Specifications include, but are not limited to: • Development and/or expansion of a hotel voucher program, wherein arrangements would be made in advance with various hotels to accept vouchers or some sort of payment agreement in exchange for providing rooms at a reasonable rate for households participating in this program. • Ideally the program would include agreements with multiple hotel owners/operators throughout Kitsap County to develop short-term temporary beds available as needed in different geographic areas of the county. • Building relationships with hotel owners to engage them in this program and to resolve potential conflicts with program households as they arise. • This program should work to coordinate with other funding sources that could provide additional and/or future assistance for households enrolled in the hotel voucher program. • Vouchers should be negotiated for fixed time increments, such as a week or a month. • Households should be referred for a specific length of time for the voucher. These hotel vouchers should be prioritized for households who are currently unsheltered and moving inside. • Intensive case management support should be provided for program households to make the adjustment from living outside to living in a temporary hotel room situation. • Case management should include working with households to identify needs, resources, opportunities, and next steps through development of a Housing Stability Plan. • Case management support should include housing location assistance for households' next housing situation (after the hotel voucher), connection with resources and benefits, referrals for behavioral health resources, and conflict resolution with hotel owners/operators.
