Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee

Room 1001

Agenda — 16 items

1. 1 Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Council committee meetings in person in Council Chambers (Room 1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how to attend and/or provide public comment remotely are listed below. Pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.035 A. and F., this meeting is also noticed as a meeting of the Metropolitan King County Council, whose agenda is limited to the committee business. In this meeting only the rules and procedures applicable to committees apply and not those applicable to full council meetings. HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT: The Health, Housing and Human Services Committee values community input and looks forward to hearing from you on agenda items. There are three ways to provide public comment: 1. In person: You may attend the meeting and provide comment in the Council Chambers. 2. By email: You may comment in writing on current agenda items by submitting your email comments to kcccomitt@kingcounty.gov. If your email is received before 8:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting, your email comments will be distributed to the committee members and appropriate staff prior to the meeting.
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3. 1 Call to Order
4. 2 Roll Call
5. 3 Approval of Minutes
6. 4 Public Comment
7. 7 Consent
8. 7 page break
9. 5 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Nandita Sharma, who resides in council district three, to the King County women's advisory board, as an executive at-large representative. 2025-0015 Recommended Do Pass Consent Pass
10. 9 Briefing
11. 6 Federal Funding Cuts and Threats to Health, Housing, and Human Services Presented
12. 7 Human Services Provider and Workforce Stability Presented
13. 8 Stabilizing the Human Service Workforce Through Stability Grants from the City and County Presented
14. 9 Proviso Briefing Required by Ordinance 19861, Section 61, Community and Human Services Administration, Proviso P1, “On a plan to improve processing times for all awards of grant moneys for housing providers and payment for contracted services performed by human service providers within the department of community and human services. Presented
15. 14 Other Business
16. 15 Adjournment