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Whatever happened to Spokane's "one-stop shop" to fight homelessness?


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FROM LEFT: Spokane Resource Center Director Jen Morris, Spokane Workforce Council Chief Executive Officer Mark Mattke and Chief Operating Officer Dawn Karber at the Spokane Resource Center.
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o be at the margins to be homeless or nearly homeless is to constantly be navigating mazes of social services agencies, forests of phone trees and labyrinths of bureaucracy to get the help you need.
But at the Spokane Resource Center, the idea was that all anyone had to do was walk through the door, and they d have a personal guide to different services, whether that s energy assistance, resume help, or a closet full of professional clothes they could borrow for a job interview. ....

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Rep. Denny Heck: COVID relief bill 'insufficient' in terms of rent assistance


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December 29, 2020 10:05 PM
Alex Crescenti
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SPOKANE, Wash. Of the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package passed through congress, $25 billion will go towards rental assistance. In Spokane, the burden was already high before the pandemic began.
According to the Spokane Workforce Council, 25% of renters were paying 50% of their income towards rent each month before the pandemic even began. Now that the latest COVID relief package passed, there is help on the way, but there is still much uncertainty about the future.
“People are hurting right now,” said Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris.
When the first COVID relief package was released, Matt Mettke and the Spokane Workforce Council were able to allocate $2 million across 800 households. They helped pay for rent and utilities. Many people who needed help were from the service industry which is still struggling under COVID restrictions. ....

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