5,500 homeless individuals find a home thanks to Multnomah County and JOHS

Multnomah County’s Joint Office of Homeless Services (JOHS) claims it helped nearly 5,500 houseless people move into homes from 2023 to 2024.

Additionally, it reports another 7,900 homeless were connected to shelter services within the same fiscal year.

"What we’re seeing is that we’re being effective in moving more people into permanent housing and we’re also being more effective in moving people into shelter," the director of the Joint Office of Homeless Services Dan Field told KATU News Wednesday.

JOHS says the annual increase in housing placements is the largest since the Joint Office launched in July 2016, with an increase of more than 2,000 people year-over-year – or nearly 35%.

“These outcomes show what we all know to be true: When we work together, we can create some positive results. These outcomes would not be possible without the providers and front-line staff who have worked tirelessly every day, with deep commitment, to make this progress possible,” said JOHS Director Dan Field in a press release.

“Building up the base needed to deliver on this measure required not only time but a series of strategic steps, from developing spending dashboards to improving our contracting and procurement practices,” Field continued. “Now, at the end of our third year, those efforts have paid off with better futures for thousands of our neighbors. And we have proven we can prudently manage these resources.”

According to the county and JOHS, both are continuing to invest in partnerships to help expand shelter opportunities.

In the press release reporting the news, the county says it has “provided more than $20 million in Supportive Housing Services funds to the City of Portland to pay for construction and operations at additional sites planned to follow Clinton Triangle.”

Those funds join separate investments in east Multnomah County, including direct allocations to the City of Gresham for housing placement work and street outreach, as well as outreach and other housing services in the Thousand Acres area.

"The money is used to provide rent support. It’s used to provide wraparound services that allow people who may struggle to stay housed on their own," said Fields.

https://katu.com/news/local/multco-johs-reports-5k-homeless-moved-into-homes-across-2023-2024-fiscal-year
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