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. "l feel tike that sometimes ending up in jait is a positive. lt's not a goal, it's something to <br />avoid, but maybe we need to create an in-between place. Something simitar, without atl <br />the expensive resources that jaiI has.". "lt feels trivia[, but I think the pet piece needs to be in there. We can find a way to <br />accommodate the onty friend that some of these peopte have." <br />Law EnforcementlLocal Government: Participants felt that yes, these are stitt priorities. There <br />has been some progress on additional housing (Sterting Court) but these priorities need to be <br />addressed simultaneousty in order to have an impact. Participants fett that behavioral heatth <br />services should be inctuded in the priorities. There were atso comments about expanding <br />community awareness and questions about what the state of avaitability of resources is. <br />. "l feel like we have the same priorities. I think we have made headway on additionat <br />housing. I don't know if I'd catl it affordable housing.". "We need to increase affordabte housing more and be more adept at doing it in a <br />responsive way. The other support services alongside shelter have to include the <br />behavioral health issues that witl enable people to stay in the shetter.". "ln reviewing these, I think they're on the right track. But it's atmost tike they need to <br />progress at the same time. You can't have an increased homeless response without <br />resources avaitabte or structures to address that response. " <br />Community l'/iembers: Participants fett that yes, these are stitt broad priorities, but atso need to <br />prioritize rapid rehousing programs, expanding options for HUD housing, and legistative advocacy. <br />There was additional discussion about the community tand trust and high rents. There was <br />concern expressed that the rapid rehousing program has not been abte to be funded the past <br />coupte of years. There was a perception that there are more HUD options than peopte know <br />about. There was atso concern about properties being "flipped" and thus experiencing an <br />increases in costs. <br />r "[The rapid rehousing program] woutd help more of our hometess, and not just tow <br />income, which we haven't done for two years right? lt sounds like we need to get <br />something back in place." <br />. "Maybe some lobbyists? lf the community coutd recognize what legistation woutd hetp <br />with that, it coutd hetp with housing, bring some model in that would hetp them att, not <br />just the hometess but the other people who are struggting too." <br />Central Washington University: Most of the discussion revolved around the importance of the <br />community education piece. Engaging the community in the hometessness issue and educating <br />people about what it's [ike to experience poverty and hometessness is important. lt was <br />expressed that we need to humanize people who are experiencing hometessness. There was also <br />discussion about the need to address addiction, mental heatth, and trauma. <br />. "The community engagement and awareness in education is important. The community <br />obviously doesn't understand the reatities of what these peopte are experiencing....We <br />can't reatly move forward with initiative if there's no community support.". "However, fundamentalty it's an issue of humanization....We need to start seeing these <br />people as peopte. ". "...this is a neighborty community. When you integrate the neighbors into this kind of <br />cotlective action for homelessness, the community outreach, that's how you solve this <br />issue. You can get the fundamental structure of the town to change." <br />14