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"Having these programs be discrete and having them have a more welcoming environment. <br />Pride happens at every levet. You may be in a situation where you need assistance and <br />help, but it's hard to askfor help. lt's a big step, asking for hetp." <br />"There's an unwitlingness to hetp rather than unwittingness to take help.,' <br />Question 4: with timited resources in Kittitas county, what would you <br />prioritize to address homelessness? <br />For this question, most groups were asked to spend a coupte of minutes brainstorming <br />individuatty. Then, they were asked to pick their top two ideas, write them on a large sticky <br />note, and put them up on the watt. The facititator hetped to identify commonalities among the <br />ideas to create themes. <br />People with Lived Experience; The top priorities listed for peopte with tived experience fett into <br />four themes: Addressing barriers, addressing stigma, temporary housing assistance, and housing <br />avaitabitity. <br />AooRess BARRIERS. Addressing mental health and substance use disorder as a barrier. Disabitity/addictionservices. A ptace for someone who is homeless to ctean up for a job interview. Addressing lack of tenant history and lack of an address <br />' Hetp getting people insurance so they can seek behavioral heatth services. Patience in weekty goats for improvement <br />ADDRESS slcmA. Forgiving someone's past <br />' Being open minded and giving people a chance regardless of circumstances. Prioritizing trauma informed training <br />TEt*pomnY Houst NG AssrsrANcE. More assistance for peopte who are doubled up (to prevent homelessness) <br />' Emergency temporary housing <br />HOUSING AVAILABILITY. Have more units availabte. Fundraising for buitding ownership to increase available housing. More housing availability <br />. "MY top one is addressing substance abuse and behavioral heatth stuff...from my own <br />personal experience and what not.". "From my personal experience, forgiveness for someone's past.". "l guess more of a system for people who are in doubled up scenarios....A tittte bit of <br />preventive maintenance for the homeless, when on that teetering spot, coutd go a long <br />way." <br />Service Providers: Three themes emerged with a coupte of outliers: Communication, Behavioral <br />Heatth Services, and Shelter and TransitionaI Housing. Outliers inctuded job training and tivabte <br />wages, and mentors during and after school age for parents and kids. There was discussion around <br />a <br />a <br />10