housing Trust Fund, Holrsing Finance Commission, Youth Hornelessness Demonstration Program, and private funding from the ROE Foundation, Mercer Creek Church, the Shoemaker Foundation, and the Suncadia Associate Fund. 4