1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Health, Housing, and Human Services  
Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Teresa Mosqueda, Chair;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice-Chair;  
Jorge L. Barón, De'Sean Quinn  
Lead Staff: Sam Porter (206-263-2708)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206-477-0874)  
9:30 AM  
Tuesday, April 1, 2025  
REVISED AGENDA  
Room 1001  
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. Remote attendance at the meeting by phone or computer: You may provide oral comment  
on current agenda items during the meeting’s public comment period by connecting to the  
meeting via phone or computer using the ZOOM application https://zoom.us/join, and entering  
the Webinar ID number below.  
You are not required to sign up in advance. Comments are limited to current agenda items.  
You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To request these services,  
please contact Language Access Coordinator, Tera Chea at (206) 477 9259 or email  
Tera.chea2@kingcounty.gov by 8:00 a.m. at least three business days prior to the meeting.  
CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR:  
Webinar ID: 842 7675 9952  
If you do not have access to the ZOOM application, you can connect to the meeting by calling 1  
253 215 8782 and using the Webinar ID. Connecting in this manner, however, may impact your  
ability to be unmuted to speak.  
HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN TO THE MEETING REMOTELY: There are several ways to watch or  
listen in to the meeting:  
1)  
Stream online via this link: http://www.kingcounty.gov/kctv, or input the link web address  
into your web browser.  
2)  
Watch King County TV Channel 22 (Comcast Channel 22 and 322(HD), Wave Broadband  
Channel 22)  
3)  
Listen to the meeting by telephone – See “Connecting to the Webinar” above.  
To help us manage the meeting, if you do not wish to be called upon for public comment  
please use the Livestream or King County TV options listed above, if possible, to watch or  
listen to the meeting.  
1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Approval of Minutes  
Minutes of March 4, 2025 meeting.  
4.  
Public Comment  
Consent  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0015  
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.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council staff  
Briefing  
Briefing No. 2025-B0043  
6.  
Federal Funding Cuts and Threats to Health, Housing, and Human Services  
Dwight Dively, Director, Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget  
Lisa Yohalem, President and CEO, HealthPoint  
Sarah Dickmeyer, External Affairs Manager, Plymouth Housing  
Briefing No. 2025-B0044  
7.  
8.  
Human Services Provider and Workforce Stability  
Kelly Rider, Director, Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS)  
Briefing No. 2025-B0046  
Stabilizing the Human Service Workforce Through Stability Grants from the City and County  
Jennifer Romich, Professor, UW School of Social Work  
Francis Kwofie, Member of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW  
Lauren Fay, Senior Business Manager, Downtown Emergency Service Center  
Briefing No. 2025-B0047  
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.  
Jennifer Coldiron, Director of impact and Data Strategy, DCHS  
Kevin Lo, Acting Chief Financial Officer, DCHS  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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