Nonprofit gets contract extension to continue running Olympia’s homeless mitigation site
Catholic Community Services, the nonprofit organization that run’s Olympia’s homeless mitigation site, will continue running it through the end of 2022.
A $1.15 million contract extension was unanimously approved by Olympia City Council on Tuesday on a consent calendar vote. Most of that money ($943,000) pays salaries and benefits for staff, who maintain a 24/7 presence on the site, while $71,500 covers PPE, security cameras, heaters, bathroom cleaning supplies and similar items.
Catholic Community Services took over running the mitigation site a year ago from the Union Gospel Mission, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to hit.
The organization was paid $547,000 for its first year of managing the site. The new contract allocates $637,877 for 2022, a slight increase that reflects mostly staffing costs.
About 11 staff work at the Mitigation Site, some of whom are part-time employees, according to CCS Program Manager Gabe Ash. The organization recently hired a new dedicated case manager whose position is funded largely by Medicaid.
This story was originally published April 1, 2021 at 12:25 PM.
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