A new budget approved by Dallas County commissioners this week includes $2 million earmarked for specific homelessness programs — less than the $7.5 million discussed in budget workshops.

While some of the more than $828 million budget — takes effect Oct. 1 — was itemized for homelessness, more than $6 million was set aside to reallocate where needed throughout the year.

Commissioner Andy Sommerman said he had previously been promised funds specifically for several programs, like Housing Forward and Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center.

"We're gonna spend hundreds of millions of dollars on our jail," Sommerman said, "but we're not gonna spend any dollars trying to prevent people from going to jail and prevent crimes from happening."

Commissioner John Wiley Price, whose funding requests for

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