Grays Harbor County Homeless Housing Task Force (HHTF)
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What is the Homeless Housing Task Force?
RCW 43.185C.160 requires each county to establish a homeless housing task force to develop a five-year homeless housing plan addressing short-term and long-term housing for homeless persons. If the county had not voted recently to create the task force, the state would have taken the lead on this effort.
Pursuant to RCW 43.185C.160, the Task Force:
1. Monitors and makes recommendations for modifications to the County five-year homeless housing plan which addresses short-term and long-term housing for homeless or at risk of homelessness persons;
2. Establishes guidelines consistent with statewide homeless housing plans;
3. Identifies next steps toward implementation of housing goals for the County;
4. Plans and sets goals for expenditure of available funding;
5. Provides information to the community members; and
6. Provides updates to the County Board of Health and to the County Board of Commissioners.
The Board of County Commissioners approved and signed Resolution No. 2023-094 establishing the Homeless Housing Task Force September 12, 2023. Applications for the Task Force were due October 19, 2023.
Following receipt and review of applications a subcommittee of the Board of Health evaluated the applications and created the opportunity to schedule interviews with all applicants. They recommended appointees to the Board of Commissioners February 20, 2024. The resolution naming membership of the Task Force, Resolution 2024-025 was approved and signed February 20th, 2024.
Approved Bylaws
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Request for Proposals
CLOSED - REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SERVICES FOR EVICTION PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Grays Harbor County (County) has issued a “Request for Proposals” to interested and qualified agencies to provide rental assistance and utility assistance to qualifying households for the time period of May 2023-June 2025. The purpose of this assistance is to attempt to prevent evictions. Applicants must provide a proposal and budget that covers how their agency will provide the noted deliverables for one or more of the available program areas under the Eviction Prevention program.
Public Service programs:
Rental and Utility Assistance and associated operational costs.
Support of outreach, communication, technical assistance, and/or provision of Rental and Utility Assistance to serve historically disadvantaged populations.
The request for proposal (RFP) is intended for community providers with the necessary capacity and experience to successfully deliver services to individuals who are at risk of homelessness and who are at or below 80% of the Area Median Income in a way that aligns with the Department of Commerce’s Consolidated Homeless Grant (CHG) guidelines.
This RFP formally opens on February 22nd, 2023 and closes on March 17th, 2023.
The full RFP can be found at: https://www.healthygh.org/directory/graysharborerap
Applications may be submitted via e-mail, mail, or in person at:
Grays Harbor County Public Health
Attn: Natali Burgess
2109 Sumner Avenue
Aberdeen, WA 98520
natali.burgess@graysharbor.us
The applicant assumes full responsibility for the delivery method chosen. Applications must be clearly marked with EVICTION PREVENTION APPLICATION.
Applications and related materials must be received no later than March 17, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. to be considered. Applicants accept all risks of late delivery of mailed submittals regardless of fault.
Any questions related to this application may be directed to:
Natali Burgess: Housing Program Coordinator
E-mail: natali.burgess@graysharbor.us
Phone: 360-500-4078
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE RELATED TO THIS OPEN RFP ARE DUE ON MARCH 10.
Grays Harbor County reserves the right to reject any and all submittals and to waive irregularities and informalities in the submittal and evaluation process. This RFP does not obligate the County to pay any costs incurred by respondents in the preparation and submission of their proposal. Furthermore, the RFP does not obligate the County to accept or contract for any expressed or implied services.