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County Approves Budget, Including Funding For Community Investment

(Portland, OR)  --  Multnomah County is committing nearly two-million dollars to a community investment plan aimed at supporting individuals before law enforcement intervenes.  The funding is part of the county's 2021 budget approved by commissioners yesterday.  Commissioners also approved 100-thousand dollars to expand the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program, or REACH.  The more-than-two-billion-dollar budget also includes 90-million dollars for the county's response to the coronavirus pandemic and 32-point-six-million dollars for the joint office of homeless services.

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