New Rental Assistance & Homeless System Performance Measures Steering Committee Application Form
You are invited you to apply for a new Steering Committee for the Rental Assistance and Homeless System Performance Measures programs created in the 2021 legislative session (Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill [E2SHB] 1277).

This steering committee will make recommendations to the Department of Commerce on the following: 1) Program design of new Rental Assistance programs (eviction prevention rental assistance program and project-based voucher program); and 2) Creation of Homeless System Performance Measures (county performance metrics and benchmarks for equitable access and outcomes).

All applications for Steering Committee membership must be received by October 11, 2021.

The Department of Commerce appreciates and honors your time. As such, steering committee members that are not supported to participate through their employer can be offered a small honorarium to acknowledge their unique perspective and expertise. Should public health guidelines allow in-person meetings, travel expenses will be reimbursed, and remote participation options will be available for those not comfortable gathering in-person.

Those chosen to participate will be notified no later than October 20. Those not chosen to serve on the steering committee may be invited to provide feedback to the process in other ways.

Questions? Contact Kathy Kinard at the Department of Commerce at Kathy.Kinard@commerce.wa.gov or Dori Krupanics at BDS Planning & Urban Design at dori@bdsplanning.com.
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Name (first and last) *
Organizational affiliation (If any) *
Organizational role/title (If any) *
County where you live and/or work *
Email *
Phone number (Format: xxx-xxx-xxxx) *
The Department of Commerce is required to consult with the following stakeholder groups to develop the new rental assistance and homeless system performance measures. Please check all that apply. *
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The Department of Commerce would like to consult with the following stakeholder groups that often face barriers to housing to develop the new rental assistance and homeless system performance measures. Please check all that apply.
The Department of Commerce seeks to partner with  "By and For" Organizations*. If you represent one or more of these organizations, please indicate  the name of the organization below and the community it serves. (*By and For Organizations are operated by and for the community they serve. Their primary mission and history is serving a specific community and they are culturally based, directed, and substantially controlled by individuals from the population they serve. At the core of their programs, the organizations embody the community's central cultural values. These communities may include ethnic and racial minorities; immigrants and refugees; individuals who identify as LGBTQ+, individuals with disabilities or who are deaf; and Native Americans.) *
The Department of Commerce must develop measure for equitable access and outcomes for the new rental assistance program for the following racial and ethnic groups. Please indicate if you identify as a member of any of the following racial and ethnic groups. Please check all that apply.
The first three meetings of the Steering Committee have been pre-scheduled. Please indicate which of the following meetings you can attend. (Note: Your attendance is requested for all three meetings should you be selected to serve on the steering committee). Please note that those selected for the steering committee who are not able to attend one or more meetings in 2021 will still have an opportunity to provide feedback, and missing meetings in 2021 does not preclude involvement in 2022.
We would like to gather the Steering Committee members in December for a year-end celebration and goal setting for the work in 2022. If public health guidelines allow, would you like to do this gathering in-person or virtually? An in-person gathering would likely take place in Thurston, Pierce or King County and travel expenses would be reimbursed. Remote participation options would be available for those not comfortable gathering in-person. Please indicate your preference below.
Frequency and length of meetings in 2022 will depend on the availability of the selected steering committee members. We expect most meetings will be convened on Zoom and the work of the steering committee is expected to be complete by June 30, 2022.  Please indicate below how frequently you are willing and able to participate in steering committee meetings in 2022.
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Steering Committee Applicant Insights
The following four questions have no right answers, we are just looking to get some initial thinking from potential members of the Steering Committee. Don't overthink it! This will simply give us a sense of our starting point once the Steering Committee is assembled.
What do you think is the top barrier(s) for people accessing rental and housing assistance? *
What do you hope the new rental assistance and homeless system performance measures will achieve?
What is the best thing  we can do to help people who are currently unsheltered move into stable housing (not just temporary shelter)?
What unique perspective and/or expertise would you bring to this Steering Committee?
A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.
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