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Dec 22, 2020
The City of Norman could hire two full-time employees to expand its housing outreach program, a staff member said Tuesday.
Lisa Krieg, the cityâs grants manager, told the Ad Hoc Committee to Address Homelessness that the team would fill a need for consistent outreach to encampment areas.
The team would consist of a âhousing navigator and an outreach case manager,â who would travel to homeless encampments and throughout the city to offer help to those in need, she said.
The positions would be paid for initially with Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security [CARES] Act funds as part of an Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) of approximately $44,000. The funds were left over from grant money Tulsa County declined, Krieg said.