Chelan-Douglas Housing Task Force Opens Grant Application Process for Local Homeless Housing Programs

Registered non-profits encouraged to apply by Friday, May 2

information released

Beginning March 31, the Chelan-Douglas Homeless Housing Task Force will seek applications for funding from local homeless housing programs.

Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2, to Amber Hallberg at amber.hallberg@co.chelan.wa.us. No applications submitted after the deadline will be accepted. Applications will be available beginning March 31 on the Chelan County website (https://www.co.chelan.wa.us/board-of-commissioners/pages/housing).

Interested applicants must be a registered nonprofit, government agency or federally recognized Washington state tribe. It is preferred, but not required, that applicants apply for already existing programs. All projects must follow the Consolidated Homeless Grant guidelines.

Applications will be accepted for administrative, operational and limited maintenance costs of supportive housing service programs, emergency shelters, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing and rental assistance. Contact Hallberg with any questions.

The two-year grants, which run from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, are supported by two funding sources: the Consolidated Homeless Grant and Local Homeless Housing funds.

Funded by the Washington State Department of Commerce, the Consolidated Homeless Grant provides the majority of homeless housing funding from the task force, which covers Chelan and Douglas counties. Additionally, the task force is responsible for allocating the local document recording fee fund. The document recording fee fund supports activities defined in the region’s five-year homeless housing strategic plan.

The task force expects to award about $6 million from the Consolidated Homeless Grant alone. During the current grant cycle, which started July 1, 2023, and concludes June 30, 2025, Chelan and Douglas counties received a combined total of about $8 million dollars from the program. Due to the state’s budget deficit, the 2025-2027 grant cycle anticipates at least a 20 percent reduction in available funding. The state has emphasized local governments must maintain the level of services and number of beds available in communities.