Seattle, King County announce sweeping changes to homeless service system
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Seattle and King County are taking back control of millions of dollars’ worth of homeless service contracts and responsibility for strategies to get people into housing.
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Seattle and King County are taking back control of millions of dollars’ worth of homeless service contracts and responsibility for strategies to get people into housing.
(The Center Square) - The troubled King County Regional Homeless Authority is being significantly restructured, with the city of Seattle and King County taking back control of programs to house the homeless.
Seattle and King County will be “restructuring” the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, after an audit in April found the agency was unable to account for $13 million in public funds.
King County Executive Girmay Zahilay and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced Wednesday the county and city will take over all local contracts by January 2027.
(The Center Square) - King County Executive Girmay Zahilay and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s decision to significantly restructure the troubled King County Regional Homeless Authority drew praise from some of the agency’s most ardent critics, but not everyone was pleased.
(The Center Square) - The big unknown in the restructuring of the King County Regional Homeless Authority is whether it will give local officials a better chance of retaining the appropriate $65 million in federal funding it receives.
(The Center Square) - The big unknown in the restructuring of the King County Regional Homeless Authority is whether it will give local officials a better chance of retaining the appropriate $65 million in federal funding it receives.
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