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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: <br />December 21, 2021 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Request to Approve Amendment A to Contract 2020-2023 Shelter in Place <br />SR between Kittitas County and HopeSource <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Kittitas County applied through the Department of Commerce, Community Services and <br />Housing Division Housing Assistance Unit for the Shelter Program. The Shelter Program <br />Grant is funded by the Home Security Fund as appropriated by the Legislature. The Shelter <br />Program Grant funds equitable and creative approaches to develop or expand shelter <br />programs and bring people inside with the goal of exiting participants to permanent housing <br />and positive destinations quickly. <br />Programs enact strategies to ensure racially equitable access and racially equitable <br />outcomes at shelter exit, provide outreach to unsheltered individuals and provide housing <br />stability focused services. <br />The grant was awarded based upon the application submitted for HopeSource to provide <br />the services. This contract is for HopeSource to provide the services as awarded from <br />August 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023 in the amount of $246,846. <br /> <br />The original application was for 10 approved bed spaces, and HopeSource is requesting <br />that it be increased to 18 beds. Commerce has approved and an amendment to the contract <br />is going through the process. <br />