UPDATE: Portlanders from All Walks of Life Support Common Sense on Homelessness
We are seeing great response to our call for accountability on homelessness spending and supporting groups like Helping Hands at Bybee Lakes. Below are just a few of the messages our members and allies have sent to the Commission.
We can't afford to lose Bybee Lakes and Helping Hands' trauma-informed, data-driven, person-centered homelessness services. They are fighting to stay open and have asked Multnomah County to provide funding for their programs.
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Also, this week, a scathing audit report was released by the Multnomah County Auditor Jennifer McGuirk. The report describes the process as "confusing and chaotic" and uncovers just how little data the county collects on its own funding to homeless service providers.
“It would be great to see if we could see what what were a series of services someone received that got them housed and they stayed housed,” McGuirk told OPB. “Data really has the powerful ability to, to tell us what works — and what doesn’t.” We agree.
Audit finds internal flaws in Portland-area homeless service agency, OPB, 8/23/23
Check out these messages that folks have sent to the Multnomah County Commission:
RPC's testimony to the Multnomah County Commission:
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Goose Hollow Foothills League Testimony - August 24, 2023
GHFL - Support - Bybee Lakes funding
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RPC Member Bob Grover's message - August 24, 2023
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RPC Member Adam Turco - August 19, 2023
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Local Small Business Owner Steve Herring- August 24, 2023
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Behavioral Health Task Force Chair Richard Perkins- August 24, 2023
Perkins Oral and Written Testimony
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