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Development Block
Grant
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Powering Community
Progress
Strengthening
our local
community
through
essential
funding
Delivering
critical services
to our most
vulnerable
residents
Enabling long-
term impact
with sustainable
projects
Ensuring
continued
progress in
underserved
areas
Requesting
renewed
support to keep
building a better
future
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Distribution of
Services by
Household Income
in Clallam &
Jefferson Counties
Beneficiaries Served (July 2024 –June 2025)
•Total persons assisted:91
•New or continuing access to services:91
•Improved or non-substandard services:0 (all services
already meet standards)
•Race & Ethnicity of Beneficiaries:
•White:42
•American Indian/Alaskan Native:1
•Other Multi-Racial:3
•Hispanic:41 (all White beneficiaries except 1 are Hispanic)
Tiny Shelter Program2024-2025 Progress & Improvements
Staffing: In June 2024,
shifts were often
unmanned. All shifts
are now fully staffed
by residents with lived
experience—5
residents hired and
trained as Monitors.
Resident
Empowerment:
Residents now hold
on-site twelve-step
meetings, access the
OlyCAP Conference
Room during
renovations, and have
a direct line to
management.
Resident Council: A
new council meets
monthly with
leadership to set site
priorities—leading to
sanitation building
funding and PUD
building renovation
plans.
Facility Upgrades:
Improvements include
mail service, internet,
increased waste
disposal, a dog waste
station, sanitation
facilities
(showers/bathrooms),
and planned
communal food prep
area and meeting
spaces.
Shelter Status:
Previously classified as
“unsheltered,” the site
will meet “sheltered”
status after kitchen
completion (expected
by July 2025).
Enhanced Services:
Staff training in
Coordinated Entry,
expanded case
management, and
increased benefits
access. Plans for more
training in housing and
benefits navigation.
Meet Terry
Terry started as a Resident of Caswell Brown
when it was camping and safe parking at the
Fairgrounds.
Certified De-escalation Instructor
Provides Coordinated Entry services on site at
CBV
Pursuing certification in Motivational
Interviewing
Manages Sequim Warming Center
Oversees staff at the Safe Parking program (in
partnership with Sequim Trinity United
Methodist Church)
Will manage the new overnight shelter at Mill
Road, opening in 2025
In Terry’s words
Looking Forward
In FY 2026, If awarded, OlyCAP plans to utilize CDBG
funds of $103,000 (minus County Admin percentage)
to support Housing Department operations.