Impact Reduction Program

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City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget City Administrator > City Administrator > Impact Reduction Program Impact Reduction Program Budget Revenues by Fund 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed External Revenues $0 $4,082,799 $2,000,000 $500,000 General Fund $0 $4,082,799 $2,000,000 $0 PDX Clean Energy Community Benefits $0 $0 $0 $500,000 Fund Internal Revenues $0 $14,962,439 $14,658,649 $14,455,787 General Fund $0 $14,962,439 $14,658,649 $14,455,787 PDX Clean Energy Community Benefits $0 $0 $0 $0 Fund Grand Total $0 $19,045,238 $16,658,649 $14,955,787 Program Expenses by Major Object Program expenses only include personnel, internal materials and services, external materials and services, and capital. 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed External Materials and $0 $19,907,105 $15,327,386 $13,868,188 Services Internal Materials and $0 $339,541 $448,938 $228,305 Services Personnel $0 $905,045 $882,325 $859,294 Grand Total $0 $21,151,691 $16,658,649 $14,955,787 Program Description and Goals The Impact Reduction Program (IRP) focuses on coordinated campsite cleanups in compliance with ORS 203.079 and the City of Portland's Impact Reduction Program Campsite Removal and Property Storage Policy. IRP is responsible for receiving campsite reports from community members, assessing each camp reported, and coordinating cleanup and/or removal of unsanctioned 113

City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget encampments on City property. In recent years, IRP also managed campsite removals on Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)-owned properties through an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA). However, that ODOT IGA was not renewed for FY 25- 26, and a renewal and subsequent funding allocation from ODOT is still in question for FY 26-27. IRP works collaboratively with the Street Services Coordination Center (SSCC) and other internal and external stakeholders to make social service referrals in addition to facilitating the removal of structures, debris, biohazards, and trash on public right-of-way and in public spaces. IRP also designs, develops, and implements strategies such as day storage programs, low barrier employment opportunities, and has successfully increased sanitation access for individuals experiencing homelessness through portable restroom placements, tent-site waste collection, and laundry services. Services Community campsite report response; campsite risk assessment; coordinated campsite cleanups; tent-side waste collection services; micro-trash collection; day storage; laundry services for people experiencing homelessness. Equity Impacts IRP's base budget includes resources to sustain contracts with non-profits and private companies who prioritize hiring people with lived experience of homelessness, addiction and recovery, or incarceration. While the IRP was not designed to solve root causes of homelessness, it creates opportunities for vulnerable community members by focusing on easy entry job creation, helping people find economic stability and housing. IRP also provides equitable service to the community through an objective camp assessment process that sends a team with lived experience to each camp. That team completes an assessment report documenting the level of health and safety risks present. By first assessing every camp reported, IRP ensures that removals occur first at camps with the highest degree of risk. The assessment process also verifies whether a reported camp is presenting a sidewalk obstruction, information IRP uses to prioritize camp locations that limit public access and disproportionately affect community members with mobility disabilities. IRP has specific standards around the number of camps assessed and removed related to sidewalk obstructions, standards that were required as a result of a legal settlement agreement (Tozer, et al. v. City of Portland Settlement Agreement). Finally, IRP coordinates directly with the City Street Outreach team and requires campsite removal contractors to have Crisis Prevention Specialists (CPS) on staff. Shelter and other resources are offered during camp posting and removal operations, and outreach and CPS are brought in whenever services are requested. Changes to Program IRP's budget is built around $4.9M in Ongoing General Funds, $8.4M in Interagency resources, $1.2M in Solid Waste Management Funds, and $500K of Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) resources, for a total budget of $15.0M. IRP's submitted budget includes an Ongoing General Fund cut of $342K, which will be operationalized as a reduction in campsite removals conducted. IRP's submitted budget also includes a reallocation of $500K in PCEF resources that were previously dispersed to fund a laundry program staffed by Ground Score Association contracted employees, as well as to support campsite assessment costs through Central City Concern. 114

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