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A Corvallis-Benton County advisory board has forwarded 12 recommendations on homelessness to elected officials.
The Corvallis City Council and the Benton County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to review the report of the Home, Opportunity, Planning and Equity Advisory Board, known as HOPE for short, at a joint meeting May 20.
The votes at a virtual meeting Wednesday to approve the recommendations culminated a 16-month process of data gathering and public engagement aimed at producing better coordination of services for the homeless.
âLetâs take a breath,â said Julie Arena, the program coordinator for Benton County. âYou all have done an excellent job of navigating one of the most difficult problems in our community.â
Social service providers who focus on the homeless have received a new shot in the arm.
The local Community Services Consortium, dispensing funds that originated with the federal CARES Act, has awarded more than $2.6 million to Corvallis-area groups. Disbursement of the grant money already is underway and will continue through January.
The emergency services grant money will go to the Unity Shelter group, Corvallis Housing First and the Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center, although itâs not clear how much which agency will receive.
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The Corvallis City Council has agreed to appropriate more than $360,000 in federal funds for services that will largely help the homeless.
Thatâs the good news on the cityâs fight against homelessness. The bad news is that Corvallis Mayor Biff Traber announced at Mondayâs remote meeting that plans by the Unity Shelter group to put together a managed camping facility near the BMX park have collapsed.
Unity Shelter, which manages the menâs shelter and hygiene center, the womenâs shelter and the micro shelters at the First United Congregational Church of Christ, had hoped to open a managed camping facility with new tents on platforms, case management and a warming hut.
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