For the past year, the Chelan-Douglas Homeless Task Force has been actively updating the five-year homeless housing plan, which will serve as a guide to prioritizing and creating future housing programs or services for the two counties.
For the past year, the Chelan-Douglas Homeless Task Force has been actively updating the five-year homeless housing plan, which will serve as a guide to prioritizing and creating future housing programs or services for the two counties. The five-year homeless housing strategic plan is a state requirement (RCW 43.185C050).
Local homeless housing task forces must prepare and recommend a local housing plan for the region. The plan must be consistent with statewide guidelines issued by the Department of Commerce. The plan’s goal is to outline a region’s priorities related to affordable housing, homeless housing, and any other housing programs or services.
This year the Department of Commerce has given communities five objectives that must be included in and guide the development of the plan:
- Objective 1: Promote an equitable, accountable and transparent homeless crisis response system.
- Objective 2: Strengthen the homeless service provider workforce.
- Objective 3: Prevent episodes of homelessness whenever possible.
- Objective 4: Prioritize assistance based on the greatest barriers to housing stability and the greatest risk of harm.
- Objective 5: Seek to house everyone in a stable setting that meets their needs.
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