Code Purple shelter county match

At a glance

• What: Interlocal agreement with Buncombe County to accept $100,000 matching funds for FY2026-27 Code Purple emergency shelter.

Season planning (October 13)

• Season starts around November 1 and ends April 30. Sites: ABCCM Transformation Village (women), new Haywood Street site, Homeward Bound at the Salvation Army Center of Hope, plus Safe Shelter overflow sites (about 20 beds each).
• The Salvation Army regular shelter ends November 1 (65 beds); providers expect to need additional funding.

Sources

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/13iricNKfnfNm1fpcocap1ic3vYcRsd2FAIFY5tM1y0I/edit?usp=drive_link

Discussion time

About 4 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Log

• 2026-10-22 - Council Agenda Briefing Worksession - Briefing: $100,000 Buncombe County matching-fund interlocal agreement on the October 27 consent agenda.

• 2026-10-13 - City Council (formal meeting) - Staff (Emily Ball) outlined this season's Code Purple sites and funding needs; no vote.

• 2026-10-22 - Page created from a posted agenda; no meeting transcript processed yet.

• 2026-10-27 - City Council (formal meeting) - Buncombe County match of $100,000 for FY26-27 adopted unanimously.