HomeMy WebLinkAboutShelter Coalition 122325Shelter Coalition Meeting
December 23, 2025
“We aren’t any stronger than our cooperation”, Greg Brotherton
Present: Greg Brotherton - facilitator, Julia Cochrane, Peggy Webster - Olycap, Trevor Breland - Bayside, Anya Callahan - Public Health, Josh Peters - Jefferson County, Bill Vollmut
- Bayside, Viola Morgan - Olycap, K. Keplinger - Emergency Management, Talon - Recovery Cafe, Matt Ready
Shelter at American Legion: full capacity, Need cots, need people to cook dinners,
Sanctioned Encampment - Peggy - Matt Ready’s Property near Goodwill, another couple has donated a manufactured home for a cooking space, and there is a shower trailer possibly. Working
with him to get electricity and water.
Greg - Gary - Bayside - encampment at San Juan and F. Julia brought up issues with this site. Bayside is successfully billing Medicaid for Case Management. Viola expanded on this. SCS
and Supported employment - can bill in 15 minute increments. If you can get the volume of participants then it can really pay off.
Anya - also talked about needing to coordinate with Bayside
Trauma informed training - Terry Strickland - also called de-escalation
Winter Welcoming Center - Operating in cooperation with other groups to stay open till 4 every day. Meals coming Tuesday-Episcopal soup, Fridays - Mike McCutcheon, Parking lot potluck
- Saturdays, and yesterday someone delivered 30 individually wrapped sandwiches! There is a need for tents and gloves.
Viola - Olycap - meeting with public health looking for supports for unsheltered, trying to get to people on public property, health dept will help with dump fees, Olycap will provide
the personnel and case management.
Conversation with deputies so that garbage bags will get picked up rapidly so not a trash complaint, and the sheriff will reach out with concerns.
Matt Ready - pile of garbage at a campsite, worked with Olycap. There are people who have been out there for a long time. Really pleased with Olycap and Health Dept. assistance.
Willing to give up ½ of his property to do a supported encampment. How to fence it in. Find an organization - Olycap. And Anya’s help. Site Development - fence that can withstand high
wind. Gates, gravel road, RV or something. Financial - $20,000 to $30,000 and there will need to be ongoing funding to deal with utilities and a monitor. Need collaboration and cooperation
with the county and the city. Planning to put in temps that are more substantial and wind resistance and maybe tiny houses. Greg invited Matt to reach out to the Housing Fund Board,
which often has twice as many asks as funding. Resident monitor in an RV. Thought is to do a community build of the fence. Also reach out to Jefferson Community Foundation
(Image below) Approximately 14 spots - 10-20 folks. Olycap donating /
Questions: Next RFP will be next winter. Opioid Settlement - the Purdue settlement - slotted for internal uses. Behavioral Health Advisory Consortium is preparing an RFP.
The county budget passed yesterday - 150,000 used for internal costs like courts. As we move forward - the largest pieces will go through the RFP process.
Point in Time Count - if you want to volunteer its on Olycap’s web page. https://olycap.org/
Next Meeting January 6, 2026 @ 11:15 AM
Hybrid at the Recovery Cafe
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