Erin Baldwin Day
31:34 - 31:58
“do we have any idea what just the sort of the raw costs, if we were to remove treatment from the equation and we're just talking about operating micro-units as like a housing intervention. Do we know what that, what that looks like as far as utilities, security, snow removal?”
- Speaker
- Erin Baldwin Day
- Timestamp
- 31:34 – 31:58
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
I don't have that with me today, no, but I can certainly get that and get a more holistic overview of what does it actually cost to provide care. And perhaps I could break that down by a per-person rate, but it might— each person has different levels, so I guess that might not work either. So do we have any idea what just the sort of the raw costs, if we were to remove treatment from the equation and we're just talking about operating micro-units as like a housing intervention. Do we know what that, what that looks like as far as utilities, security, snow removal? I mean, just sort of the basic basics of facility operation.
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