The Trump administration will require that homeless service providers force people to receive behavioral health treatment in order to access long-term, federally supported housing, a move that could mean organizations across Oregon would have to choose between receiving federal dollars or state dollars — but not both.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a major overhaul of the $3.9 billion federal Continuum of Care program, the largest homeless services initiative it oversees.

The changes slash the amount of funding available for permanent housing projects and upend federal support for the longstanding homeless services model known as “Housing First,” which aims to quickly connect people to housing by removing preconditions like stable employment or

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