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 On November 15 the Joint Office’s SHS team submitted our Q1 report to Metro, which highlights Multnomah County’s SHS work from July to September of this fiscal year.
Some highlights:
- River Haven, a collaboration with the County Health Department provides 35 SHS-funded beds for participants receiving mental health services and substance abuse treatment
- Spending goals exceeded in System Access, Assessment and Navigation & Countywide Coordination of supportive housing.
- New process to allocate capacity-building grants to new and expanding organizations for easier and more equitable access to funding
This report marks the start of the third year of SHS implementation in our region and documents the progress we have made to strengthen our system of care and address critical community needs. It particularly reflects on the impact we are making through our cross-department partnerships and the deployment of unanticipated and unspent funds from last fiscal year.
In Q1 the Joint Office partnered with three Multnomah County departments and dozens of contracted community-based organizations to serve a total of 253 people through supportive housing and rapid rehousing, and a total of 51 people with eviction prevention. We anticipate this eviction prevention number will increase in Q2 and beyond as we distribute eviction prevention rent assistance using unanticipated SHS funds. In terms of our supportive and rapid rehousing placements, these numbers are ahead of last year’s progress in Q1.
Our collective efforts in Q1 give many reasons to celebrate as we gain momentum in implementing these historic funds, and work to end homelessness together.
You can read the full report on the JOHS website here.
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