With winter coming, this is what Bellingham is doing for homeless youth
Nov. 2—Bellingham City Council voted last week to fund a winter shelter for young adults and help the Opportunity Council hire two additional positions for its Homeless Outreach Team.
In a pair of unanimous votes Monday, Oct. 25, the council used $153,000 from the state Affordable Housing tax for a young adult shelter at Civic Stadium and agreed to bolster the Homeless Outreach Team response with $196,000 from the General Fund.
Members of the Whatcom County Council will be asked to support those efforts with an equal amount for the young adult shelter, which will operate from December through February said Tara Sundin, Bellingham's economic development manager.
"We had a huge challenge in regards to people who are unhoused before the pandemic," Councilwoman Pinky Vargas said at an Oct. 25 committee meeting.
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