County approves weather shelter contracts and creation of Regional Housing Council
The Thurston County Board of Commissioners approved $230,000 worth of contracts Tuesday that will fund four Olympia organizations that provide cold and hazardous weather shelter.
The four organizations are:
- Community Youth Services: Young Adult Shelter - $62,000
- Family Support Center: Pear Blossom Place - $70,000
- Partners in Prevention Education (PiPE) - $83,000
- Interfaith Works - $15,000
The contracts are one year long. Contract proposals were requested by the county in February, and forwarded to the Health and Human Services Council (HHSC), a body made up of elected officials from Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Yelm, Tenino, Rainier, and Bucoda.
The county also approved an interlocal agreement between those seven cities to create a new body, the Regional Housing Council, which will replace the HHSC.
The RHC’s mission will be to tackle affordable housing and homelessness as a regional issue, the agreement says.
This story was originally published September 1, 2020 at 1:21 PM.
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