Mayor Kaarin Knudson: It’s going to be increasingly important for all communities and our state to really be able to see the quality and the efficiency and the effectiveness of the work that is happening here in Lane County.
Presenter: Lane County hears of big cuts ahead for emergency shelter funding. At the Poverty and Homelessness Board Nov. 20, Homelessness and Community Action Manager James Ewell:
James Ewell (Lane County): Well, hello everyone. Here I am again to present a disappointing funding update to you all, but I think it’s important that we just, yeah, it’s important that we just are transparent and just to make sure this group is kind of fully up to date on where we’re at with the state funding.
[00:00:29] You’ll see a large reduction in funding for homelessness prevention coming. That’s largely state legislature feeling that there were other resources to address homelessness prevention, such as the HRSN (health-related social needs) benefit and just other resources, so they decided to not invest as heavily in homelessness prevention this year…