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Clerk 7/20/2007
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AN ORDINANCE adopting the revised framework policies for human services, as required by Ordinance 15406; and amending Ordinance 13629, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.51.010.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Since 1999, King County has conducted several regional policy and planning efforts that have helped to explore and redefine human services priorities and populations.
B. Two significant regional efforts, the Juvenile Justice Operational Master Plan and the Adult Justice Operational Master Plan, focused on developing alternatives to detention and incarceration for youth and adults as a means of stabilizing lives and reducing census and costs. These alternatives include programs that create linkages to a variety of human services, including assessment, treatment in jail and upon discharge, housing, employment and job training and other cost-effective prevention and intervention services for individuals and their families.
C. In 2005, the council approved the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in King County, which prioritizes investments focused on preventing or reducing homelessness, moving people quickly to stable housing, and improving linkages to treatment and other supportive services to create stability and increase self-sufficiency.
D. The voters of King County in 2005 approved the veterans and human services levy to create a new funding source for housing and supportive services to help veterans, military personnel and their families, and other individuals and families in need across King County. As a means of providing guidance to the levy implementation, the council approved Ordinance 15406 in April 2006, directing that "the proceeds shall be used primarily to prevent or reduce homelessness and unnecessary involvement in the criminal justice and emergency medical systems for veterans, military personnel and their families and other individuals and famil...

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