5-Year Homeless Plan

Download the Yakima County’s 5-year Homeless Plan

This plan has been developed to address the issues of homelessness in Yakima County and give direction to better serving those in need. The five-year plan will accomplish its goals by creating a plan that prioritizes housing first core values-that a person should be housed in safe housing as a primary tool after which services and support will be offered and provided through collaboration and cooperation with service and support providers. Reducing homelessness takes determination, perseverance and collaboration. Our intent is to create solutions that will reduce homeless in Yakima County so that it is BRIEF AND RARE by providing the homeless with better access to safe, decent, and affordable housing.

The Five-Year Plan to address homelessness in Yakima County will accomplish this by:
1) defining core problems facing the residents of Yakima County
2) identifying gaps in the housing market for low-income and very low-income citizens
3) assessing additional needs for prevention and service provider assistance for the homeless and at-risk populations
4) ensure that people quickly get the help they need to be safe and stable.

YVCOG – Yakima Valley Conference of Governments

Yakima Valley Conference of Governments

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Commuter Benefits

Tired of driving alone to work every day, but not sure if you have better options?

Consider what can happen when you use alternate ways of getting to work (or even teleworking):

Good Faith Effort

What is a Good Faith Effort?

State Law define “good faith effort” by these two conditions:

YVCOG considers good faith effort when evaluating an employer’s level of commitment to achieving CTR goals.
One of two outcomes will result:

There are no civil penalties for failure to reach CTR goals. The YVCOG is here to work collaboratively with employers
to find solutions that make sense for them!

Employee Taxes

The IRS allows employees to use their own pre-tax dollars to take advantage of commuter benefits.

Employees have three options for reducing the cost of commuting:

Since 2016, the tax-free and pre-tax limits for commuter benefits provided by an employer are:

Employer Requirements

The CTR Law has six main requirements.

Participating Employers must:

CTR and Business Health

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Employer Taxes

Employers (and property managers) who provide CTR incentives are eligible for a
Washington State tax credit up to $100,000 per fiscal year (50% of the employee’s
benefit cost per fiscal year). No more than $60 per employee may be claimed in the
fiscal year.