1200 King County

Courthouse

King County

516 Third Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

Meeting Minutes

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

DRAFT MINUTES

Room 1001

Call to Order

Roll Call

Chair Mosqueda called the meeting to order at 9:32 a.m.

4 - Dunn, Barón, Mosqueda and Quinn

Present:

Approval of Minutes

Councilmember Barón moved approval of the minutes of the March 4, 2025 meeting.

Seeing no objections, the minutes were approved

Public Comment

There following individuals were present to provide public comment:

1. Kenneth Randall

2. Janet Way

Consent

Proposed Motion No. 2025-0015

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.

A motion was made by Barón that this Motion be Recommended Do Pass

Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Dunn, Barón, Mosqueda and Quinn

Yes:

Meeting Minutes

April 1, 2025

Health, Housing, and Human

Services Committee

Briefing

Briefing No. 2025-B0043

Federal Funding Cuts and Threats to Health, Housing, and Human Services

Dwight Dively, Director, Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget, briefed the

Committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.

Lisa Yohalem, President and CEO, HealthPoint, briefed the Committee and answered

questions from the members.

Sarah Dickmeyer, External Affairs Manager, Plymouth Housing, briefed the Committee

via PowerPoint presentation and answer questions from the members.

This matter was Presented

Briefing No. 2025-B0044

Human Services Provider and Workforce Stability

Kelly Rider, Director, Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS), briefed

the Committee via PowerPoint presentation and answer questions from the members.

This matter was Presented

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, briefed the Committee via

PowerPoint presentation and answer questions from the members. Lindsey Grad,

Legislative Director, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, also commented and answered

questions from the members.

Lauren Fay, Senior Business Manager, Downtown Emergency Service Center, briefed

the Committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the

members.

This matter was Presented

Briefing No. 2025-B0047

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.

Kelly Rider, Director, Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS); Jennifer

Coldiron, Director of impact and Data Strategy, DCHS; and Kevin Lo, Acting Chief

Financial Officer, DCHS; briefed the committee via PowerPoint presentation and

answered questions from the members

This matter was Presented