Programs We Fund
There are a few questions we hear a lot: Where do my tax dollars go? What is Yakima County doing to address homelessness? What social service programs exist in our community and what do they do?
On this page, you can find an overview of the programs funded by the Yakima County Department of Human Services through the Consolidated Homeless Grant (State funding) and 2163 dollars (Local funding).
For a broader overview of performance data for publicly funded programs in Yakima County, please see our data page.
- Outreach
- Coordinated Entry
- Shelter/Sanctioned Encampment
- Capital Improvement
- Rental Assistance
- Permanent Supportive Housing
Funding is allocated for 2 years (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2022)
Rod’s House
Amount: $36,980
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for offering street outreach targeted at youth and young adults experiencing homelessness and ensuring that data is captured in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants an additional $6,980)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $70,560
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for offering street outreach targeted at individuals and families experiencing homelessness and ensuring that data is captured in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants an additional $12,560)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Funding is allocated for 2 years (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2022)
Adults
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $90,950
Program description: Serve as a Coordinated Entry Access Point for Adults.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1, Goal 4
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants an additional $15,950)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic DBA Northwest Community Action Center
Amount: $15,000
Program description: Serve as a Coordinated Entry Access Point for Adults.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1, Goal 4
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Young Adults
Rod’s House
Amount: $15,000
Program description: Serve as a Coordinated Entry Access Point for Young Adults.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $12,990
Program description: Serve as a Coordinated Entry Access Point for Young Adults.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants an additional $2,990)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Funding is allocated for 2 years (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2022) unless otherwise noted
Emergency Shelter
Rod’s House
Amount: $46,500
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a low-barrier 24-hour shelter in the City of Yakima for young adults through motel vouchers.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Modification to expand the area of the agreement from just covering motel vouchers in the City of Yakima to include the entire Yakima County and update contact information.)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $75,000
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a respite program for people experiencing homelessness who are too ill or injured to recover on the streets but are not sick enough to be hospitalized.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Triumph Treatment Services
Amount: $20,000
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for operating a Family Emergency Shelter that serves whole families.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Sunrise Outreach
Amount: $579,515
The 2020-2022 Yakima County Homeless Housing and Assistance RFP did not receive any eligible applicants for low-barrier 24-hour shelter for single adults and families. Camp Hope is currently receiving support from Yakima County on a month-to-month basis through extensions of their pre-existing contract with Sunrise Outreach until a suitable applicant for 24-hour low-barrier shelter for single adults and families in Upper Valley is awarded funds through an upcoming second round of RFP.
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a low-barrier 24-hour shelter for single adults and families.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020)
Contract Mod 1 (Extending to July 31, 2020)
Contract Mod 2 (Extending to August 31, 2020)
Contract Mod 3 (Correcting an error in the contract end date in Mod 2)
Contract Mod 4 (Correcting an error in the contract end date in Mod 3)
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Grace City Outreach
Amount: $539,406
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for operating a 24-hour, low-barrier, drop-in, night-by-night shelter for single adults and families in Upper Valley.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, October 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Generating Hope
Amount: $100,000
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for providing a year-round low-barrier shelter for single men and women in Lower Yakima Valley.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Grace City Outreach
Amount: $40,000
Program description: The Contractor will increase the capacity to provide night-by-night emergency shelter for single adults and families in safe environment. The Extreme Winter Weather Shelter program focuses on people experiencing homelessness from exposure-related conditions such as hypothermia and frostbite.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (Contract length, November 15th, 2020-March 31st, 2021)
Contract (Contract amount and length, $81,875 from November 15th, 2021-March 31st, 2022)
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Domestic Violence Shelter
YWCA
Amount: $120,930
Program description: The Contractor will serve victims of domestic violence and sexual assault who are fleeing an unsafe situation and have no other housing options available to them.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1Contract Mod 1 (Grants an additional $20,930)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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The Lighthouse - Advocacy, Prevention, and Education Center
Amount: $93,333
Program description: The Contractor will serve victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Lower Yakima Valley who are fleeing an unsafe situation and have no other housing options available to them.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Youth and Young Adult Shelter
Rod’s House
Amount: $150,910
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for providing emergency housing/shelter service to young adults through a continuous stay model hosted in a home-like unit or units.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants an additional $25,910)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Rod’s House
Amount: $134,034
Program description: The purpose of this agreement is to administer Shelter in Sunnyside with Shelter grant funding.
Contract (February 1, 2021-June 30, 2023)
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Extreme Winter Weather Shelter
Rod’s House
Amount: $55,000
Program description: The Contractor will increase the capacity to provide developmentally appropriate and safe night-by-night emergency shelter for young adults in a safe and trusting environment that treats all young people with dignity. The Extreme Winter Weather Shelter program focus on protecting young adults from exposure-related conditions such as hypothermia and frostbite.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $94,070
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for providing motel/hotel vouchers and extreme winter weather for individuals and families for whom other emergency shelter options are not appropriate or accessible from November 15th through March 15th. This time may be extended based on the severity of weather and funding availability.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic DBA Northwest Community Action Center
Amount: $52,600
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for providing motel/hotel vouchers and extreme winter weather for individuals and families for whom other emergency shelter options are not appropriate or accessible. This time may be extended based on the severity of weather and funding availability.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1, Goal 2
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Grace City Outreach
Amount: $40,000
Program description: The Contractor will increase the capacity to provide night-by-night emergency shelter for single adults and families in safe environment. The Extreme Winter Weather Shelter program focuses on people experiencing homelessness from exposure-related conditions such as hypothermia and frostbite.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (Contract length, November 15th, 2020-March 31st, 2021)
Contract (Contract amount and length, $81,875 from November 15th, 2021-March 31st, 2022)
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Shelter
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $194,184
Program description: The purpose of this agreement is to administer hotel/motel beds with Shelter grant funding.
Contract (February 1, 2021-June 30, 2023)
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Rod’s House
Amount: $134,034
Program description: The purpose of this agreement is to administer Shelter in Sunnyside with Shelter grant funding.
Contract (February 1, 2021-June 30, 2023)
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Funding is allocated for 2 years (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2022) unless otherwise noted
Rod’s House
Amount: $200,000
Program description: Build a facility that increases the capacity to provide developmentally appropriate and safe emergency housing and shelter for minors and young adults.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2, Goal 4, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Yakama Nation Village of Hope
Amount: $22,000
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for installing solar panels to power tiny homes onsite at Village of Hope, for use as COVID isolation and quarantine facilities for people experiencing homelessness.
Contract (From March 15th, 2020- September 30th, 2020)
Contract Mod 1 (Extending to December 31, 2020)
Contract Mod 2 (Extending to March 31st, 2021)
Contract Mod 3 (Extending to June 30th, 2021)
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Funding is allocated for 2 years (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2022) unless otherwise noted
Emergency Rental Assistance Program (COVID-19 Response)
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $1,648,736
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a rental assistance program to assist low-income individuals with rent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See more details here.
Contract (From August 1, 2019-December 30, 2020)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants additional $200,000)
Contract Mod 2 (This contract transfers funds from Admin and Operations to Rent Assistance)
Contract Mod 3 (Extends date to June 30th, 2021)
Contract Mod 4 (Grants additional $463,016)
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Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic DBA Northwest Community Action Center
Amount: $723,068
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a rental assistance program to assist low-income individuals with rent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See more details here.
Contract (From August 1, 2019-December 30, 2020)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants additional $150,000)
Contract Mod 2 (Grants additional $100,000)
Contract Mod 3 (Extends date to June 30th, 2021)
Contract Mod 4 (Grants additional $173,772)
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Latino Community Fund
Amount: $649,906
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a rental assistance program to assist low-income individuals with rent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See more details here.
Contract (From August 1, 2019-December 30, 2020)
Contract Mod 1 (Reduces the ERAP funding by $100,000)
Contract Mod 2 (This contract transfers funds from Admin and Operations to Rent Assistance)
Contract Mod 3 (Extends date to June 30th, 2021)
Contract Mod 4 (This contract transfers funds from Rent Assistance to Admin, By/for and Operations)
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OIC of Washington
Amount: $563,416
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a rental assistance program to assist low-income individuals with rent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See more details here.
Contract (From August 1, 2019-December 30, 2020)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants additional $100,000)
Contract Mod 2 (Extends date to June 30th, 2021)
Contract Mod 3 (Grants additional $131,804)
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Catholic Charities Diocese of Yakima
Amount: $92,672
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a rental assistance program to assist low-income individuals with rent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See more details here.
Contract (From May 1, 2021-June 30, 2021)
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Radio KDNA
Amount: $123,563
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a rental assistance program to assist low-income individuals with rent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See more details here.
Contract (From May 1, 2021-June 30, 2021)
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Treasury Rent Assistance Program (COVID-19 Response)
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $4,133,158
Program description: The Treasury Rent Assistance Program Grant is intended to prevent evictions by paying past due and future rent while targeting limited resources to those with the greatest needs and distributing funds equitably. See more details here.
Contract (From March 1, 2021-December 31, 2021)
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Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic DBA Northwest Community Action Center
Amount: $1,653,263
Program description: The Treasury Rent Assistance Program Grant is intended to prevent evictions by paying past due and future rent while targeting limited resources to those with the greatest needs and distributing funds equitably. See more details here.
Contract (From March 1, 2021-December 31, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (This modification corrects a typo in the budget, from $23,994.80 to $123,994.80 and updates county contact information).
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OIC of Washington
Amount: $991,958
Program description: The Treasury Rent Assistance Program Grant is intended to prevent evictions by paying past due and future rent while targeting limited resources to those with the greatest needs and distributing funds equitably. See more details here.
Contract (From March 1, 2021-December 31, 2021)
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Catholic Charities Diocese of Yakima
Amount: $1,239,947
Program description: The Treasury Rent Assistance Program Grant is intended to prevent evictions by paying past due and future rent while targeting limited resources to those with the greatest needs and distributing funds equitably. See more details here.
Contract (From March 1, 2021-December 31, 2021)
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Radio KDNA
Amount: $1,653,263
Program description: The Treasury Rent Assistance Program Grant is intended to prevent evictions by paying past due and future rent while targeting limited resources to those with the greatest needs and distributing funds equitably. See more details here.
Contract (From March 1, 2021-December 31, 2021)
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Federal Emergency Rent Assistance Program (COVID-19 Response)
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $3,144,944
Program description: The U.S Department of the Treasury Emergency Rental Program Grant is intended to prevent evictions by paying past due and future rent while targeting limited resources to those with the greatest needs and distributing funds equitably. See more details here.
Contract (From July 1, 2021-Sepember 30, 2025)
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Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic DBA Northwest Community Action Center
Amount: $1,257,977
Program description: The U.S Department of the Treasury Emergency Rental Program Grant is intended to prevent evictions by paying past due and future rent while targeting limited resources to those with the greatest needs and distributing funds equitably. See more details here.
Contract (From July 1, 2021-Sepember 30, 2025)
Contract Mod 1 (This modification corrects a typo in the budget, from $23,994.80 to $123,994.80 and updates county contact information).
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OIC of Washington
Amount: $754,786
Program description: The U.S Department of the Treasury Emergency Rental Program Grant is intended to prevent evictions by paying past due and future rent while targeting limited resources to those with the greatest needs and distributing funds equitably. See more details here.
Contract (From July 1, 2021-Sepember 30, 2025)
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Catholic Charities Diocese of Yakima
Amount: $943,484
Program description: The U.S Department of the Treasury Emergency Rental Program Grant is intended to prevent evictions by paying past due and future rent while targeting limited resources to those with the greatest needs and distributing funds equitably. See more details here.
Contract (From July 1, 2021-Sepember 30, 2025)
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Radio KDNA
Amount: $1,257,977
Program description: The U.S Department of the Treasury Emergency Rental Program Grant is intended to prevent evictions by paying past due and future rent while targeting limited resources to those with the greatest needs and distributing funds equitably. See more details here.
Contract (From July 1, 2021-Sepember 30, 2025)
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Rapid Rehousing
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $276,500
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a rental assistance/rapid rehousing program for transitioning individuals from homelessness to being stably housed.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2, Goal 3
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants additional $14,500)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Catholic Charities Diocese of Yakima
Amount: $172,339
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for providing a youth-centered housing program that prioritizes and focuses first on putting young adults into stable housing, followed individualized social supports case management to ameliorate conditions leading to homelessness and mitigate reentry into the homeless system.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants additional $7,400)
Contract Mod 2 (Grants an additional $30,700)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic DBA Northwest Community Action Center
Amount: $412,422
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a rental assistance/rapid rehousing program for transitioning individuals from homelessness to being stably housed.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants additional $21,780)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Veterans Rental Assistance
Yakima County Veterans Program
Amount: $17,315
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for administering a rental assistance/rapid rehousing program for transitioning veterans from homelessness to being stably housed.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1, Goal 5
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants additional $1,315)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Housing and Essential Needs
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $989,381
Program description: The Contractor will provide access to essential needs items and time-limited housing assistance for low-income adults who are unable to work for at least 90 days due to a physical or mental incapacity and are ineligible for Aged, Blind, or Disabled (ABD) cash assistance.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants additional $283,109)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic DBA Northwest Community Action Center
Amount: $910,659.40
Program description: The Contractor will provide access to essential needs items and time-limited housing assistance for low-income adults who are eligible for HEN assistance.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 1, Goal 2
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants additional $256,862)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Funding is allocated for 2 years (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2022)
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Amount: $209,054
Program description: The Contractor will be responsible for providing permanent supportive housing to individuals and families experiencing homelessness through rental assistance to private landlords.
5-Year Plan Goals Addressed: Goal 2, Goal 3
Contract (Year 1, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021)
Contract Mod 1 (Grants additional $79,286)
Contract (Year 2, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022)
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Our Accountability Metrics
Population Accountability
State Priority Populations | Individuals and households experiencing unsheltered homelessness |
Local Priority Populations | Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness |
Performance Measures | Increase in percent unsheltered served – at least 60% of services should be for unsheltered homeless households and households fleeing violence OR an increase of at least 5% annually Reduction of priority populations experiencing homelessness to functional zero |
Program Accountability
5-Year Plan Goals | Quickly identify and engage people experiencing homelessness through outreach and coordination between every system that encounters people experiencing homelessness Operate an effective and efficient homeless crisis response system that swiftly moves people into stable permanent housing Support the development of adequate affordable housing and permanent supportive housing Track and publish data regarding homelessness in Yakima County Address disparities among people experiencing homelessness and create resources to meet the needs of priority populations |
Performance Measures | Increased exits to permanent housing Reduced returns to homelessness after exits to permanent housing Reduced average length of time experiencing homelessness Data is collected and reported accurately Participation in HMIS and Coordinated Entry |
Fiscal Accountability
Expectations | Administrative expenses do not exceed 6% of total expenditures Funds are evenly disbursed throughout the contract period, or program communicates a clear understanding of how to maintain their operating costs once the grant funds have been utilized For Rental Assistance, HEN, and PSH contracts, rental assistance is a minimum of 67% of total expenditures Reimbursement paperwork is submitted by the 10th of every month Reimbursement requests are submitted with minimal errors Submitted reimbursement requests are allowable per the funding source and the contract, grant recipients understand the scope of allowability for their funding |
Performance Measures | Administrative expenses do not exceed 6% of total expenditures For Rental Assistance, HEN, and PSH contracts, rental assistance is a minimum of 67% of total expenditures Less than 25% of reimbursement requests are submitted late over the length of the contract period Less than 25% of reimbursement requests need to be resubmitted due to clerical errors over the length of the contract period |
Five-Year Plan Alignment
The Goals of the Yakima County 5-Year Plan are as follows: