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>>> OKAY I'M GOING TO CALL THIS
MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS IS THE MAY 26th 2020
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENTS.
IT'S 2:00 P.M.
I'M ANDREW LEWIS, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
WILL THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESIDENT.
>> CHAIR LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRENTED.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES
IS EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.
AND I EXPECT OTHER FOLKS WILL
COME IN AS THE MEETING
PROGRESSES.
SO LET'S START OUT WITH
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
CHAIRS REPORT.
SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO DO A
DEEP DIVE INTO HEARING ABOUT A
PROGRAM THAT A LOT OF US HERE
ON THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT
EXTENSIVELY.
JUST CARE WHICH HAS BEEN ACTIVE
IN THE CHINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT IN PIONEER SQUARE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
DISCUSSION.
I FRANKLY THINK A BIG PART OF
OUR LOOMING RESPONSE GENERALLY
TO THE CRISIS THAT WE'RE SEEING
AROUND HOMELESSNESS CAN BE
INFORMED BY THE LEADERSHIP, THE
DILIGENCE, IN THE WAY THAT JUST
CARE HAS APPROACHED THE WORK IN
A VERY CHALLENGING PART OF THE
CITY WITH A VERY HIGH DENSITY
OF OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WITH HIGH CHRONIC
PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS.
AND REALLY JUST SHOWS THAT
WHILE OUR CITY IS FACING
EXTREME PROBLEMS, THERE ARE
BOLD SOLUTIONS THAT REALLY CAN
LEAD TO GETTING THE JOB DONE.
AND PROVIDING DIGNITY,
TREATMENT, CARE, AND RESPECT
FOR OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WHILE ALSO
BUILDING RAPPORT AND WORKING
WITH HOUSE RESIDENTS AND SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE ALSO
EXPERIENCED ISSUES THAT ARE
RELATED TO THE STATE OF
HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY.
AND TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT
LEAVES ALL PARTIES SATISFIED.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
CONVERSATION.
THE NEXT PART OF THE AGENDA IS
PUBLIC COMMENT.
I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL NO
PUBLIC COMMENT OR SIGN UP AT
LEAST IN THE LAST MINUTE
SOMEONE SIGNED UP S THAT THE
CASE?
>> THERE ARE NO PUBLIC
COMMENTERS SIGNED UP.
>> OKAY, WELL, IN THAT CASE WE
WILL SKIP PUBLIC COMMENT AS
THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP TODAY
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ANY FOLLOW
UP WRITTEN QUESTIONS OR WRITTEN
COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION
TODAY TO BE SENT TO MY OFFICE
AND I'M HAPPY TO DISTRIBUTE TO
OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS WELL
AS MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC
WOULD LIKE TO INDICATE IN
WRITTEN COMMENT AND FEEDBACK.
SO MOVING ON THEN TO ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT
OF A MULTIFACETED ELECTED
IMPACT MODEL.
>> BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR
PRESENTATIONS, I'D LIKE TO ASK
OUR PRESENTERS TO JOIN US AT
THE VIRTUAL TABLE AND GIVE
THEIR NAME, BACKGROUND, AND
INTRODUCTION BEFORE WE JUMP
INTO IT FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF
OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM,
SKI THAT AFTER YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF, YOU PASS IT FORWARD
TO THE NEXT PERSON ON THE PANEL
UNTIL WE'RE FULLY INTRODUCED.
SO WHY DON'T WE START WITH
CATHERINE BECKETT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
CATHERINE BECKETT.
I'M ON THE FACULTY AT THE WREUN
VERSETY OF WASHINGTON I'M IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND
ALSO CHAIR AND PROFESSOR IN LAW
SOCIETIES AND JUSTICE, AND IT'S
GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU
TODAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW WHO
IS NEXT IN TERMS OF PRESENTING.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO TO PASS THE
BATON TO.
>> HOW ABOUT WE PASS IT TO
DOMINIC DAVIS, AND YOU JUST
PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT PERSON
AFTER YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> I'M CEO AND COFOUNDER.
MOST OF YOU -- I'LL PASS IT
OVER TO VICTOR.
>> VICTOR, ARE YOU WITH US?
>> VICTOR MAY NOT BE ON YET.
>> OKAY.
I'LL PASS IT TO JESSE.
>> HI EVERYBODY, GOOD
AFTERNOON.
THANKS FOR HAVING US BACK.
I'M JESSE BANET THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR AT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
ASSOCIATION.
MOSTLY DEPLOYED TO OUR COLEAD
PROJECT AND HERE WITH SOME OF
MY AMAZING COLLEAGUES THAT I'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH IN OUR
COALITION FOR THE JUST CARE
PROJECT.
AND I'LL HAND IT OFF TO, RAMON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, MY
NAME IS RAMON HERNANDEZ I'M A
SPECIAL PROJECT MANAGER WITH
COLAID AND I'M EXCITED TO BE
HERE WITH YOU GUYS AND I'LL
PASS IT ON TO LISA, IF SHE
HASN'T GONE ALL READY.
>> I DON'T THINK LISA IS IN
THIS VERSION OF IT IT LOOKS
LIKE VICTOR IS TRYING TO GET
INTO THE MEETING.
SO MOMENTARILY WEEM HAVE THE
PERSON WHO NEEDS NO
INTRODUCTION, VICTOR LOU, AND
BRAND NEWLY MINTED CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT SEATTLE
COUNSELING SERVICES.
VICTOR SHOULD BE HERE
MOMENTARILY AND WHEN HE JOINS
WE CAN DO INTRODUCTION WITH HIS
PART OF THE AGENDA IF WE WANT
TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
OKAY WHY DON'T WE JUST PROCEED
INTO THIS FIRST ITEM ON THE
AGENDA THE JUST CARE
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF THE
MULTIFACETED COLLECTIVE IMPACT
MODEL.
SO I THINK THE WAY I WANT TO DO
THIS, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO
AHEAD AND GEAR UP YOUR
PRESENTATION AND THEN RESERVE
QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE MY
PREFERENCE.
I DO JUST WANT TO FLAG FOR
EVERYONE, THE SECOND ITEM IS
GOING TO BE A PROVIDER PANEL.
WHERE WE CAN ALSO ASK MORE
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PARTICULAR ROAMS OF
ROLES OF SOME OF THE
CONSTITUENT PROVIDERS TO DAY.
THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE AGENDA
THOUGH I REALIZE THERE MIGHT BE
OVERLAP BETWEEN THEM.
BUT WHY DON'T WE JUST GO AHEAD
AND JUMP INTO THIS ONE HERE AND
LET'S HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL THE
CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS CATHERINE BECKETT.
I'M ON THE FACULTY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
AND WHAT I'LL BE SHARING WITH
YOU TODAY ARE THE RESULTS OF A
DEVELOPMENTAL AND IMPACT
EVALUATION OF THE FIRST YEAR OF
OPERATIONS.
IF YOU INCLUDE EARLY OPERATIONS
OF COLEAD WHICH THEN BECAME A
KEY PART OF JUST CARE.
SO THIS WAS VERY MUCH A
COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND MEMBERS
OF THE RESEARCH TEAM ARE LISTED
HERE.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
CONTRIBUTED TO THE RESEARCH
PROJECT AND ALSO THANKS TO THE
GROUPS AND ENTITIES THAT
PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THIS
RESEARCH, THOSE INCLUDE THE
BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS, THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WEST
COAST POVERTY CENTER THE FAMILY
OF FRANK MIAMOTO AND A GENEROUS
GIFT FROM LORRIE STAFF AND
MAIZE.
REALLY WHAT I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT TODAY IS THE -- WHAT JUST
CARE IS.
HOW WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
JUST CARE IS.
WHAT ARE UNIQUE FEATURES OF IT
THAT DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM
OTHER MODELS SPRINGING UP
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND THEN SOME OF OUR KEY
FINDINGS.
I THINK YOU RECEIVED ABOUT 25
SLIDES FROM ME.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO
CAREFULLY OVER EACH OF THEM.
SO I WILL BE GOING FAST THROUGH
SOME PARTS BUT I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OVER
SECTIONS THAT I MOVE QUICKLY
THROUGH.
WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND JUST CARE
AS A MULTI-FACETTED COLLECTIVE
IMPACT MODEL.
COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODELS I'LL
SAY MORE ABOUT IN A HOME.
WHAT I MEAN BY MULTI-FACETTED
IS THAT JUST CARE IS UNIQUE IN
THAT IT'S TRYING TO DO A BUNCH
OF THINGS ALL AT THE SAME TIME
AND KIND OF PROVIDES A MODEL
FOR HOW TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY ADDRESSING
HOUSELESSNESS AND HOMELESSNESS.
BUT ALSO --
>> I'M SORRY.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE SLIDE
DECK UP HERE.
>> I SEE.
>> I THINK THAT JACOB WAS GOING
TO DO IT.
JACOB -- IS THAT STILL THE
CASE?
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SHARE
THE SLIDES ?
>> UNLESS KATD REASON
UNCATHERINEUNLESS CATHERINE
YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT.
>> I'M CURRENTLY SHARING.
I CAN UNSHARE AND TRY AGAIN.
THERE WE GO.
YEAH.
I SEE IT.
THANK YOU.
SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
>> NO, I'M GLAD YOU DID.
THANK YOU.
>> YES, THERE WE ARE.
OKAY.
MOVING ON TO THE MULTIFACETED
NATURE OF JUST CARE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
MAKES IT UNIQUE IS THAT IT'S
ADDRESSING A RANGE OF ISSUES
THAT ARE OFTEN UNHELPFULLY
SILOED AND TREATED SEPARATELY
WHEN THAT DOESN'T MATCH THE
REALITY OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.
IT'S A HOUSING FIRST
INITIATIVE.
IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY
INITIATIVE.
IT WORKS TO REDUCE CRIME AND
IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR BOTH
INDIVIDUALS AND IN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT IT ALSO DOES THAT WITHOUT
RELIANCE ON THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM AND WITHOUT THE POLICE
AND IN MANY WAYS ACTUALLY
FACILITATES DE
CARSERATION AND GENERALLY
REDUCING THE POLICE
AVAILABILITY OF BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH ISSUES AND THROUGHOUT
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FOCI WE
CAME TO SEE JUST CARE IS
ANIMATED BY A COMMITMENT TO
RACIAL EQUITY AND INJUSTICE AS
WELL AS TO HARM REDUCTION.
SO WHEN I SAY THAT WE CAME TO
-- A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL.
WHAT WE MEAN IS THAT THIS IS A
CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATION
INVOLVING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ICONS ARE
LISTED HERE.
THAT CAME TOGETHER TO ADDRESS A
REALLY COMPLEX SET OF SOCIAL
PROBLEMS THAT WERE RAPIDLY
EVOLVING AND IN MANY WAYS
WORSENING UNDER THE CONDITIONS
OF THE PANDEMIC.
PDA AS YOU KNOW SERVES AS THE
BACKBONE FUNCTION IN THIS
COALITION.
WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE
AND DOES MANY THINGS, INCLUDING
FACILITATING COMMUNICATION
ACROSS THE PARTNERS AND ALSO
DOES WORK LIKE BRINGING IN 27
DIFFERENT AGENCIES INTO THE
ENCAMPMENTS TO MAKE SURE
VARIOUS NEEDS ARE MET IN THE
ENCAMPMENTS.
I'VE DESCRIBED THE DIVISION OF
LABOR HERE ON THIS SCREEN.
SO THE STREET BASED OUTREACH
ASPECT OF THE WORK IS CONDUCTED
BY REACH AND BY LEAD.
THEY DO THIS WORK BOTH IN
ENCAMPMENTS AND WITH -- IN
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH BUSINESS
OWNERS, NONPROFITS AND HOUSED
RESIDENTS.
THEN ONCE PEOPLE ARE MOVE INTO
THE HOTELS, THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS
COLEAD AND CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB.
AND A COUPLE THINGS ARE NOTABLE
ABOUT THE WORK THEY DO IN THE
HOTELS.
I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT THIS BUT
EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS
HIRES A VERY DIVERSE STAFF WITH
RELEVANT LIVED EXPERIENCE.
LONG-TERM EXPERIENCE WITH HARM
REDUCTION AS WELL.
AND ALL OF THEM ADOPT A TRAUMA
INFORMED APPROACH TO THE WORK
THEY DO WITH PEOPLE IN THE
HOTELS AND ALL WORK TO HELP
PEOPLE KIND OF STABILIZE, MEET
BASIC NEEDS AND ADDRESS LONG
STANDING ISSUES SO THEY ARE
BETTER ABLE TO MOVE TOWARD
INDEPENDENT LIVING.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, WHEELER
DAVIS CONGLOMERATE, AND YOU'LL
HEAR FROM DOM IN A LITTLE BIT,
HAS BEEN ADDING SAFETY
SERVICES.
THE SAFETY TEAMS WORK IN THE
HOTELS, ESPECIALLY IN THE
EVENINGS TO ENSURE SAFETY IN
AND AROUND THE HOTELS.
AND THAT'S REALLY A CRUCIAL AND
UNIQUE FEATURE OF JUST CARE.
AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT DOES IN ADDITION TO
PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY IS
CREATES POSSIBLE RESOLUTION OF
DISPUTES AND CONFLICTS AND
DISRUPTIONS THAT MAY OCCUR.
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WITHOUT
RELYING ON THE POLICE OR 911.
WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
CONVERSATION ABOUT THINGS
HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND
RELATED SOCIAL ISSUES.
AS I'VE MENTIONED I THINK THIS
HOLISTIC APPROACH SETS JUST
CARE APART FROM MANY OF THE
OTHERS THAT WE'RE SEEING.
I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING
THAT JUST CARE INTENTIONALLY
SOUGHT AND DOES WORK WITH
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU DATA LATER
THAT SUGGESTS THIS IS AN
ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE
POPULATION.
AND THIS IS THEREFORE AN
ESPECIALLY LABOR INTENSIVE WORK
BEING DONE.
JUST CARE'S FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL
WELL BEING AND NEIGHBORHOOD
WELL BEING ALSO SETS IT APART
FROM OTHER THINGS HAPPENING
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AS FAR AS WE CAN DETERMINE, THE
FACT THAT JUST CARE IS ABLE TO
COORDINATE WITH LEGAL SYSTEM
ACTORS AND RESOLVE OUTSTANDING
WARRANTS, OLD CASES AND SO
FORTH IS ALSO RELATIVELY UNIQUE
AND BUILDS ON THE RELATIONSHIPS
THAT LEAD ESTABLISHED OVER THE
YEARS WITH LEGAL OFFICIALS.
THE PROVISION OF ON SITE
MEDICAL CARE AND COORDINATION
OF CARE FOR COMPLEX CASES
APPEARS TO BE UNIQUE AS WELL.
AND FINALLY I THINK IT'S
NOTABLE THAT ALL THE JUST CARE
PROVIDERS WORKING IN THE HOTELS
ARE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY
ENHANCE PEOPLE'S AC ACCESS TO
ALL FORMS OF TREATMENT BUT
ESPECIALLY MEDICAID ASSISTED
TREATMENT.
THIS IS ABOUT OUR DATA AND DATA
COLLECTION PROCESS.
WE DID A BUNCH OF INTERVIEWS
WITH MANY PEOPLE WITH
PARTICIPANTS, WE HAD I THINK
THIS IS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.
WE INTERVIEWED 42 JUST CARE
PARTICIPANTS, MANY OF THEM
MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED
RANGED -- FOCUSED ON THE TOPICS
THAT ARE LISTED HERE IN THE
SLIDE.
AND THEN THESE TRANSCRIPTS WERE
THEN TRANSCRIBED BY
PROFESSIONAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS
AND IMPORTED INTO A QUALITATIVE
SOFTWARE PROGRAM.
AND WE ALSO INTERVIEWED ELEVEN
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
RANGING FROM THE PEOPLE WITH
THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION, VARIOUS BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, ET
CETERA, AS YOU CAN SEE LISTED
HERE ON THE SLIDE.
WE DID 12 ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS
WITH JUST CARE OUTREACH
RESPONDERS AND OTHER PROVIDERS.
WE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE
ALSO INTERVIEWED LEADERS OF
CENTRAL ORGANIZATIONS AND --
INCLUDING ACRS CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB AND COLEAD BUT ALSO REACH
AND LEAD AND THEN WE SPOKE WITH
SEVEN LEADERS OF ALTERNATIVE
CRISIS MODELS WHO ARE CENTRALLY
INVOLVED IN THOSE INITIATIVES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO OBTAIN
SOME ADMINISTRATIVE DATA.
AND ALSO 911 CALL DATA FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WANTED TO START BY JUST
GIVING A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHO
JUST CARE IS SERVING.
AND THIS IS CURRENT AS OF
FEBRUARY 28th 2021.
SO OF COURSE THESE FIGURES WILL
CHANGE SLIGHTLY OVER TIME.
BUT THE IMPORTANT TAKE AWAY I
THINK HERE IS THAT THE JUST
CARE POPULATION IS ABOUT 2/3
BIPOC.
AND SLIGHTLY DISPROPORTIONATELY
MALE WHICH IS CONSISTENT ABOUT
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS.
THERE'S QUITE AN AGE RANGE.
ALL ADULTS RANGING IN AGE FROM
20 TO 74.
I'LL SHIFT TO OUR KEY FINDINGS.
ONE OF THE KEY POINTS I'D LIKE
TO EMPHASIZE IS THE IDEA THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING
UNSHELTERED OR EXPERIENCING
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS OR
HOUSING OR SERVICE RESISTANT
DOES NOT BORN OUT BY THE DATA.
PEOPLE SCREENING PEOPLE IN THE
ENCAMPMENTS DETERMINED THAT
ONLY 3% OF THE PEOPLE THEY
ENCOUNTERED WERE NOT A GOOD FIT
WITH HOTEL LIVING AND ONLY 13
HAVE BEEN EXITED FROM HOTELS
ONCE BROUGHT INTO THE HOTELS.
AND I OR PERHAPS OTHER PEOPLE
CAN SAY MORE ABOUT THOSE RARE
OCCASIONS WHEN THAT DOES
HAPPEN.
BUT THE TAKE HOME POINT IS THAT
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MOVE INTO
THE HOTELS AND ARE ABLE TO
SAFELY REMAIN IN THE HOTELS
OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I'LL JUST -- I KNOW YOU
HAVE THIS, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO I
WON'T BELABOR THIS.
BUT THESE DATA SUPPORT THAT
PREVIOUS POINT THAT I JUST
MENTIONED.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS JUST CARE
DOES IS IT REALLY FOCUSES ON
ADDRESSING A RANGE OF ISSUES
FOR PEOPLE TO STABILIZE THEIR
LIVES AND SECURE LONG-TERM
PERMANENT HOUSING.
SO CASE MANAGERS, OUTREACH
WORKERS, OUTREACH RESPONDERS
WORK HARD WITH JUST CARE
PARTICIPANTS TO DO ALL OF THE
THINGS LISTED ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF THE SLIDE.
AND WE FOUND THROUGH OUR
INTERVIEWS WITH PARTICIPANTS
THAT VIRTUALLY EVERYONE WE
SPOKE WITH WAS ENGAGING IN AT
LEAST ONE OF THESE ACTIVITIES
ACTIVELY.
IN MOST CASESS, PURSUING A
NUMBER OF THESE DIFFERENT
GOALS.
AND THE IMPORTANT POINT HERE IS
THAT THIS RESPITE, THIS INTERIM
HOUSING SITUATION, THIS SUPPORT
THAT JUST CARE PROVIDES ENABLES
PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES
WHICH IN TURN ENABLE THEM TO
PURSUE THINGS LIKE PERMANENT
ILLUSTRATES THE POINTS THAT I
WAS SAYING.
AND THESE DATA HERE ARE BASED
ON COLEAD SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE
THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE
OTHER PROGRAMS AT THE TIME WE
DID THIS DATA COLLECTION.
>> WE DID HOWEVER -- SO ON THE
ONE HAND, WHEN WE SPOKE TO
PARTICIPANTS, THEY EXPRESSED A
TREMENDOUS SENSE OF RELIEF AND
ALMOST EUPHORIA THAT THEY WERE
HOUSED.
NOT ONLY HOUSED BUT HOUSED
SAFELY IN A PLACE THAT AFFORDED
THEM DIGNITY AND SECURITY AND
PRIVACY.
AND THIS JUST, I MEAN, I CAN'T
SAY ENOUGH WORDS TO CONVEY HOW
DEEPLY FELT AND APPRECIATED
THIS WAS BY PARTICIPANTS.
A CLEAR PAY OFF IN TERMS OF
EMOTIONAL WELL BEING AND
PSYCHIC WELL BEING FOR
PARTICIPANTS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS
THIS AWARENESS, AND THIS WAS
TRUE ALSO FOR THE OUTREACH
RESPONDERS WE SPOKE TO THAT
THIS WAS A TEMPORARY THING.
NOBODY KNEW HOW LONG IT WAS
GOING TO BE AROUND AND IT COULD
END AT ANY MOMENT.
THERE WAS A PARADOX WE FOUND
THAT WAS QUITE PRONOUNCED ON
THE ONE HAND THIS TREMENDOUS
SENSE OF RELIEF AND SECURITY,
ON THE OTHER HAND THIS ONGOING
CONCERN AND THIS CONCERN TENDED
TO GROW THE LATER -- THE LONGER
THE INTERVIEWS WENT ON.
BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF
THE PROCARETY OF THE SITUATION.
JUST CARE IS SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCING BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO
MEDICAL CARE.
THIS IS A POPULATION AND THIS
IS TRUE OF PEOPLE SPERNSING
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN
GENERAL BUT THIS IS A
POPULATION THAT HAS EXTENSIVE
MEDICAL NEEDS, MENTAL HEALTH
AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.
AND IN MOST CASES ALSO
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
AND SO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE
ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS ON SITE
CARE AND COORDINATION FOR MORE
COMPLEX HEALTH NEEDS IS JUST
REALLY TRANSFORMATIVE FOR
PEOPLE.
AND WE HAVE MANY, MANY EXAMPLES
THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE IF
PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS.
THE FACT THAT JUST CARE
PARTICIPANT HAVES SIGNIFICANT
HEALTH NEEDS IS NOT UNIQUE.
THIS IS TYPICAL AMONG PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS AS THESE DATA
SHOW.
THESE ARE THE DATA SPECIFICALLY
FOR JUST CARE PARTICIPANTS THAT
WE SPOKE WITH.
THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT
THEY IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS
HAVING.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE
HAD MORE THAN ONE SIGNIFICANT
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
CONDITION.
EXCUSE ME.
IN TERMS OF MATT, WE FOUND
ACCESS TO MATT WAS GREATLY
ENHANCED.
THIS WAS USEFUL FOR SOME
PEOPLE.
THERE'S A LOT TO SAY ABOUT
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND
TREATMENT I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO
THAT IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED
IN THAT.
MATT WAS ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR
SOME PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY
OPENERS.
IT'S NOT A PANACEA BUT IT CAN
BE A HELPFUL TOOL AND THERE'S
AN IMPORTANT LIMITATION THAT
IT'S DIFFICULT TO USE IN CASES
OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE OR FOR
PEOPLE WHO USE STIMULANTS
PRIMARILY.
WE ALSO FOUND THAT JUST CARE IS
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING PUBLIC
SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE BOTH
FOR PARTICIPANTS AND FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS AND IT'S DOING THIS
WORK IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
WAYS.
BY MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF
ENCAMPMENTS.
I WON'T SAY TOO MUCH ABOUT
THIS.
BUT ENCAMPMENTS ARE DANGEROUS
PLACES FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF VICTIM GOING
ON AND OTHER FOLKS CAN SPEAK
MORE ABOUT THAT.
A LOT OF THEFT AND MORE SERIOUS
FORMS OF VICTIMIZATION IN THE
ENCAMPMENTS THEMSELVES AND THE
ENCAMPMENTS CREATE PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUES FOR HOUSED
RESIDENTS BY MOVING PEOPLE OUT
OF ENCAMPMENTS, JUST CARE IS
DOING IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY
WORK.
IT ALSO ENHANCES FEELINGS OF
SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
NEIGHBORS.
BOTH BY AGAIN ADDRESSING THE
ENCAMPMENTS AND MORE GENERALLY
PROVIDING A PLACE PEOPLE CAN GO
TO EXPRESS CONCERNS, TO
STRATEGIZE AROUND SANITATION
ISSUES AND OTHER QUALITY OF
LIFE ISSUES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
REALLY STRIKING IN OUR
INTERVIEWS WITH COMMUNITY
PARTNERS IS THEY ALSO EXPRESSED
A TREMENDOUS SENSE OF RELIEF.
THERE'S SOMEONE WE CAN CALL WHO
WILL RESPOND BUT THEY WILL
RESPOND IN A WAY THAT REFEEL
GOOD ABOUT.
WE DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF A
SWEEP.
WE DON'T WANT TO JUST THROW
PEOPLE BACK IN JAIL.
BUT WE DO WANT SOMETHING DONE.
AND THIS MET OUR NEEDS IN TERMS
OF ADDRESSING OUR SAFETY
CONCERNS AND QUALITY OF LIFE
CONCERNS.
BUT ALSO GETTING PEOPLE THE
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
SO THAT WAS A VERY POWERFUL
THEME IN THE INTERVIEWS.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, JUST CARE
SEEKS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND DOES BY MEETING PEOPLE'S
BASIC NEEDS IN THE HOTEL.
THE THEORY OF CHANGE HERE IS
THAT IF PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO
STEAL TO FEED THEMSELVES AND
SUPPORT THEMSELVES THEY WILL
RELY ON ELICIT SURVIVAL
STRATEGIES LESS AND THAT'S BORN
OUT IN OUR DATA.
AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO
ACKNOWLEDGE THEY SOMETIMES
PREVIOUSLY RELIED ON ILLICIT
SURVIVAL STRATEGIES VIRTUALLY
ALL OF THEM DESCRIBED A RADICAL
REDUCTION IN THOSE BEHAVIORS
ONCE BROUGHT INTO THE HOTELS.
AND THE OUTREACH RESPONDERS WE
SPOKE WITH CONFIRMED THAT THAT
WAS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR
PERCEPTION AS WELL.
THERE'S A SLIGHT WRINKLE OR
CAVEAT AROUND PEOPLE WHO
CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS FOR
WHOM TREATMENT WAS NOT YET
AVAILABLE OR AN OPTION THAT'S A
COMPLICATION.
BUT OVER ALL IN THE AGGREGATE,
THERE APPEARS TO BE A NOTABLE
REDUCTION IN THEFT AND OTHER
ILLICIT SURVIVAL STRATEGIES.
>>> AND THEN FINALLY, BY
UTILIZING DEESCALATION
STRATEGIES AND CREATIVE PROBLEM
SOLVING IN THE HOTELS, WE
BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE
DRAMATICALLY IMPROVING PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THIS IS TRUE AMONG THE PROGRAM
STAFF AND PROVIDERS WE SPOKE
WITH.
CREATIVE USE OF DEESCALATION IN
THE FULL REPORT AND ALSO THE
SAFETY TEAMS.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM DOM IN A FEW
MINUTES.
THE SAFETY TEAMS ALSO RELYING
ON ALTERNATIVES OTHER THAN 911
TO KEEP THINGS CALM AND KEEP
PEOPLE HAPPY IN THE OWE TELL
SETTING.
SO IN ALL OF THOSE WAYS, WE
BELIEVE THAT JUST CARE IS
IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR 911
CALL DATA ANALYSIS.
WE CAN'T DRAW ANY STRONG -- WE
CAN'T MAKE STRONG CAUSAL CLAIMS
HERE BUT WHAT WE CAN SAY IS
THAT THE NUMBER OF CALLS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE AREAS WHERE
THE ENCAMPMENTS WERE -- FROM
WHICH PEOPLE WERE MOVED OUT OF
ENCAMPMENTS WERE LOWER IN 2021
THAN 2020 BY THE PERCENT SHOWN
THERE.
AND THERE WAS NO COMMENSURATE
INCREASE IN THE HOTELS.
SO WE BELIEVE THIS PROVIDES
ADDITIONAL CONFIRMATION OF
PUBLIC SAFETY BENEFITS.
AND THEN A KEY SET OF FINAL
FINDINGS HAS TO DO WITH THE
SORT OF DECARCERATIVE IMPACT OF
JUST CARE.
THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO SERVE
AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO 911 AND
NEIGHBORHOODS AND AVOID 911 IN
THE HOTELS.
THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR TO THE
SYSTEM SO IN THAT WAY IT HAS A
DECARCERATIVE IMPACT.
THE WORK THEY'RE DOING IN
COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS
IN RESPONDING TO AND ENGAGING
WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS ALSO
IMPORTANT FROM SORT OF A LONGER
TERM CULTURAL STANDPOINT IT'S
ENABLING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
HOW AND WHY THE POLICE ARE NOT
NECESSARILY THE BEST RESPONSE
TO THE ISSUES THAT THEY FACE IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT
THERE ARE OTHERS THAT CAN
PROVIDE SATISFYING RESPONSES TO
THOSE ISSUES.
SO OVER ALL, THESE ARE OUR
CONCLUSIONS WE THINK JUST CARE
OFFERS AN INNOVATIVE HOLISTIC
AND EFFECTIVE WAY OF DEALING
WITH A RANGE OF ISSUES BOUND UP
WITH DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS
AND SERVES AS A MODEL FOR HOW
TO ADD DRESS ALL OF THOSE
ISSUES AT ONE TIME WHICH IS A
RARE AND NOVEL FEATURE OF THE
PROGRAM.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT
MEETS THE NEEDS OF PARTICIPANTS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT HAS A
VARIETY OF ADVANTAGES OVER THE
CAHOOTS MODEL OF SHORT-TERM
CRISIS RESPONSE THAT ARE LIKE
SPREADING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS
WE SEE AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY
MORE ABOUT THAT IF PEOPLE WOULD
BE INTERESTED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> DR. BECKETT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
I ACTUALLY WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON
THAT LAST COMMENT YOU MADE A
LITTLE BIT.
BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING OF
SORT OF THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT
JUST CARE IS DOING VERSES LIKE
A MODEL LIKE CAHOOTS IS THAT
JUST CARE IS EVEN -- HAS EVEN
MORE INTEGRATION OF RESOURCE TO
SOLVE FOR A BIGGER VARIETY OF
THINGS.
SO IT'S SORT OF LIKE A CAHOOTS
PLUS IN SOME RESPECT ALMOST.
BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON
THAT OR FEEL FREE TO EXPAND AS
YOU JUST OFFERED TO.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
GOOD POINT.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A
SECOND TO EXPAND ON THAT.
>> YEAH, I THINK YOUR
DEFINITION IS ACCURATE.
MANY PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THE
CAHOOTS TYPE MODELS WILL SAY
IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNTE WE CAN
RESPOND IN THE MOMENT AND WE
HAVE A POLICE ENCOUNTER WITH A
VULNERABLE PERSON WHICH IS
GREAT BUT OFTEN THERE'S NO
PLACE TO TAKE THAT PERSON,
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN
DO.
THERE ARE INITIATIVES AROUND
THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY'RE
TRYING TO PAIR THAT IMMEDIATE
CRISIS RESPONSE WITH SUPPORT.
BUT THE CAHOOTS MODEL ITSELF
DOESN'T COME WITH THOSE LONGER
TERM KINDS OF RESOURCES AND
SUPPORT.
AND I THINK THE OTHER ADVANTAGE
IS THAT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
THERE'S SORT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD
LEVEL FOCUS IN JUST CARE, SO
JUST CARE BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS
WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR LONG PERIODS
OF TIME.
AND PROVIDES A SORT OF LONGER
TERM WAY OF APPROACHING A WHOLE
RANGE OF ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE
PRESENTING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AS
OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUALS CALLING
911 AND THEN HAVING 2% OR 3% OF
THOSE CALLS REROUTED, THERE
ISN'T THAT SAME NEIGHBORHOOD
LEVEL BENEFIT.
THOSE CALLS WILL BE DISPERSED
OVER A WIDE GEOGRAPHIC SPACE SO
YOU JUST DON'T GET THAT SAME
KIND OF GEOGRAPHIC IMPACT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO WHY DON'T WE OPEN IT UP TO
OTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES, IF
THERE'S QUESTIONS FOR DR.
BECKETT ON HER PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE.
SCANNING FOR -- COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS,
THANK YOU DR. BECKETT.
I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE
GEOGRAPHY OF THIS CURRENT
OPERATION.
WHERE ARE -- WHERE IS JUST CARE
GOING RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY?
>> WELL, OUR DATA KIND OF --
OUR DATA COLLECTION PERIOD
ENDED IN FEBRUARY-MARCH SO WE
MAY NEED TO TURN TO JESSE OR
SOMEONE ELSE TO GET ANY
UPDATES.
BUT AS OF THAT TIME T PRIMARY
FOCUS WAS IN THE CID AND AROUND
THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH AND
JACKSON, RIGHT IN THAT AREA,
AND THEN IN THE PIONEER SQUARE
AREA, SECOND AVENUE EXTENSION
SOUTH.
BUT I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A
FEW SORT OF OTHER SMALL
OUTREACH EFFORTS IN VARIOUS
PARKS AND SO MAYBE JESSE COULD
SAY MORE ABOUT THOSE.
>> JESSE, DO YOU WANT TO JUMP
IN ON THAT.
>> SURE, OUR SORT OF LEGISLATED
FOCUS HAS BEEN PIONEER SQUARE
AND THE CID.
WE'VE DONE KIND OF A LARGE
FOCUS AT EACH OF THOSE.
WE WORKED AT TENTH AND DEARBORN
IN THE CID AND ALL OVER PIONEER
SQUARE AFTER SECOND AVENUE
EXTENSION, THE BIG LIFT OF WORK
WAS DONE THERE.
WE'VE WORKED AROUND THE PERGOLA
AND THERE'S GREAT SUCCESS
STORIES FROM THE PERGOLA AREA
AND GOOD COLLABORATION WITH THE
HOPE TEAM.
WE WORKED ALONG SECOND AND
MAINE AND SECOND AND WASHINGTON
AND OCCIDENTAL PARK AND SEVERAL
OTHER AREAS THAT ORBIT AROUND
THAT CORE AROUND OCCIDENTAL
PARK.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON, DO
YOU HAVE FOLLOW UP?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE
GEOGRAPHY.
AND THEN FOR DR. BECKETT, WITH
A LOOK BACK FROM AN ACADEMIC
LENSE AND YOU KNOW LOOKING AT
IT CRITICALLY IN TERMS OF THE
BENEFITS AND THE OUTCOMES, IS
THERE ANYTHING TO ADD TO YOUR
ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT
COULD BE DONE, YOU KNOW, ARE
THERE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT OR
SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD --
BECAUSE IT'S VERY POSITIVE WHAT
YOU'RE PRESENTING HERE WHICH IS
GREAT.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT
SPACE FOR IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT -- FROM YOUR RIGOROUS
ANALYSIS OF THIS, WHAT ELSE
COULD BE DONE?
OR WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU
RECOMMEND?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A FEW
-- WE OFFER A FEW SMALL
SUGGESTIONS IN TERMS OF SORT OF
PROGRAM OPERATION.
AND SOME OF THESE THINGS WE
ACTUALLY SHARED WITH THE TEAM
KIND OF ALONG THE WAY.
AND THEY MADE MODIFICATIONS IN
REALTIME.
SO THEY ACTUALLY KIND OF DON'T
END UP IN THE FINAL REPORT OR
THEY DO IN A FOOTNOTE.
SO ONE EXAMPLE WAS WE DID LEARN
FAIRLY EARLY ON IN OUR
RESEARCH, WE WERE HEARING FROM
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE WERE
INTERVIEWING THAT THEY WEREN'T
GETTING ENOUGH FOOD AND WE
SHARED THAT FINDING.
AND COLEAD AND OTHER PROVIDERS
RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY AND
TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU
DO THAT IN A HOTEL WITHOUT A
KITCHEN AND EXPERIMENTED WITH
DIFFERENT RESPONSES AND
ADDRESSED THE ISSUE.
THAT'S THE WAY IN WHICH IT WAS
A DEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION, WE
WERE GIVING FEEDBACK IN
REALTIME.
SOME IMPROVEMENTS HAVE ALL
READY HAPPENED I WOULD SAY.
OTHER THAN THOSE THINGS WHICH
WE'VE SHARED AND WHICH ARE
WRITTEN UP IN OUR LESSONS
LEARNED SECTION OF THE REPORT,
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
CRITICISM.
WE FEEL LIKE THE INTERVIEWS
WITH PARTICIPANTS WERE PRETTY
OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW,
CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE CERTAIN
ISSUES, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WOULD
SAY IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE
MORE SEPARATION IN THE HOTELS
BETWEEN PEOPLE CONTINUING TO
USE AND PEOPLE TRYING TO BE
SOBER, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT
THE OVER ALL SORT OF RESPONSE
WAS INCREDIBLY, POWERFULLY,
POSITIVE.
AND WE COULD SEE FOR THE PEOPLE
WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK OVER TIME
SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT
WERE HAPPENING IN THEIR LIVES.
I DON'T WANT TO -- I MEAN WE
CAN'T HAVE -- I THINK WE HAVE
TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE FACT THAT
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER IS A
CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUE.
AND IT TAKES TIME TO ADDRESS
AND NOT EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE
TO DO IT IN THE WAY THAT MIGHT
LOOK LIKE SUCCESS TO OTHER
PEOPLE.
BUT IN THOSE CASES, I THINK THE
HARM REDUCTION MEASURES THAT
WERE TAKEN WERE REALLY, REALLY
POWERFUL IN TERMS OF SAVING
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
REDUCING HARM, REDUCING
DISRUPTION AND SO FORTH.
>> THANK YOU.
I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
REPORT.
I JUST SEE THE PRESENTATION
ONLINE.
>> YEAH.
>> THE REPORT WILL BE
CIRCULATED SORTLY.
IT'S ACTUALLY UNDER GOING COPY
EDITING AS WE SPEAK.
SO IT SHOULD BE READY ANY DAY
NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DID JUST WANT TO ASK MAYBE A
PROCESS QUESTION RELATED TO
THAT.
WILL THERE BE CONTINUED
ASSESSMENT OF THE JUST CARE
PROGRAM ONGOING.
DR. BECKETT, WITH YOUR RESEARCH
TO CONTINUE ALONG.
BECAUSE I THINK -- I MEAN THIS
ASSESSMENT IS ALSO JUST HELPFUL
FOR THE PUBLIC REPORT AND JUST
FOR DEMONSTRATING THE EFFICACY
OF A LOT OF THE THINGS THE
PROGRAM IS DOING.
AND IT'S VERY VALIDATING.
IS THERE A PLAN TO CONTINUE
GOING ON BEYOND THE PERIOD
WHERE YOUR CURRENT REPORT ENDS
?
>> WE DO OFFER IN THE REPORT
WHICH WE'LL GET TO SHORTLY, WE
DO OFFER A NUMBER OF
SUGGESTIONS FOR DATA COLLECTION
IMPROVEMENT.
WHICH I THINK WOULD ENABLE A
MORE ROBUST AND COMPREHENSIVE
KIND OF ANALYSIS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULDN'T DO A
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS WITH THE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE THINK
COULD BE HELPFUL.
LIKE DOING PRE AND POST HEALTH
OUTCOME COMPARISONS.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DATA
COLLECTION THAT WOULD ENABLE
ONGOING ANALYSIS BUT I'M NOT
SURE WHERE THINGS ARE WITH
THAT.
WE JUST SORT OF FINISHED THE
REPORT.
WE'RE AT THAT STAGE RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
COLLEAGUES, FOR THIS PORTION OF
THE AGENDA?
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, WERE
YOU RAISING YOUR HAND, THERE
YOU GO, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, MAYBE I
CAN ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION
TO BEST DIRECT MY QUESTIONS IN
THE NEXT PANEL, IS THAT GOING
TO BE MORE -- I GUESS WHO'S IN
THE NEXT PANEL FOR -- AND
SHOULD I DIRECT QUESTIONS HERE
OR THERE?
>> I WANT TO ASK CLARIFICATION
TO THE CLERK I GUESS IN
DEMARCATING THIS BETWEEN ITEM
ONE AND ITEM TWO, ARE WE GOING
TO GET TO MORE TO JESSE AND DOM
AND VICTOR ON THAT PANEL OR DO
WE WANT -- OR ARE THEY GOING TO
WEIGH IN HERE?
>> THE FIRST PANEL IS THE
PRESENTATION WE JUST SAW BY
PROFESSOR BECKETT.
THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA
IS A PROVIDER PANEL WITH JESSE
AND VICTOR AND DOMINIC.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, IF
YOU JUST HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS, I
GUESS FOR NOW.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO
QUESTIONS WITHIN THE FOUR
CORNERS OF THIS POWER POINT AND
MOVE FORWARD.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME
BLEEDING BECAUSE JESSE IS
JUMPING IN ON A FEW BUT THE
INTENT IS FOR THAT TO BE MORE
THE NEXT PANEL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ON THIS POWER POINT?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> LET'S SEE HERE.
I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
AND I HOPE I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT SOMETHING WE ALL READY
DISCUSSED.
I ALSO LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS HAVE SORT OF LOST MY
WAY.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED SLIDE TEN AND
ELEVEN, CORRECT?
>> I CAN'T SEE THE NUMBERS.
>> YEAH.
I THINK WHEN WE -- WHEN I
PREPARED NOTES FOR THIS AS
WELL, WE WERE JUST LITERALLY
COUNTING THE SLIDES.
BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T NUMBERED.
>> OKAY.
I'LL START FROM THE BEGINNING
AND COUNT.
>> SO THE -- ON SLIDE TEN, THE
BULLET RELATED TO THE 13% OF
FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN EXITED FROM
HOTELS.
I'M WONDERING WHAT THE
DEFINITION OF EXITED IS?
IS THAT MEAN SOMEONE WAS
REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE HOTEL.
>> YES.
>> OR DOES IT MEAN THEY FOUND
PERMANENT HOUSING SOMEWHERE ?
>> THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE FOLKS
WHO HAVE FOUND PERMANENT
HOUSING.
EXITING, THIS IS AN INVOLUNTARY
EXITING.
THE PROVIDERS I THINK CAN SAY
MORE ABOUT THIS.
MY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SORT OF
THE REASONS BEHIND THOSE
DECISIONS WAS IN A FEW CASES
THERE WERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SITUATIONS.
THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE AN
OLDER GENTLEMAN DEVELOPED POST
COVID DEMENTIA AND NEEDED A
FORM OF CARE THAT COULDN'T BE
PROVIDED IN THE HOTEL.
THERE WAS A CASE WHERE A
PARTICIPANT WAS CONTINUING TO
DEAL DRUGS IN THE HOTEL AFTER
REPEATED INTERVENTIONS
PERSISTED IN THAT.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I
RECALL COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
THERE MAY BE A FEW OTHER TYPES
OF REASONS.
>> THAT'S HELPFUL.
I DON'T NEED TO GET IN THE
WEEDS I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A
SENSE OF WHO THEY WERE
INVOLUNTARY EXITS OR EXITS
BECAUSE THERE WAS A SUCCESSFUL
PLACEMENT.
SO THAT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
ON SLIDE ELEVEN, JUST THE --
I'M SORRY IF YOU COVERED THIS.
I HAD MY ATTENTION DIVERTED
WHEN WE WERE ON SLIDE ELEVEN.
THERE'S REFERENCE TO TWO PEOPLE
THAT WERE NOT OFFERED JUST CARE
HOUSING BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL
READY ENROLLED IN LEAD.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THIS WOULD
MAKE THEM INELIGIBLE FOR
HOUSING.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY HAD
HOUSING THROUGH LEAD.
LEAD OFTEN PLACES PEOPLE IN
MOTELS AND SO FORTH.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM
THE REACH PROVIDERS THAT I
SPOKE WITH.
>> JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, CAN
YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
I THINK YOU'VE TOUCHED ON IT
SOMEWHAT BUT WHAT YOUR RESEARCH
HAS SHOWN ABOUT THE SYSTEM GAPS
THAT IMPACT THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF JUST CARE THIS IS ONE OF IF
LONGEST SECTIONS OF THE REPORT.
SO I CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH.
SOME OF THE REALLY OBVIOUS ONE
HAVES TO DO WITH THE PERMANENT
HOUSING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
AND JUST AFFORD ALLEN PERMANENT
HOUSING THIS CASTS A SHADOW
OVER EVERYTHING.
EVEN ONCE PEOPLE
PEOPLE HAVE THEIR
IDENTIFICATION, AND THEY'RE
BACK ON THE WAITING LIST AND
ADDRESSED OUTSTANDING LEGAL
ISSUES AND, AND, AND, THEN --
AND GOTTEN BACK THEIR BENEFITS,
THEN THERE'S STILL NOTHING.
THERE'S STILL THIS WAITING
PERIOD.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A
STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINT THAT
CASTS A SHADOW OVER THE
SITUATION.
>> THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST BARRIERS
TO ACCESSING HOUSING BECAUSE OF
THE INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF
INDIVIDUALS, IT'S JUST THE LACK
OF HOUSING OPTIONS.
EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ADDRESSED THE THINGS THAT
TRADITIONALLY MIGHT BE
CONSIDERED BARRIERS.
>> YES, EXACTLY.
AND I THINK -- THIS IS HARD TO
CAPTURE WHETHER THIS IS EXACTLY
A SYSTEM GAP BUT I THINK IT
ARGUABLY IS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED
TALKING TO OUTREACH RESPONDERS
IS OW LABOR INTENSIVE IT IS TO
GET PEOPLE RECONNECTED TO THE
BENEFITS TO WHICH THEY'RE
ENTITLED.
AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
LABOR.
INTERACTING WITH MANY
BUREAUCRATS OVER MANY PHONE
CALLS.
IT'S DIFFICULT AND TIME
CONSUMING AND COMPLICAED AND I
DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE COULD
MANAGE DOING THAT WHILE LIVING
ON THE STREETS, IT DOESN'T SEEM
HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO ME.
EVEN OUTREACH RESPONDERS WHO
HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND ARE DOING
THIS ALL THE TIME FIND IT
CHALLENGING AND FRUSTRATING AND
LOGISTICALLY COMPLICATED.
AND SAME THING GOES FOR
ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT AND ALL SORTS OF
OTHER ISSUES THAT THEY DEAL
WITH.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> WELL I THINK MY QUESTIONS
ARE FOR THE PROVIDERS BUT I
WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO SAY THAT IN THE CALLS THAT
MY OFFICE RECEIVES IT'S REALLY
CLEAR THERE'S A HUGE APPETITE
AMONG OUR COMMUNITY FOR ANY
SORT OF PROGRAM THAT CAN
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR
NEIGHBORS.
AND I THINK WE HAVE ALL HEARD
FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO SAY THAT
THEY WANT SOMEBODY TO CALL.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO
CALL THE POLICE.
BUT EVEN WHEN THEY DO CALL THE
POLICE, THEY DON'T COME.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS
THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST REALLY
THANKFUL THAT THERE IS A
PROGRAM LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW,
WHERE THERE ARE A BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT PROVIDERS WORKING
TOGETHER TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THESE REALLY ACUTE PROBLEMS
THAT ARE HAPPENING.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
CRISIS INTERVENTION WORK.
IT'S HOUSING CONNECTION AND
SUPPORT.
IT'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE REFERRALS.
AND THESE ARE ALL THE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SEE MORE
OF SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO
ADDRESS THE KIND OF CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGES THAT
WE'RE SEEING AND THEN AS YOU
WERE SAYING, DR. BENNETT, THE
GAP IN HOUSING IS REALLY THE
NEXT -- OR THE CURRENT
IMPORTANT STEP FOR US TO TAKE
IN ORDER TO REALLY START TO SEE
AN ACUTE SOLUTION TO THESE
PROBLEMS.
SO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
BUT AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH MY
NOTES HERE, I'M REALIZING THAT
THEY'RE PROBABLY BETTER SUITED
FOR THE NEXT PANEL SO I'LL HOLD
THOSE FOR THEM.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, ARE THERE ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS FOR DR. BECKETT ON
THE PRESENTATION?
OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES, SORRY, I WAS GOING TO
FOLLOW UP MY LAST ATTEMPTED
QUESTIONS WITH JUST A
STATEMENT.
THANK YOU, DR. BECKETT AND
THANK YOU TO ALL THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO
HEAR FROM FOR PROVIDING AN
EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS WORKS.
AND HOW IT WORKS WELL WHEN WE
TRULY DO PROVIDE FOUR WALLS, A
DOOR THAT SOMEBODY CAN LOCK.
THE SPACE THEY NEED TO
STABILIZE AND THE SERVICES THEY
NEED TO STABILIZE AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL.
THIS IS THE EXAMPLE THAT
DEMONSTRATES THAT WE CAN HAVE
SUCCESS.
WHEN WE PROVIDE THE CORRECT
SUPPORTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO
ADDRESS THE CRISIS BEFORE US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. BECKETT
FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT INTO A
FORM THAT WE CAN DIGEST AND
DEMONSTRATE TO OTHERS YOUR
SUCCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER DID YOU HAVE
A QUESTION FOR THIS PART OF THE
AGENDA.
>> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO THE PANELISTS.
I REALLY WANT TO LIFT UP THE
INVESTMENTS THAT KING COUNTY
COUNCIL MADE YESTERDAY.
I KNOW WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING
ALLOCATION OF THE ARPA FUNDS.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS FOR US WAS MAKING SURE
WE WERE ACTING AS GOOD PARTNER
FOR PROGRAMS TAT COULD LOOK
LIKE JUST CARE'S, AND MAKE SURE
WE STEPPED IN AND PROVIDED
ADDITIONAL FUNDING I'M HAPPY
THE COUNCIL ALLOCATED THE 7.5.
FOLKS MAY KNOW WE'RE RELEASING
OUR ARPA FUNDS TOMORROW AND
KEEPING OUR WORD TO MATCH THOSE
DOLLARS AS WELL BECAUSE WE WANT
TO SEE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS
BROUGHT TO SCALE THANKS SO MUCH
TO ALL OF YOU TO EDUCATE PEOPLE
ABOUT PROGRAMS LIKE JUST CARES
AND THE GOOD CHAIR FOR HIS
ONGOING STEWARDSHIP OF
CONVERSATIONS SO THERE CAN BE
CLARIFICATION AND A GOOD
CONVERSATION AROUND THE TYPE OF
PROGRAMS THAT ARE WORKING AND
JUST CARE'S IS AN EXCELLENT
MODEL OF WHAT WORKS SO WE NEED
TO FUND IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
WHAT'S COMING SOON.
OKAY.
WHY DON'T WE THEN PIVOT TO NEXT
ITEM HERE.
I REALLY PROFOUNDLY WANT TO
THANK DR. BECKETT FOR GIVING
THIS PRESENTATION.
I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW
HELPFUL THIS RESEARCH AND THIS
INFORMATION IS FOR US AS
POLICYMAKERS AS WEDELL
WE, DELVE INTO THIS WORK MORE
THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
AND THIS PROVIDES A VERY STRONG
ANALYTICAL FOUNDATION TO WHAT
WE'RE DOING HERE.
I KNOW THAT OUR CENTRAL STAFF
HERE WILL BE DEEPLY
APPRECIATIVE.
WHENEVER WE HAVE EMPIRICAL
INFORMATION TO GUIDE POLICY
DECISIONS IT HELPS ALL OF US
AND IT HELPS THE PUBLIC GET
BEHIND THINGS WE KNOW
EMPIRICALLY ARE WORKING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR
TAKING THE TIME THIS AFTERNOON
TO BE WITH US.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> SO WHY DON'T WE PIVOT HERE
TO OUR PROVIDER PANEL.
MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
READ ITEM TWO INTO THE AGENDA.
>> JUST CARE PROVIDER PANEL.
THERE WE GO.
THE PANELISTS INTRODUCED
THEMSELVES IN THE PREVIOUS
ITEM.
WHY DON'T WE GET EVERYONE UP TO
SPEED AGAIN AND DO A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
JESSE, WHY DON'T WE START WITH
YOU AND PASS IT OFF TO THE NEXT
PERSON UNTIL WE HAVE THE WHOLE
PANEL READY TO GO.
>> CERTAINLY, AND WE HAVE A
BACKDROP FOR OUR INTRODUCTIONS
IF IT'S NO TROUBLE THAT JACOB
HAS TO PUT UP.
THAT'S OUR ACTUAL COST OF JUST
CARE, WE'RE STILL KIND OF
FIGHTING BACK SOME INFORMATION
OUT THERE IN THE MEDIA.
WE REALLY WANT TO BE CLEAR.
WE'LL PUT THIS UP THROUGHOUT
THE DECK AND AT THE END.
BUT WE WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
THE ACTUAL COST OF THIS
INTERVENTION, WHICH INCLUDES
THE HOTEL AND SERVICES IS 4-9D
THOUSAND 49,000 A YEAR.
NOT 128,000 THAT'S BEEN OUT
THERE.
THANKS FOR PUTTING THAT UP.
I'M JESSE BANET THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR WITH THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER ASSOCIATION AND I'VE
BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK ON
COLEAD AND JUST CARE THIS PAST
YEAR.
AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO
DOM.
>> HELLO EVERYBODY.
DOMINIC DAVIS.
ONE OF THE COFOUNDERS OF WDC.
I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING
THAT THIS MODEL THAT I'VE
WITNESSED, I'VE BEEN AROUND AND
WATCHED IS ACTUALLY WORKING.
I THINK ONE OF THE MISNOMERS IS
THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR ARE BEING SERVICED IS
WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING BUT
DOING THIS WORK AND PARTNERING
WITH THESE GUYS OVER THE NUMBER
OF YEARS I'VE BEEN
COLLABORATING WITH THEM.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE
OF LEGISLATOR BY POP
COMMUNITIES ARE BEING SERVED
HIGHER THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
I'M SEEING THAT AT A HIGH
LEVEL.
WHAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT THIS
MODEL IS AS WE'RE DEALING WITH
DOING COMMUNITY SAFETY IN THE
HOTELS, WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING
BLACK MALES BEING SERVED AS A
VERY HIGH LEVEL.
BLACK MALES WITH MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES AND HOMELESSNESS ISSUES.
BLACK MALES DON'T GET A LOT OF
FOCUS, RIGHT?
THE ONLY THING WE GET FOCUSED
ON IS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
AND UNEMPLOYMENT.
RIGHT?
BUT THIS MODEL ADDRESSES THESE
ISSUES THAT ARE BEING FACED.
IT GIVES BLACK MALES AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET ON THEIR
FEET.
WDC HAS BEEN ABLE TO HIRE A
TEAM OF BIPOP PEOPLE TO DO THIS
WORK IN JUST CARES.
AND DO THIS WORK AT A VERY HIGH
LEVEL.
WE HAVE CLOSE TO 16 OR 17
EMPLOYEES SO FAR.
AND WE'VE ONLY PARTNERED WITH
THEM FOR A MATTER OF A FEW
MONTHS AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
PAY A VERY GOOD LIVING WAGE.
AND PROVIDE A HEALTH CARE
PACKAGE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR
THAT WOULDN'T HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS KIND
OF MONEY.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE
TRAINING AND SKILLS FOR PEOPLE
THAT NORMALLY WOULDN'T GET
THESE KIND OF SKILLS AND
TRAINING.
WE'RE BRINGING ECONOMIC
STRUCTURE INTO THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH THIS ORGANIZATION AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH JUST CARES.
WE ARE ABLE TO DO DEESCALATION
WORK AT A LEVEL THAT OTHER
PEOPLE CAN'T DO.
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE
HIRING PEOPLE WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCES AND THAT HAVE BEEN
THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM, HAVE SERVED TIME.
HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS, THEY
EVER SERVING THE SAME
POPULATION THAT THEY'RE FROM.
THAT THEY'RE PART OF.
SO NOW YOU HAVE PEOPLE
DEESCALATING WITH OTHER PEOPLE
THAT ARE PART OF THE SAME
COMMUNITY.
AND THE SAME BACKGROUND.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEESCALATE
VERY HIGH LEVEL ISSUES OF
SITUATIONS TO KEEP THE
PARTICIPANTS SAFE.
THE STAFF AT THE HOTEL SAFE.
AND THE COLEAD STAFF SAFE.
WE'VE BEEN A BUFFER BETWEEN
EVERYBODY.
AND WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT IT IS WE
KNOW A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT
COME THROUGH THE PROGRAM, OUR
TEAM KNOWS THEM.
WE HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM
BEFORE THEY GET IN THE PROGRAM.
THEY KNOW EACH OTHER.
I HAVE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE
SERVED AND WORKED WITH IN THE
PAST.
YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG MEN AND
WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN -- WE REFER
TO COLEAD.
AND THAT WE PUT IN THE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE EVEN SEEN PARENTS OF
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE'VE
CONNECTED TO IN COLEAD.
AND JUST CARES, AND GOING
THROUGH DIFFERENT HOTELS AND
WORKING WITH VICTOR AND HER
TEAM AND EVERYBODY SSMENTS IT'S
JUST AMAZING TO SEE THE WAY
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD A
SMALL VILLAGE.
IT'S ABOUT RELATIONSHIP.
AND THAT'S HOW DEESCALATION
HAPPENS.
NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL THE
POLICE.
WHEN HIGH LEVEL ISSUES HAPPEN
THEY'RE NOT CALLING 91.
NOW WHEN ISSUES ARE GOING DOWN
YOU DON'T HAVE A PERSON WITH A
BADGE AND GUN SHOWING UP TO DO
DEESCALATION OR TRY TO
ESTABLISH A AUTHORITY WITH A
BLACK MALE WHO HAS MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES YOU KNOW THE
RESULTS OF THAT NINE TIME TS
OUT S OUT OF TEN WE'RE
PARTNERING WITH THESE GUYS
COLLABORATING WITH THESE GUYS
AND WORKING WITH THESE GUYS WE
HAVE A MODEL THAT WORKS.
AND WE BROUGHT A MODEL THAT
WORK INTO A MODEL THAT WORKS SO
WE'RE COLLABORATING AT A VERY
HIGH LEVEL.
AND WE'RE SHOWING WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE FOR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE
TO BRING SECURITY AND SAFETY
INTO COMMUNITY ON A BIGGER
SCALE.
THIS IS A SMALL MODEL OF WHAT
WE CAN ACTUALLY DO AND GROW
INTO OUR SOCIETY INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT DEESCALATING.
WE'RE SHOWING WHAT A MODEL CAN
ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.
I WANTED TO SAY AT THE END OF
MY PRESENTATION, WE HAVE TO
EXPAND THIS.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE
SELFISH HERE.
I WANT TO EXPAND THIS BECAUSE
IF WE EXPAND THIS AND WE FUND
THIS, I CAN HIRE A LOT MORE
PEOPLE FROM THE BIPOP COMMUNITY
AND GIVE THEM A LOT MORE
TRAINING AND PUT MORE MONEY IN
THEIR POCKETS SO THEY CAN TAKE
CARE OF THEIR BILLS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
PUT THEIR KIDS IN GOOD SCHOOLS.
MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN A GOOD
SPACE WHERE THEY CAN MOVE INTO
NICE APARTMENTS OR HOMES.
WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE.
AT A HIGHER LEVEL, HEALING
COMMUNITY, AND COMMUNITY
KEEPING COMMUNITY SAFE.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
WE WANT TO KEEP BUILDING THIS.
KEEP BUILDING ON THIS AND KEEP
GROWING THIS TO WHERE IF WE CAN
ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUES
AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH.
I'VE BEEN IN THE STREETS
WATCHING THEM DO OUTREACH.
AIDING THEM IN OUTREACH AND
IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S AMAZING TO SEE.
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW WE'RE
PULLING UP IN OUR VANS AND
PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO GET
PEOPLE IN HOTELS.
AND CLEARING OUT ENCAMPMENTS.
IT'S BEEN BLOWING MY MIND TO
WATCH THESE GUYS WORK AND BE IN
COLLABORATION WITH THEM.
THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT
TO EMULATE THIS MODEL.
OKAY.
GROW THIS MODEL.
LET'S PARTNER WITH OTHER PEOPLE
AND HELP THEM GROW THEIR MODELS
SO WE CAN ADDRESS THIS ISSUE ON
A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL.
ON A SYSTEMIC LEVEL, COMMUNITY
LEVEL, AND STATEWIDE LEVEL.
I'M DONE HERE.
>> DOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DO WE HAVE A FEW MORE PANELISTS
THAT NEED TO BE INTRODUCED?
>> WE HAVE VICTOR AND RAMON.
AND THEN WE HAVE A DECK.
BUT DOM ALL READY PRESENTED FOR
US SO WE'RE GOOD.
[ LAUGHTER ]. I LOVE WORKING
WITH YOU, DOM.
>> LET'S GET VICTOR AND RAMON
ON THE RECORD HERE AND THEN
LET'S PIVOT TO THE SLIDE DECK.
SOUNDS GOOD.
MY NAME IS VICTOR.
I'M FROM ASIAN COUNSELING AND
REFERRAL SERVICE.
AND I ALWAYS SAY DOM, MY
BROTHER, YOU'RE THE PASSION I'M
THE HEART OF JUST CARE.
SO I'LL BE LEADING THE
CONVERSATION WITH MY HEART AS
WE GO ALONG.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, MY
NAME IS RAMON HERNANDEZ,
SPECIAL PROJECT MANAGER AT
COLEAD.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ITERATE
WHAT VICTOR WAS SAYING DOM YOU
GOT ME PRETTY STOKED RIGHT NOW.
I'M PRETTY MOTIVATED.
>> YOU GOT THIS ROOM ENERGIZED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, HERE, WHY DON'T WE -- I
DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO TAKE
THE LEAD FOR THIS -- FOR THE
SLIDE DECK S THAT YOU JESSE?
AM I TURNING IT BACK OVER TO
YOU?
>> I THINK VICTOR IS GOING TO
KICK US OFF TODAY, YOU CAN
PROBABLY GO RIGHT INTO THE
SECOND SLIDE.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE
PICTURE, SLIDE NUMBER FIVE,
RAMON WILL DIP IN.
>> SOUNDS GREAT.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO DESCRIBE.
I WAS JOKINGLY SAYING DOM IS
THE PASSION AND HEART.
BUT I THINK I'M REALLY THE
HEART OF JUST CARE IN SOME WAY.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MODEL
OF JUST CARE.
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME TO DESCRIBE
THE MODEL OF JUST CARE, I USE
THREE WORD, COMPASSION,
RESPECT, AND INTEGRITY.
AND THAT'S HOW WE PROVIDE
SERVICES TO THE BIPOP
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNSHELTERED
WITH CHRONIC MENTAL HEALTH,
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER
ISSUES.
AND SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF
WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
JUST CARE.
SO EARLIER ON, YOU HEARD ABOUT
THE PANELISTS, WE HAVE
EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICE
OUTREACH PROGRAM, ESSENTIALLY
THE STAFF BOOKS DIRECTLY WITH
THE CLINES, IDENTIFY THE ONES
THAT HAVE PRIORITY NEEDS AND
THEN THEY GET REFERRED TO
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
MOSTLY BASED ON CULTURE
RELEVANCY, LANGUAGE RELEVANCY.
CONDITIONS OF THE MENTAL HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER.
AS A SERVICE PROVIDE NERF THIS
MODEL OF CARE, WE'RE THE ONLY
LICENSED PROVIDER, SO WE SERVE
THE HIGHEST -- MENTAL HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER
SERVICES.
SO WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS
MODEL, DURING THE PANDEMIC,
IT'S REALLY INCREASING FOR
SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES, AND HISTORICALLY THE
BIPOP COMMUNITY FACES MORE
RACISM.
AND THE MODEL ALLOWS US TO
RESPOND RAPIDLY, PROVIDE OPEN
ACCESS AND TIMELY ACCESS WHEN
CARE IS NEEDED WHEN IT'S MOST
HELPFUL TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
THE COLLECTIVE TEAM IN THIS
CONSORTIUM WITH ALL THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS, ALL OF US I WANT TO
SAY, MOST OF US ARE FROM THE
BIPOP COMMUNITY.
IT'S A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM.
I SAW IN THE CHAT A REQUEST TO
MOVE TO SLIDE TWO.
SO MOVE TO SLIDE TWO, PLEASE.
BUT OUTREACH CONSISTS OF
LICENSE BEHAVIOR PROVIDERS WITH
EXPERTISE IN MENTAL HEALTH,
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY CARE WE
HAVE AS A COALITION TO SERVE
THIS COMMUNITY.
WHAT IS CULTURE COMPETENT CARE?
CULTURE COMPETENT CARE IS THE
ABILITY TO ADDRESS CORM
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, PRIMARY
HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND
BALANCING THE BODY AND MIND AND
SPIRIT OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.
AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF THE
JUST CARE MODEL OF CARE, WE
HAVE REDEMONSTRATED NOT ONLY
CAN WE RESPOND RAPIDLY, BUT
WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THE 911
CALL THAT DR. BECKETT
MENTIONED.
REDUCE RECIDIVISM.
WE CAN TRACK THE UTILIZATION OF
URGENT CARE AND BACK IN JAIL.
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WE
DEMONSTRATED THE MODEL OF CARE
WORKS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
IT'S A 24/7, 24 HOUR CARE.
PROVIDING HOTEL BASED SERVICES
IS A WONDERFUL MODEL, HOWEVER
BY PROVIDING THE ROOM AND
SPACE, WE ARE PROVIDING 24/7
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE --
WITHOUT PROVIDING 24/7
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE IT'S NOT
GOING TO WORK.
THAT'S WHY IT'S CRITICAL THE
JUST CARE PROGRAM PROVIDE 24/7
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE FOR THAT
INDIVIDUAL.
PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE, AS
WELL AS VISION CARE, AND
SHARING WHAT WE HAVE DONE NOW.
IT'S DEFINITELY A TRAUMA
INFORMED APPROACH.
A LOT OF THE CLIENTS THAT WE
SERVE RIGHT NOW AS WE
REFERENCED EARLIER ARE FROM THE
BLACK COMMUNITY AND
HISTORICALLY, AGAIN, I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THIS IS THE
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY.
WHICH ALL READY HAVE A LOT OF
TRAUMA IN THEIR LIFE PATH.
AND OUR INTENTION IS TO REALLY
SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE A
PATH THAT THEY CAN EXIT OUT
FROM THE HOTEL TO GET
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING.
AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT
WE HAVE HOUSING PARTNERS THAT
REALLY SUPPORT THE WORK THAT WE
DO.
AND TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS TO
GET HOUSING THAT THEY NEED.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT AFTER
THE HOUSING IS BEING PROVIDED,
OUR TEAM, OUR BEAUTIFUL TEAM AT
THE DIFFERENT HOTELS WITH
DIFFERENT PARTNERS BUT BY
PROVIDING SOMEBODY TO EXIT THE
HOUSING WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CARE THAT THEY NEED.
WE HAVE CLINES WHO HAVE EXITED
FROM THE JUST CARE PROGRAM THAT
WANT TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNSELING
TREATMENT.
THEY REQUESTED IT.
THAT SPEAKS VOLUME TO THE WORK
THAT OUR STAFF DO TOGETHER.
THAT THE CLIENTS ACTUALLY WANT
TO CONTINUE THAT CARE.
SO IT DOESN'T REPEAT A CYCLE
WHEN SOMEBODY ENDS UP BACK ON
THE STREETS AGAIN.
AND EARLY ON THERE WAS A SLIDE
THAT SHOWS ABOUT THE COST
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE JUST CARE
PROGRAM.
AND I WANT TO REITERATE WHY
THIS PROGRAM IS VERY EFFECTIVE
BEYOND JUST COSTING ABOUT
$49,500 PER CLIENT PER YEAR, I
HAVE DONE SOME BRIEF COST
ANALYSIS THAT I SHARED WITH THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE.
A CONSERVATIVE SAVING FOR EACH
CLIENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A COST
SAVING OF $22,600 PER CLIENT
PER YEAR.
BY PREVENTING THEM FROM GOING
BACK TO THE JAIL.
PREVENTING THEM FROM NEEDING TO
USE HOSPITALS.
URGENT CARE AND ALSO BECAUSE
WE'RE ALL READY PROVIDING THE
MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CARE.
IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY COST
EFFICIENT.
AND ONE THING THAT I'M REALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT AS A SERVICE
PROVIDER, THE CURRENT FUNDING
FOR JUST CARE PROGRAM IS GOING
TO END JULY 1. THAT MAGIC DOWN.
WE'RE COUNTING DOWN THAT DATE
VERY ANXIOUSLY WORRYING ABOUT
THE SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTION AND
STABILITY WE PROVIDED FOR THE
CLIENT WHICH IS IS WHY WE WANT
TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS
NOT ONLY GOING TO BE SUSTAINED
PRIOR TO THE DATE.
BUT HAS STABILITY AND LIKE DOM
SAID HAS THE ABILITY TO EXPAND.
BECAUSE WE HAVE LEARNED THAT A
COMMUNITY APPROACH WORKS BETTER
THAN A LAW ENFORCEMENT
APPROACH.
WE TREAT PEOPLE WITH HUMANITY
AND.
REALLY CRITICAL.
WHEN THE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE
EXPAND THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE
LOOKING AT AN ABILITY TO HELP
AT LEAST 288 ROOMS A YEAR,
SERVING ABOUT 400 CLIENTS A
YEAR.
SO WE WOULD REALLY -- WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORT ALL READY.
BUT ENSURING THAT DO NOT PUT
OUR CLIENTS IN JEOPARDY BEFORE
THE JULY 1 DEADLINE.
WE REALLY NEED TO STABILIZE
WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN ORDER
TO MAKE IT WORK.
I WANT TO END THIS WITH TWO
CLIENT STORIES THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE.
SO THERE WAS A CLOSE TO 70-YEAR-
OLD BLACK INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS
BEEN UNSHELTERED FOR OVER SEVEN
YEARS.
AND SORRY.
SO VERY RECENTLY HE GOT HOUSING
AND JUST MOVED OUT FROM THE
HOTEL.
AND WHAT HE SHARED TO OUR
STAFF, THIS IS WHAT HE SHARED
I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE.
HE DID NOT BELIEVE A PROGRAM
LIKE THIS CAN EXIST.
HE CALLED THIS PROGRAM HEAVEN.
WHERE HE HAD MET ANGELS.
ANGELS IN HIS LIFE.
THAT REALLY JUST TOUCHES MY
HEART ABOUT HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN
AND AFTER HE MOVED, HE ACTUALLY
MOVED RECENTLY.
WE HELPED HIM TO MOVE TO HIS
HOUSING.
HE'S ONE OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS
THAT REQUESTED TO CONTINUE
SERVICE WITH US.
BUT A SECOND STORY THAT I WOULD
SHARE IS THERE WAS A PREGNANT
INDIVIDUAL WITH HER PARTNER WHO
WAS SLEEPING AT A BUS STOP.
I ASKED HER WHY AT THE TIME
SHE'S SLEEPING AT THE BUS STOP
AND HER REASON IS BECAUSE
THERE'S NO MORE TENTS IN THE
ENCAMP M. SHE WAS ALMOST DUE TO
GIVE BIRTH AT THAT TIME AND WE
WERE VERY GLAD THAT WITH OUR
PARTNER THE OUTREACH PROGRAM WE
WERE ABLE TO GET HER INTO THE
HOTEL.
VERY RECENTLY SHE GAVE BIRTH TO
A HEALTHY BOY.
AND IT JUST SHOWS ME THAT THE
PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY CHANGING
LIFE, IT IS TRANSFORMING LIFE
HER PARTNER AND HER ALSO
RECENTLY GOT HOUSING.
THAT REALLY BRING JOY TO ME AND
OUR PARTNERS THAT WORK ON THIS
úTOGETHER.
SHE WROTE A NOTE AND SAID THE
JUST CARE PROGRAM IS EFFECTIVE.
AND SHE'S GOING BACK TO THE
ENCAMPMENT TO TELL INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE LIVING IN THE
ENCAMPMENT ABOUT HOW THIS MODEL
OF CARE WORKS.
SO I'M GOING TO END ON THAT
HAPPY NOTE WITH THOSE TWO
CLIENT STORIES.
>> THANK YOU, VICTOR.
DECHTLY AS YOU LOOK AT OUR
STAFF HERE, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT OUR STAFF IS MULTI-
CULTURALLY DIVERSE.
WE HAVE MEN AND WOMEN THAT
IDENTIFY WITH LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
AND THESE ARE THE COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY
MARGINALIZED WHICH IS THE
POPULATION THAT WE SERVE.
OUR ORGANIZATION JUST CARE IS
WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
CID WITH THE BELL TOWN PIONEER
SQUARE WITH ALSO WITH BUSINESS
OWNERS AND IT'S JUST CASE --
THE CASE MANAGEMENT THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO OUTREACH THE FOLKS ON
THE STREETS, MEET THEM WHERE
IT'S AT.
IT'S HOUSING FIRST WITH THE
WRAP AROUND SERVICES, WE KNOW
THAT HOUSING IS NOT THE END ALL
SOLUTION, THAT'S WHY IT'S THE
CASE MANAGEMENT PIECE.
WE'VE HEARD THROUGH PROFESSOR
BECKETT'S DATA HOW LIKE FOLKS
ARE GETTING CONNECTED TO
MEDICAL SERVICES WHO HAVE
CHRONIC ILLNESSES OR WHO HAVE
ACUTE ILLNESSES.
CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS TO
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AND I
THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES OR SOMETHING PROFESSOR
BECKETT WAS MENTIONING HOW
FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITY ARE
UNABLE TO ACCESS A LOT OF THEIR
BENEFITS THAT THEY ARE
ENTITLED.
I'M RECOLLECTING AN INDIVIDUAL
UNABLE TO GET THEIR SSI BACK ON
AND IT WAS JUST A LONG PROCESS.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SOMEBODY WHO CANNOT JUST SIT
THERE ON THE PHONE, HE WOULD
STORM OUT OF THE ROOM AND COME
BACK.
IT WAS SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE WE
WERE ABLE TO GET HIM CONNECTED.
NOW HAD HE NOT HAD THE
STABILITY OF A HOTEL, THAT
MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
HE WAS READY TO GIVE UP.
SO MUCH TO THE POINT WHERE HE
DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORT.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE
MEDICAL CARE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THIS
MODEL DOES.
THIS MODEL ALLOWS FOR US TO
STABILIZE INDIVIDUALS AND BEGIN
TO WORK ON THINGS THAT FOLKS
HAVE ISSUES WITH.
LIKE MENTAL HEALTH, MEDICAL,
ALSO PROFESSOR BECKETT
MENTIONED THE MAT.
A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS ARE
EXPERIENCING SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDER.
SO THIS IS A GOOD PLACE FOR
THAT CONVERSATION TO START
WHERE A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS ARE
OUT ON THE STREET LIVING DAY TO
DAY THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE A
CHANCE TO CATCH THUNDERSHOWER
THEIR BREATH AND THINK ABOUT
TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK AND GOALS
THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD IN THEIR
HEART TO DO.
A BIG GOAL WE DO WITH OUR CASE
MANAGERS , IT'S LIKE INTENSIVE
CASE MANAGEMENT.
THEY'RE IN THE HOTELS, SEEING
EVERYBODY WHERE THEY'RE AT.
THE GOOD, BAD, AND UGLY, DAY
AND NIGHT, WE BROUGHT THE CIVIC
ONLINE, WHICH IS FULLY STAFFED
24 HOURS A DAY WITH CASE
MANAGERS, WDC IS THERE OVER
NIGHT TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE
GOING WELL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION
KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT
WDC PLAYED AN INTEGRAL PART IN
OUR PROGRAM AND WHAT DOM WAS
MENTIONING, THERE WAS AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS HUNGRY, HE
EXPERIENCES MENTAL HEALTH
DISABILITY SO HE WENT TO THE
HOTEL FRONT AREA AND HE GRABBED
SOME FOOD AND THE HOTEL CLERK
WAS PRETTY IRATE HE FOLLOWED
THE GENTLEMAN IN THE PARKING
LOT AND THERE WAS AN ARGUMENT
BETWEEN THEM BOTH.
I JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON CALL
THIS EVENING.
I RECEIVED THE CALL FROM THE
CLERK.
I CALLED WDC THEY RESPONDED THE
CLERK HAD GONE BACK INTO THE
HOTEL AND CALLED THE
AUTHORITIES BUT THROUGH WDC'S
MITIGATION, THE CLERK CALLED
THE AUTHORITIES AND THEY WERE
NOT DISPATCHED ANY LONGER.
AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE
WORK THAT THEY DO.
AND THIS WAS A BLACK MALE.
A BLACK MALE THAT SUFFERS FROM
MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITY.
AND WE KNOW AS DOM MENTIONED
THE RESULT OF THAT CAN LEAD
UNFORTUNATELY TO DEATH.
AND IN THIS CASE, A MAN DID NOT
GO TO JAIL.
HE WAS FED AND THAT WAS HIS
THING.
HE JUST WANTED FOOD.
IT ONE ESCALATED INTO SOMETHING
THAT IT NEVER NEEDED TO BE.
ALSO I JUST ALSO WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT IT WAS MENTIONED HERE
THAT SOME OF THE -- ONE OF THE
TREMENDOUS OBSTACLES AS WE KNOW
IN SEATTLE IS HOUSING.
AND MORE SO FOR FOLKS THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
ESPECIALLY THE AVENUES AND THE
EXISTING CHANNELS THAT ARE
THERE FOR THEM TO ACCESS
HOUSING IS -- THERE'S SUCH A
HIGH BARRIER, OUR CASE MANAGERS
ARE GETTING IN AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT IF IT'S NOT
DISPATCH, WHERE CAN I GO?
SO THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF
RESEARCH TO CONNECT FOLKS AND
WE'RE HAVING INDIVIDUAL IT IS A
ARE PLACING IN LONG-TERM
HOUSING.
WE'VE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL THAT
WAS PLACED FROM THE SECOND
AVENUE EXTENSION PROJECT THAT
WAS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL
HEALTH DISABILITY ALSO WITH
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER AND
THROUGH THE PROGRAM HE WAS ABLE
TO STABILIZE WITH INTENSIVE
CASE MANAGEMENT.
HE WAS ABLE TO JUST BEGIN TO
WORK ON GOALS TO MOVE THAT
FORWARD IN HIS LIFE.
AND TODAY, OR NOT TODAY, I
THINK IT WAS LAST MONTH HE
RECEIVED THE KEYS TO HIS OWN
APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND HE'S
LIVING HAPPILY THERE.
THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE THINGS
I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROGRAM
WORKS.
AND I WANT TO MENTION THIS.
MY WIFE HAD MENTIONED TO ME WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME RECENT
SUCCESSES OF MINE.
AND YOU KNOW, I WAS TELLING HER
THAT, YOU KNOW, I -- WHAT
ANYBODY CAN DO THAT.
AND SHE SAYS SOMETHING TO ME
THAT REALLY STRUCK ME.
AND I BELIEVE IT APPLIES HERE.
SHE SAID A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN
RUN A MARATHON.
BUT ONLY ONE PERSON CROSSES THE
FINISH LINE FIRST.
AND THIS MODEL WORKS.
WE'RE SEEING RESULTS.
WE'RE SEEING WE'VE BEEN HERE
SINCE THE BEGINNING, IN THE
THROWS OF THE PANDEMIC.
WHEN WE WERE RUNNING AROUND
TRYING TO BUY MASKS,
SANITIZERS, GLOVES, AND WE WERE
IN UTTER DISARRAY, WE'VE GROWN,
WE'VE LEARNED.
THE DATA SUPPORT THIS IS MODEL.
IT SUPPORTS THAT THIS MODEL
WORKS AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF
THIS MODEL.
AND I'LL YIELD TO JESSE WITH
THAT.
>> WELL, THE MAIN SHOW HAS BEEN
MAD.
I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH JACOB
TO KIND OF SHOW YOU SOME OF THE
OTHER SLIDES THAT WE HAVE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY AND
OFTEN HAVE EXTREME BARRIERS
ACCESSING OTHER SYSTEMS.
I THINK DOM UNDER LINED THIS
AND SO DID RAMON.
THIS IS THE LEAD POPULATION,
THIS IS PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD
MASSIVE TRAUMATIC EXPOSURE TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND WHO
ALSO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH
DISABILITIES, SUBSTANCE USE
ISSUES AND ARE LIVING OUTSIDE
UNHOUSED.
AND SO A REMINDER THAT THIS IS
A PARTICULAR POPULATION THAT,
YOU KNOW, HAVING OTHER SERVICE
PROVIDERS JOIN OUR RANKS AND DO
MORE OF THIS WORK WITH US AND
THIS IS A POPULATION THAT OFTEN
GETS MARGINALIZED, CALLED
SERVICE RESISTANT, TALKED ABOUT
THEY DON'T WANT SERVICES, THEY
WALK INTO EMERGENCY ROOMS AND
THEY'RE TURNED AWAY.
SO WE REALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT
SOME OF THE MOST MARGINALIZED,
PRIMARILY BIPOP FOLKS AND
PEOPLE LIVING IN EXTREME
POVERTY THAT WE WANT TO TAKE
CARE OF.
THIS IS A POPULATION I HAVEN'T
SEEN MANY OTHER PROVIDERS STEP
UP ASK ASK TO TAKE CARE OF IN
THE WAY WE ARE NOW.
AND WE BELIEVE FROM A PLACE OF
LOVE AND COMPASSION THAT THESE
FOLKS DESERVE OUR UTMOST CARE
AND SUPPORT AND THEY DESERVE
NOT ONLY EXCELLENT HEALTH CARE
AND TO COME INSIDE BUT THEY
DESERVE TO HAVE THE ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE THAT DOM'S TEAM AND S
PROVIDING.
WE KNOW MANY OF THE THINGS THAT
HAVE HAPPENED.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CHAOS,
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF STUFF
THAT GOES DOWN, BECAUSE OF
DOM'S TEAM AND HOW THEY SHOW UP
AND SUPPORT OUR FOLKS WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP OUT NOT
JUST A CARE BASED RESPONSE
WE'RE DOING WITH COLEAD AND
ACRS BUT AN ACTUAL ALTERNATIVE
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT COMING AND
THEN I WANTED TO -- WE HAVE A
FEW SLIDES LEFT AROUND SOME OF
THE SITES WE WORKED AT.
THEY'VE ALL READY BEEN TALKED
ABOUT.
BUT IF WE'LL GO TWO MORE SLIDES
AHEAD, JACOB, THIS IS A RECENT
WORK WE'VE DONE IN WHITE
CENTER.
AS PART OF OUR COLEAD APPROACH
IN BURIAN AND WHITE CENTER.
WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY
PASSAGE WAYS TO EXPAND LEAD IN
WHITE CENTER AND TO DO THAT WE
WANTED TO START OFF WITH A BIG
BANG AND WE WORKED AT AN ENCAMP
M THAT'S CAUSED A LOT OF HEART
ACHE TO THE FOLKS LIVING THERE
AND THE BUSINESSES AROUND AT
16th AND ROCKS BURY AND WE'VE
BEEN WORKING THERE THE LAST
THREE WEEK ORES SO.
AND WE'VE APPLIED WHAT WE CALL
OUR JUST CARE APPROACH.
AND I WANT TO UNPACK THAT A
LITTLE BIT.
AND YOU CAN GO FORWARD TO NEXT
SLIDE, JACOB.
WHAT OUR END RESULT LOOKS A LOT
LIKE WHAT ONE MIGHT THINK OF
WHEN A SWEEP COMES IN AND I
REALLY WANT TO DIVORCE
OURSELVES FROM THAT APPROACH.
WE ARE NOT A SWEEP.
WE ARE NOT DISPERSE M. WE HAVE
A VERY SPECIFIC APPROACH THAT
WE TAKE WHERE WE WORK WITH
PEOPLE FOR TWO WEEKS TO A
MONTH.
WE START OUT BUILDING
RELATIONSHIP, COMING FROM A
PLACE OF COMPASSION AND CARE.
WE GET TO KNOW THE FOLKS IN
ENCAMP MS THAT
ENCAMPMENTS THAT WE'RE
TARGETING AND WORKING IN.
WE FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE, WHAT
THEY CARE ABOUT, WE FIND OUT
THEIR GOALS, WE WAIT A LITTLE
BIT OF TIME AND THEN WE BRING
OUT MORE OF OUR ASSESSMENT
APPROACH.
WE LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT THEM BECAUSE
THEY TRUST US.
AND THEN WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO
MATCH THEM TO AN APPROPRIATE
RESPONSE.
AND THEN WE DO THIS THING WE
CALL MOVING DAY.
WHERE WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE CITY AND THE CLEAN
TEAM BUT IN A VERY PERSON
CENTERED WAY.
PEOPLE DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO
TAKE WITH THEM TO THE OWE TELL.
THEY DECIDE WHAT IS TRASH THEY
WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND AND THEY
DECIDE IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS
THEY WANT TO KEEP BUT MAYBE
THERE'S NOT ROOM FOR THEM THAT
THEY WANT TO STORE.
THEY ARE FRONT AND CENTER PART
OF WHAT GOES, WHAT STAYS, THEY
HELP PUSH THE ITEMS THAT NEED
TO BE TAKEN AWAY TO THE STREET.
AND WE'VE HAD A BEAUTIFUL
COLLABORATION WITH SPU AND
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
AND PARKS IN A COME OUT AND
PICK UP THAT DEBRIS.
PRIMARILY, THAT'S BEEN MANAGED
THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE
REACH PROGRAM HAS WITH THOSE
ENTITIES AND NICOLE ALEXANDER
WHO IS OUR REACH FRONTRUNNER
FO THIS IS ON VACATION, MUCH
DESERVED VACATION THIS WEEK,
BUT IT'S REALLY HER AND OUR
OUTREACH TEAMS TWEEB COLEAD AND
THE REACH PROGRAM THAT DO THIS
APPROACH.
AND THEN WE STILL GET THE SAME
END RESULT THAT EVERYONE REALLY
WANTS, RIGHT?
WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME INSIDE.
WE WANT PEOPLE TREATED WELL.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET ACCESS TO
RESOURCES.
WE ALSO WANT OUR SIDEWALKS AND
BUSINESSES WANT PEOPLE TO BE
ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THEIR
FRONT DOOR.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR TIME IS.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE
NEXT COUPLE SLIDES.
LET'S SEE.
GO ONE MORE SLIDE.
IT'S SLIDE 14, THE PERGOLA
VMENTD LA.
WE'LL END THERE.
I WANT TO SAVE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO INVITE DOM
BACK.
HE DEFINITELY KICKED US OFF
WELL.
BUT I WANTED YOU GUYS TO HEAR A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
SAFETY TEAM MODEL.
BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY DEVELOPED
APPROACH WHERE THEY'RE COMING
ON SITE TO OUR HOTELS AND
WORKING WITH US THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING.
AND THERE'S TRAINING AND REALLY
A PARTICULAR WAY WE GO ABOUT
DOING THAT.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT NOT WHO THE SAFETY
TEAM ARE.
YOU ALL READY TALKED ABOUT THAT
BUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
SCHEDULE AND MODEL AND HOW WE
ALL WORK TOGETHER JUST A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
>> I'LL JUMP IN AGAIN.
AND EXCUSE MY THEME MUSIC IN
THE BACKGROUND.
I NEED TO SOLVE SOME LUFNL
LUNCH IN MY FACE.
WE HAVE AROUND THE CLOCK
SCHEDULE WE'RE ON CALL
THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ANYTHING
THAT COMES UP.
WE HAVE 24 HOUR SERVICE TO
THESE GUYS, WE'RE COLLABORATING
WITH JUST CARES 24 HOURS A
THEY.
WE HAVE SHIFTS THAT ROTATE
THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT SITES.
AND WE ALSO, FROM TIME TO TIME,
WE'VE BEEN IN THE STREETS WITH
THESE GUYS FROM TIME TO TIME.
WHICH WE'RE GOING TO ESCALATE
THAT.
LIKE JESSE WAS SAYING.
WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM FROM
CANADIAN PASSAGE WAYS BUILDING
OUT LEAD IN THE STREETS.
SO THIS COLLABORATION IS REALLY
DEEP.
WE'VE BEEN TAKING EVERYBODY
THROUGH DEESCALATION TRAINING
AND EMOTIONAL INTERVIEWING
TRAINING.
AND WE GOT AN EXPERT IN TOWN
RIGHT NOW WHO IS IN THE
BUILDING BEHIND WHERE I'M AT.
WE'RE HAVING ALL DAY TRAIN WITH
WDC STAFF IN THE TRAINING.
GOING THROUGH A LOT OF TRAINING
ON COMMUNITY SAFETY.
WHEN I SAY THAT OUR TEAM IS
AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, IT'S
INCREDIBLE TO WATCH HOW THIS
ROTATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO SERVE
JUST CARES AT A LEVEL THAT I
DIDN'T EVEN EXPECT TO HAPPEN
BECAUSE WE ARE IN SPACES
WHENEVER IT'S NEEDED DAY OR
NIGHT.
WHEN THERE HAVE TO BE ISSUES
RESOLVED.
WHEN THERE'S A PARTICIPANT THAT
NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH, THEY
CAN CALL ON US ANY MINUTE AND
WE'LL BE THERE WITHIN 30 TO 40
MINUTES OF THAT CALL AND SHOW
UP AND HANDLE THE BUSINESS FROM
A DEESCALATION PERSPECTIVE AND
A PERSPECTIVE WITH EMPATHY AND
A HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST ADD IN A
LITTLE BIT HERE.
TO SPIN OFF WHAT JESSE WAS
SAYING, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD WITH
COLEAD STAFF, WITH THE HOTEL
STAFF, AND WITH THE
PARTICIPANTS.
I THINK THAT CARRIES OVER INTO
MORE THAN JUST THE WORK.
IT CARRIES OVER INTO ACTUALLY
BUILDING A SMALL ALLIANCE AND A
SMALL VILLAGE AND A SMALL PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SECURE AND
FEEL LIKE THEY CAN CALL ON US.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT FOOD.
IT WAS FUNNY I WAS IN A MEETING
WITH MY WDC STAFF AND A COUPLE
OF MY GUYS WERE LIKE OH YEAH SO
AND SO LIKES THIS FOOD.
WHEN I GO ON MY SHIFT, I GRAB
THEM THIS.
OR I GRAB THEM THAT.
THEY LITERALLY BRING TREATS TO
THE PARTICIPANTS.
BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE
PARTICIPANTS LIKE.
AND THE PARTICIPANTS WILL SAY
HEY, WILL YOU BRING ME SUCH AND
SUCH TOMORROW?
YEAH I GOT YOU BRO.
NO PROBLEM.
IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE.
WHEN I WALK INTO THE FACILITIES
AND I SEE WHAT MY TEAM IS
DOING.
IT'S POWERFUL.
IT'S POWERFUL IN COLLABORATION
WITH JUST CARES.
THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING
ECOSYSTEM OF SUPPORT AND LOVE
AND APPRECIATION FOR COMMUNITY
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT I
HAVEN'T SEEN OR EXPERIENCED
BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BESIDES
COMMUNITY PASSAGE WAYS.
I'LL THROW MY LITTLE PLUG IN
THERE.
>> IF I CAN ADD SOMETHING HERE.
EYE COB, COULD YOU GO MAYBE
FOUR SLIDES UP, OR TO SLIDE
TWELVE.
YEAH.
SO THIS IS OUR WHITE CENTER.
OUR WHITE CENTER ENCAMPMENT
HERE LIKE YOU OBVIOUSLY SEE THE
BEFORE AND AFTER.
THIS IS WHAT JUST CARE DOES.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT.
I WANTED TO -- THE COMPLEXITY
OF OUR WORK IS WE'RE DEALING
WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
ALL KIND OF OTHER THINGS AND
THEN YOU HAVE THE BUSINESS
OWNERS HERE.
AND FOR ANYBODY'S SAKE I WANT
TO POINT OUT THE BUSINESS, HERE
IT WAS, BUT THE GENTLEMAN CAME
OUT OF HIS BUSINESS, ELATED,
EXCITED.
BRINGING OUT WORKERS TO THE
FRONT OF HIS BUSINESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
HERE.
WE'RE IMPROVING EVERYONE'S
LIFE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES.
IT'S NOT JUST A MODEL THAT
SWEEPS THE CAMP AND THEN
DOESN'T PROVIDE SOLUTIONS.
WE PROVIE -- WE'RE TRYING TO
PROVIDE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.
AND THESE BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD
BE THE ONES THAT ARE CALLING
THE AUTHORITIES TO COME DOWN
AND REMOVE THESE PEOPLE AND SO
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF LIKE
JUST THE SUCCESS WE'RE HAVING
WITH THESE BUSINESS OWNERS AND
MEETING WITH THEM AND
COLLABORATING WITH THEM AND
THEY WANT TO HELP AND PROVIDE
FUNDING THEY CAN TO PLACE
PEOPLE IN HOTELS.
THAT'S THE ASSET WE HAVE FOR
THE COUNTY, FOR THE CITY, YOU
WORK WITH US SO WE CAN ADDRESS
COMMUNITY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
A COMMUNITY ISSUE FOR AS LONG
AS I CAN REMEMBER.
I'VE BEEN IN SEATTLE MY WHOLE
LIFE.
SINCE 2007 EVERYTHING HAS GROWN
EXPONENTIALLY, WHETHER IT'S
MENTAL HEALTH ON THE STREETS OR
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS OR FOLKS
EXPERIENCING SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDER.
I WOULD JUST AGAIN LIKE THE
SUPPORT OF THE CITY, OF THE
COUNCIL.
OF THE COUNTY TO SUPPORT THIS
EFFORT AND EXPAND IT.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS.
I DO WANT TO PUT OUT THERE
THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THREE OR
FOUR AGENCIES STRONG, BUT WE
WOULD LOVE, OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB WAS
HUGE.
WE'D LIKE TO REPARTNER BACK UP
WITH THEM.
THIS IS ALSO A CALL TO ACTION
BECAUSE WE'D LOVE TO SEE MORE
BIPOP LED ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP
AND SUPPORT THEIR DEVELOPMENT
IN THIS WORK WITH US AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE
DOING A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT
ISN'T AS ROBUST, JOIN RANKS
WITH US, AND MAYBE RETHINK THE
WAY THEY SUPPORT SOME OF OUR
UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE HERE TO SHARE OUT AND
LEARN AND ITERATE AND CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH DR. BECKETT TO
EXAMINE AND TALK ABOUT AND BE
ABLE TO DESCRIBE WHAT WE DO.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO
YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, AND I
SAW COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS HAD
YOUR FIRST QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, JESSE.
YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO TAKE A
BRIEF SECOND TO KIND OF FOLLOW
UP ON SOMETHING RAMON SAID AND
JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M
PERHAPS UNIQUELY, POSITIONED
HERE BECAUSE MY DISTRICT,
DISTRICT SEVEN AS THE BALANCE
OF THE JUST CARE INVESTMENT TO
DATE.
SO I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
WORK WITH JUST CARE IN MY
DISTRICT.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHO,
BUT THERE'S A BUSINESS OWNER IN
MY DISTRICT THAT WAS COMPLETELY
DESPONDENT OVER THE STATE OF
CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS IN AND
AROUND THEIR BUSINESS, HAD
CALLED THE POLICE NUMEROUS
TIMES.
THAT INTERVENTION HADN'T
RESOLVED ANYTHING IF THEY EVEN
GOT A RESPONSE.
WHEN POLICE DID SHOW UP, THERE
WAS NOT MUCH THE POLICE COULD
DO TO SOLVE THE ISSUE.
FINALLY REACHED OUT TO MY
OFFICE.
I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE BUSINESS
OWNER IN TOUCH WITH JUST CARE.
AND THEN GOT SOME COMMUNICATION
A FEW DAYS LATER FROM THAT
BUSINESS OWNER THAT THEIR ISSUE
WAS RESOLVED.
AND THEY WERE ELATED.
AND THE PERSON WHO HAD BEEN
POSING AN ISSUE FOR THE
BUSINESS WAS GETTING THE HELP
THEY NEED WITH DIGNITY, WITH
SUPPORT AND COMPASSION.
AND THEY NO LONGER HAD
SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD
HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE IN
FRONT OF THEIR PATIO THAT WAS
DISTURBING THEIR CUSTOMERS.
SO I MEAN JUST TO YOUR POINT,
RAMON, I TOTALLY AGREE.
I MEAN LIKE THIS IS WORK WHERE
PEOPLE ARE PROBLEM SOLVING FOR
EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
AND LEADING WITH CENTERING
PEOPLE'S HUMANITY AND DIGNITY
AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WHEN
PEOPLE ARE REMOVED FROM THE
PUBLIC SPHERE, THEY -- WHEN
THEY'RE DISPLACED, THEY GO
SOMEWHERE.
AND THAT HAS TO BE SOMETHING
THAT WE PLAN FOR.
IT CAN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WE
JUST ASSUME THEY'RE GOING TO
VANISH INTO THE ETHER AND NOT
POSE AN ISSUE ANY MORE FOR THE
BROADER COMMUNITY OR A RISK TO
THEMSELVES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON
THAT.
THAT I SIMILARLY HAVE SEVERAL
ANECDOTES LIKE THE ONE YOU
SHARED.
AND IT IS -- IT'S REALLY
POWERFUL.
ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME WHEN WE
HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY
DESPONDENT BECAUSE THEY FEEL
LIKE THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN
DO.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS
HAPPENING AND THERE'S NO ONE
THAT WANTS TO HELP THEM.
AND THIS MODEL IS PROVING THAT
WE CAN DO THIS.
OKAY.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN
IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LEWIS.
AND THANK YOU, DOM.
THANK YOU RAMON, JESSE, VICTOR.
YOU ARE DOING -- AND DR.
BECKETT AGAIN AS WELL, YOU'RE
DOING THE IMPORTANT WORK FOR
OUR CITY THAT SO MANY OTHERS
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND
SUCCESS WITH.
AND YOU'RE FINDING SUCCESS WITH
THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE CENTERING
PEOPLE.
YOU'RE BRINGING THE RIGHT
RESOURCES.
AND YOU'RE FOCUSING ON THE
HUMAN ASPECT OF THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE LIVING OUTSIDE.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU KNOW,
AS I'VE PAST REQUESTED JUST
CARE MODEL TO BE UTILIZED IN
THE INDUSTRIAL AREA OF FREMONT
AND BALLARD, AT THAT TIME, I
WAS REMINDED THAT YOUR PROGRAM
DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE MONEY TO
CONTINUE OPERATING THIS YEAR.
SO BEFORE I CAN LOOK TO
EXPANDING THE PROGRAM, I HAD TO
MAKE SURE YOUR WHOLE, JUST THIS
YEAR, FOR THE POPULATION OF
PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE ALL READY
WORKING WITH.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE RECEIVED
GOOD NEWS ON THAT FRONT.
AND I KIND OF BRING IT BACK TO
DOMINIC'S POINT OF LET'S EXPAND
THE PROGRAM.
AND SO MY QUESTION HERE IS WHAT
CAN NEEDED FROM YOU -- OR WHAT
IS NEEDED FROM US?
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL?
TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM?
I ASSUME YOU NEED THE MONEY.
YOU NOTED THAT THIS IS A SUBARU
NOT A CADILLAC.
AND THE SUBARU IS, YOU KNOW --
WHEN YOU WANT TO CREATE
RESULTS, IT'S NOT CHEAP.
BECAUSE YOU'RE SOLVING FOR THE
ISSUE.
AND BY MAKING A DOWN PAYMENT
THAT IS HIGHER THAN A LOWER
COST OPTION, YOU'RE STOPPING
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO COME
BACK AROUND BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T
ADDRESSED THE CRISIS.
SO ARE YOU GETTING YOUR
CONTRACTS SIGNED ON TIME?
IS IT JUST MONEY?
DO YOU NEED US TO HELP IN OTHER
WAYS ? WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM
US?
I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOU INTO
THE FREMONT AREA AND GET YOU
INTO BALLARD AND I'LL LIKELY
FOLLOW UP WITH A PHONE CALL TO
EACH OF YOU SO WE CAN CONTINUE
THE CONVERSATION.
>> WE ONLY HAVE FUNDING UNTIL
JUNE 30th.
AND IT'S A BIT UNCERTAIN.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO APPLY TO A
COMPETITIVE PROCESS WITH THE
COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO DO THE
WORK WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.
AND THAT -- BECAUSE THE COVID 7
COUNCIL PACKAGE FROM THE COUNTY
TOOK AN EXTRA WEEK TO PAS, IT
SOUNDS LIKE WE MIGHT GET SOME
BRIDGE FUNDING BUT WE'RE VERY
CLOSE TO A CLIFF.
AND ONE THING DOM MENTIONED
THIS BUT I ALSO WANT TO PUT OUT
THERE, WE DO PAY A SLIGHTLY
HIGHER RATE THAN A LOT OF
COMMUNITY NONPROFIT BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH PROVIDERS PAY.
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THIS WORK
SHOULD BE IN THE SPHERE OF WHAT
COPS AND FIRST RESPONDERS MAKE.
SO JUST TO SORT OF SPEAK TO THE
MORE EXPENSIVE SIDE OF IT.
IT'S NOT A TON MORE.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A VIABLE
WORKFORCE.
ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PAST
YEAR, DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND
THE QUALITY OF CARE.
I INVITE ANY OF YOU THAT WOULD
LIKE TO COME TO OUR HOTEL.
THE QUALITY OF CARE
PARTICIPANTS GET FROM STAFF
LIKE RAMON AND PEOPLE LIKE
VICTOR AND DOM'S TEAM IS JUST
UNPARALLELED I THINK.
AND I'VE WORKED IN THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOR
THE PAST 20 YEARS.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT PAYING THEIR OWN RENT AND
THEIR OWN BILLS.
THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY GIVE
THEIR FULL SELVES TO THE WORK.
WHEN I MOVED TO SEATTLE AFTER I
GOT MY MASTERS DEGREE.
I MADE $24,000 A YEAR TO WORK
AT A LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
ORGANIZATION.
I TOOK A PAY CUT.
AND IT'S UNTENABLE.
ESPECIALLY AT THE RENTS WE PAY
NOW.
THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE.
BUT TO SPEAK TO THE BIGGER
PICTURE AROUND FUNDING.
WE DON'T HAVE A VERY LONG
HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF US AROUND
THAT.
>> STRAUSS.
>> TAKE IT AWAY VICTOR.
I'LL FOLLOW UP.
I MIGHT HAVE A FOLLOW UP
QUESTION.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT, THANK YOU
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
I THINK BEYOND WHAT JESSE HAS
SAID.
I THINK TIMING IS REALLY
CRITICAL HERE.
WHILE WE ARE TOLD BY THE COUNTY
THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A
COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS
AND AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
LICENSE AT STATES HERE AND
STABILITY OF THE CLIENTS THAT
WE SERVE.
I WOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS AND
WORRY ABOUT
DISMANTLING AND DESTRUCTING THE
SAFETY NET.
IT WILL COST MORE IF IT'S NOT
ON TIME.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE COMMUNITY
ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD.
I REFERENCE THIS BECAUSE I KNOW
THROUGH THIS BOARD WE'RE BEING
CREATIVE ABOUT THE FUNDING
ALLOCATION.
INSTEAD OF PUTTING PROVIDERS
THROUGH AN ONEROUS PROCESS FOR
PROCUREMENT.
THE CITY HAS BEEN THINKING
CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW TO UTILIZE
FUNDING TO SUPPORT PROVIDERS,
EXISTING PROVIDERS WHO HAVE
DEMONSTRATED OUTCOMES.
I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE
THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT, FROM THE TRADITIONAL
PATHWAY.
I UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE THAT
THE CITY NEEDS TO GO THROUGH.
BUT IT HAS BEEN DONE.
SO I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO
EVEN PROVIDE ONE TIME ONLY
FUNDING TO GET US OVER THIS
PROCESS AND THEN THINKING ABOUT
HOW TO PROVIDE MORE LONG-TERM
FUNDING BECAUSE AGAIN TIME IS
THE ACCENT HERE.
AND WE'RE LIVING IN AN UNUSUAL
TIME DURING A PANDEMIC.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOW THRIVING
IN PHASE THREE, BUT AGAIN, WE
WILL BE DISMANTLING A SYSTEM
THAT'S WORKING.
IF YOU ASK ME WHAT WE NEED,
IT'S QUICK RAPID FUNDING
SUPPORT.
AND THINK ABOUT LONG-TERM
FUNDING IF WE HAVE TO GO
THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS
OR I WOULD SAY AS A SERVICE
PROVIDER THAT AGAIN IF
SOMETHING IS ALL READY WORKING,
WHY RECREATE THE WHEEL?
THIS HAS REALLY PROVEN TO BE
SOMETHING THAT'S SUCCESSFUL AND
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO LIVE
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE'RE AN INNOVATIVE CITY.
AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I WILL SPEAK BOLDLY ABOUT
THIS.
JUST CARE PROGRAM CAN BE
REPLICATED NATIONALLY.
I THINK IT'S TOTALLY POSSIBLE.
ONE LAST COMMENT BEYOND WHAT
JESSE MENTIONED.
PAYING ABOVE LIVING WAGE OR
MORE HIGHER WAGE FOR BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH PROVIDERS.
OUR WORK IS ALSO SUPPORTING THE
HOTEL STAFF THE HOTEL WORKERS.
AND THE WORK HELPS SUSTAIN THE
HOTEL WORKERS DURING THIS TIME.
WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE ALWAYS
MADE BELOW LIVING WAGE.
BUT THE JUST CARE PROGRAM
ALLOWED US TO SUPPORT OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WORK IN
THE HOTEL INDUSTRY.
AN THIS WILL BE TWO QUICK
STORIES FROM THE MOTEL WORKERS.
ONE OF THEM THAT I WORKED WITH
VERY CLOSELY, THROUGH THE JUST
CARE PROGRAM IS MOTIVATED TO
RESUME HER PROGRAM TO BECOME A
REGISTERED NURSE.
I WAS SO INSPIRED BY HER.
FOR WANTING TO BECOME A
REGISTERED NURSE BECAUSE OF THE
INTERACTION THROUGH THE JUST
CARE PROGRAM.
THE SECOND HOTEL WORKER HAD
ALSO ASKED ME TO WRITE A
RECOMMENDATION TO PURSUE A
MASTER DEGREE IN COUNSELING.
OUR WORK DOES NOT ONLY
TRANSFORM LIVES OF THE CLIENTS
BUT WE'RE TRANSFORMING THE
HOTEL INDUSTRY.
WHICH I THINK IS REALLY
REVOLUTIONARY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, DID
YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON YOUR
QUESTIONS THERE?
CAN GUY TO THE NEXT COUNCIL
MEMBER?
>> YES, JUST BRIEFLY, THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT
ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY.
YOU'RE SPOT ON.
IF YOU HAVE A MODEL THAT WORKS,
A, DON'T DISMANTLE IT.
AND B, EXPAND IT.
SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO FOCUS
MY QUESTION A LITTLE BIT MORE
AND JESSE, HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP,
SAME WITH YOU VICTOR.
ARE IS THERE BARRIERS ON
FUNDING RIGHT NOW THAT YOU SEE
TO EXPAND TO SCALE UP YOUR
SERVICES.
AND IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP
I'M HAPPY TO DO SO.
ARE THERE BARRIERS BEYOND JUST
THE FUNDING ? AND WHAT I
NOTICED FROM WHAT VICTOR SAID
IS YOU NEED THE FINANCIAL
STABILITY.
THAT STABILITY ASPECT IS WHAT
YOU'RE PROVIDING OTHER PEOPLE.
AND YET IS SHOT IN BEING
PROVIDED TO YOU.
>> A BARRIER IS AS WE ALL KNOW
AND HOPEFULLY MANY OF THE FOLKS
ON THIS CALL ARE VACCINATED OR
PLANNING TO GET VACCINATED.
SO TOURISM IS OPENING BACK UP.
AND SOME OF OUR HOTELS THAT
WE'RE WORKING IN ARE NO LONGER
INTERESTED IN COLLABORATING
WITH US AND SO THANKFULLY THE
COUNTY HAS PROVIDED US A WHOLE
HOTEL THAT WE HAVE SITE CONTROL
OVER.
SIMILAR TO HOW THE CITY HAS
DONE THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
KINGS INN.
AND WE NEED MORE OF THAT.
WE NEED MORE OF, YOU KNOW,
ENTIRE HOTELS TO WORK IN OUR
COLLABORATION WITH AND WE
CERTAINL WOULD DO THAT IN
COLLABORATION WITH OTHER HOTEL
OPERATORS.
IT'S A BIG LIFT TO RUN A HOTEL
AS WE'RE LEARNING.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY TEAM
AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE
HAVE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PULL
IT OFF.
BUT ITY I THINK THAT'S WHAT IS
GOING TO BE NEEDED IS JUST MORE
BEDS.
>> CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL
QUICK.
>> GO AHEAD DOM.
>> JUST REAL QUICK.
IT'S VERY HARD TO DO THIS WORK
AND CONCENTRATE ON THIS WORK
WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
FUTURE LOOKS LIKE OR WHAT THE
FUTURE HOLDS.
WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO SHUT DOWN AND
PUT PEOPLE BACK OUT ON THE
STREETS.
WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
GOING TO KEEP EMPLOYING THESE
PEOPLE MAKING A GOOD LIVING
WAGE AND ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF
THEIR FAMILIES AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN THAT MIGHT GET CUT OFF
IN A MATTER OF SIX MONTHS,
EIGHT MONTHS OR A YEAR.
THERE NEEDS TO BE LONG-TERM
DEDICATION.
LONG-TERM STABILITY.
LONG-TERM RESPONSIBILITIES FROM
THE COUNTY AND CITY.
TO SAY LET'S KEEP THESE PEOPLE
HOUSED.
LET'S KEEP THESE PEOPLE GETTING
SERVICES.
AND LET'S KEEP THESE OTHER
FOLKS DOING THE WORK, THE HEART
WORK, NOT THE HARD WORK, THE
HEART WORK ALONG WITH THE HARD
WORK EMPLOYED AT A GOOD LEVEL.
THEY NEED TO BE PAID DECENT
WAGES.
IF ALL THIS SHUTS DOWN, ALL OF
A SUDDEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
PACKING UP HOTEL ROOMS AND
GOING BACK OUT INTO THE STREETS
IN TENTS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
CAN YOU IMAGINE SEEING THAT?
THEN ON TOP OF THAT, NOT ONLY
WILL THAT HAPPEN BUT HOW MANY
PEOPLE WILL BECOME UNEMPLOYED
AND HAVE TO SEARCH FOR OTHER
JOBS THAT WON'T PAY THEM THE
KIND OF PAY THEY'RE USED TO
MAKING.
AND KEEP THEM ESTABLISHED IN A
LIFESTYLE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO
ACQUIRE THROUGH THIS KIND OF
WORK.
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS
LONG-TERM.
THIS HAS TO BE A LONG-TERM
ANSWER.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO PUT BAND
AIDS ON THIS THING AND IT'S
STRESSFUL TO HAVE TO KEEP DOING
THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN FIGHTING FOR THE NEXT SIX
MONTHS.
IT'S BEEN CRAZY.
I HAD TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
>> BOY, DOM, I CAN SURE SPEAK
TO THAT STRESS TOO.
IN OUR EFFORT OF TRYING TO
FIGHT TO GET THAT MONEY OUT THE
DOOR FOR THE WORK Y'ALL ARE
DOING.
SO HERE.
I WANT TO PIVOT AND MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE
LINE.
I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
AND HERBOLD.
BOTH OF WHOM HAVE BEEN PATIENT
IN WAITING FOR THEIR QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, DOM, YOUR LAST
POINT IS THE CRITICAL ONE HERE.
AS COMMUNITY, FOR THE LAST
YEAR, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
A NEW KIND OF COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THAT MEANS INTERVENTIONS THAT
DON'T CENTER THE POLICE.
ADDRESSING PEOPLE'S BASIC NEEDS
LIKE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC
SECURITY.
IN THE CASE OF HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS, TREATMENT AND ACCESS
TO EMERGENCY TREATMENT.
SO YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT
WE'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN
IS THAT FOLKS WANT SOLUTIONS.
THEY WANT SOMETHING THAT WORKS
WELL.
AND THEY WANT IT WITHOUT POLICE
INTERVENTION.
AND I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE
KIND OF MODEL AND PROGRAMMING
THAT WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING.
NOT JUST ON A, YOU KNOW,
PERIODIC BASIS BUT AS PARTD OF
A NEW WAY OF THINKING ABOUT
WHAT COMMUNITY SAFETY LOOKS
LIKE.
SO WE KNOW THAT SWEEPS DON'T
WORK.
I THINK MANY IN THE COMMUNITY
ARE REALIZING THAT THAT DOESN'T
WORK.
THIS IS THE KIND OF MODEL WE
SHOULD BE MOVING TOWARD TO
PROVIDE REAL SERVICES TO -- AND
MORE PERMANENT SERVICES TO OUR
NEIGHBORS.
MY QUESTION IS GIVEN THAT, YOU
KNOW, I THINK PROGRAMS LIKE
THIS HAVE SHOWN THAT SWEEPS
AREN'T NECESSARY.
HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO
COMMUNICATE THAT FACT TO, YOU
KNOW, SOME IN THE COMMUNITY WHO
THINK THAT THAT IS A SOLUTION.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY DATA YET, I
KNOW THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW
MODEL.
BUT DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT
CAN HELP US TALK ABOUT THE FACT
THAT WHILE THIS IS MUCH MORE
LABOR INTENSIVE, IT'S ALSO A
MUCH MORE PERMANENT KIND OF
SOLUTION OR LONG-TERM SOLUTION
TO THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO SOLVE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE TAKES
TIME.
FINDING THEM THE KIND OF
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TAKES
TIME.
AND ALL OF THAT IS SO MUCH --
IS WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT
AND RESOURCE THAT IT TAKES IF
IT MEANS THAT WE CAN HELP
PEOPLE FIND MORE PERMANENT
STABILITY.
I CAN TRY [ LAUGHTER ]. I CAN
TRY TO ANSWER THAT.
WE ALWAYS SAY AS OUR REACH
PARTNERS AND ENTRY MANAGER
COMES IN FROM THE STREET WHEN
WE DO A JUST CARE APPROACH IN
ENCAMPMENTS AND THEY'RE COVERED
IN LOTS OF THINGS FROM THE
STREET, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT
EVEN THOUGH THAT WORK IS SO
HARD, THE REAL WORK AND THE
REALLY HARD WORK ACTUALLY
BEGINS WHEN PEOPLE GET TO THE
HOTELS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS AND
FOR US.
AND SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY VICTOR, BUT
WE HAVE NUMBERS AROUND
FREQUENCY OF CONTACT, HOW OFTEN
WE NEED TO SEE PEOPLE AND WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN TERMS OF
INTERACTIONS WITH FOLKS BOTH IN
TERMS OF SUSTAINING PEOPLE IN
HOUSING SO THE INTERNAL KIND OF
RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT SIDE AND
THEN THE CASE MANAGEMENT SIDE.
SO THIS IS NOT YOUR GARDEN
VARIETY TRADITIONAL CASE
MANAGEMENT.
THIS IS VERY ROBUST AND VERY
ACCELERATED.
AND IT'S FIERCE.
IT'S FIERCE IN THE TIME OF THE
PANDEMIC.
AND IT'S FIERCE BECAUSE OUR
PEOPLE HAVE SO MANY BARRIERS.
THEY CAN'T WALK INTO A DSHS
OFFICE A SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE
A COURTROOM, EMERGENCY ROOM,
URGENT CARE, A BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CLINIC WITHOUT GETTING
NEAR SNEERED AT AND LOOKED AT
AND STIGMATIZED AND OFTEN
TURNED AWAY.
OUR FOLKS SOMETIMES TAKE THREE
TO FOUR TRIES TO GET ACCESS TO
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES,
MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT.
SO I CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT
JUST THAT LEVEL OF ADVOCACY
THAT IT TAKES AND THAT NEEDS TO
BE BUILT INTO HOW WE TALK ABOUT
THE CASE MANAGEMENT.
BUT IT'S TEMPORARY.
AND WE DO THINK IN SIX TO NINE
MONTHS, IF WE PUT IN THIS FRONT
END INVESTMENT, THIS VERY
INTENSIVE SUPPORT, THIS AROUND
THE CLOCK SUPPORT.
THE SAFETY TEAM THERE TO
DEESCALATE AND SUPPORT FOLKS,
WE ACTUALLY THINK WE CAN HELP
PEOPLE GET ACCESS TO THE
PERMANENT HOUSING THAT EXISTS
OUT THERE.
AND MANY OF OUR FOLKS, OVER 20%
IN COLEAD HAVE EXITED THE
PROGRAM POSITIVELY TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
AND THAT'S DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IF WE HAD MORE RESOURCES, IF WE
WERE PRIORITIZED FOR
COORDINATED ENTRY, WE COULD DO
SO MAKEUP MORE FOR FOLKS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S KIND
OF A FIRST STEP IN TERMS OF THE
QUESTION.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF DR. BECKETT
WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING JUST
AROUND LIKE ONGOING EVALUATION.
MY DREAM WOULD BE TO CREATE A
VERY CONCRETE FRAME WORK OF
WHAT THE JUST CARE MODEL OF
CARE IS.
AND THEN HAVE FIDELITY TO THAT
MODEL BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE
EVERYTHING WE'VE ALL LEARNED,
THE BEST OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH,
THE BEST OF LIKE SHELTER
RESPONSE, THE BEST OF SUBSTANCE
USE DISORDER TREATMENT.
EVERYTHING WRAPPED UP IN A HARM
REDUCTION, PERSON-CENTERED,
TRAUMA INFORMED PACKAGE.
SO VICTOR CAN SPEAK TO THIS
REALLY WELL TOO.
IT'S LIKE CLINICAL MEETS
CULTURAL RESPONSIVITY AND
ACTUALLY JUST BEING A HUMAN.
BEING A HUMAN AND BEING IN IT
WITH PEOPLE AND A LOT OF OUR
SERVICES ARE NOT LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE STERILE AND DISTANT.
IT'S THE MEDICAL MODEL THAT WE
WORK WITH A LOT OUT THERE.
EVEN OUR MEDICAL PROVIDER IN --
FOR COLEAD IS A NATUROPATH AND
THERE'S GOOD REASON FOR THAT.
WE'RE SHOWN DAY AFTER DAY WHY
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, CATHERINE, DO
YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING AROUND
MODEL?
VICTOR MAY WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING.
>> I THINK I'LL DIFFER TO
VICTOR HERE.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
THE ZOOM SETTING, YOU CAN PUCK
UP MY SIGNAL.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE ACTUALLY --
I THINK DATA IS KEY TO
DEMONSTRATE SUCCESS AND
OUTCOMES.
I'M DOING AN EARLY EVALUATION.
AT EARLY STAGE WE ALL READY
THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
AND RIGHT NOW PROVIDERS AS
SERVICE PROVIDERS, WE'RE USING
CLIENT'S OUTCOME RESEARCH
ENGINE THROUGH THE KING COUNTY
DCHS PROCESS AND WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT IT BEYOND GETTING A SENSE
OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS, I WAS ABLE
TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY
ANALYSIS TO REALLY FIGURE OUT
THE NUMBER OF SERVICES.
WHAT KIND OF SERVICES DO WE
NEED TO PROVIDE?
HOW MANY HOURS OF CASE
MANAGEMENT?
HOW MANY HOURS OF MENTAL
HEALTH?
AND WHETHER THE PERSON CAN GO
TO PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE,
OR MEDICATION ASSISTED
TREATMENT TO TRACK SUCCESS.
THE NUMBER OF NIGHTS AN
INDIVIDUAL STAYS AT THE HOTEL,
IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL RIGHT
NOW, BUT WE HAVE BEEN
COLLECTING THIS DATA SINCE
NOVEMBER 4th.
BUT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,
WE ALL READY HAVE PLANS TO
SUCCESSFULLY EXIT INTO HOUSING.
AS I SHARED EARLIER, THEY HAVE
REQUESTED TO CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE SERVICES FROM US.
SO I JUST THINK AT THIS EARLY
STAGE, IT WILL BE SOMETHING
THAT WILL BE REALLY GOOD TO
REVIEW, AND DEMONSTRATE THIS IS
THE MODEL OF CARE.
WHAT KIND OF SERVICES NEEDS TO
BE PROVIDED.
SOME OF US HAVE DONE WORK
AROUND SERVICES BUT THIS IS
BEYOND THAT, THIS IS 24/7 CARE.
AND I GO BACK TO WHAT DOM SAID.
THE HEART WORK AND THE HARD
WORK THAT WE PUT IN TOGETHER TO
REALLY USE -- I WOULD EVEN CALL
THIS A NEW PROMISING PRACTICE
THAT IS REALLY CULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING IF WE
DO IT WELL, WE WILL DO IT WELL,
I THINK OTHER CITIES AND OTHER
STATES WILL BE INTERESTED TO
REPLICATE THIS MODEL OF CARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, DO YOU
HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON YOUR LINE
OF QUESTIONING?
>> NO.
I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE
POINT.
IT IS THIS KIND OF INTENSIVE
PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, CASE
MANAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY THAT'S
RESULTING IN THE KIND OF
SYSTEMS CHANGE AND, YOU KNOW,
AND SERVICE AND RESULTS THAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE IT'S SO VERY DIFFERENT.
>> YEAH.
AND IT'S WHAT IT COSTS.
NO ONE QUESTIONS WHEN WE SPEND
$65,000 A YEAR HOLDING SOMEONE
IN JAIL.
THINGS HAVE COSTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WOULD
FALL ON THE CAR ANALOGY.
THE 65,000-DOLLAR A YEAR JAIL
MODEL.
BUT I PREFER THE SUBARU, 49,000
RIGHT HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, YOUR
QUESTIONS.
>> I WANT TO FIRST START WITH A
STATEMENT AND THEN TWO QUICK
QUESTIONS.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT MODEL, I WANT -- JUST
LIKE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS,
YOU SHARED YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH
JUST CARES.
I WANT TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE
WITH COLEAD.
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MODEL.
BUT STILL MANY OF THE SAME
ELEMENTS OF THE JUST CARE
MODEL.
AND PERSON CENTERED.
AND COLLABORATION, CROSS
DISCIPLINARY EFFORT.
AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE.
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
IN BUSINESSES AND IN THE HOUSED
NEIGHBORS AROUND AN ENCAMPMENT
AND YOU KNOW AT THE END OF
MARCH, MYSELF AND COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALES STARTED
CONTACTING THE CITY AROUND A
GROWING ENCAMPMENT IN SOUTH
DELL RIDGE.
AND YOU KNOW WE KEPT, YOU KNOW,
SORT OF CHECKING IN WITH THE
CITY EFFORTS AROUND THAT
ENCAMPMENT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING
PATIENT WITH THE CITY'S WORK.
APPRECIATIVE THAT THE CITY WAS
DOING WEEKLY GARBAGE PICK UP.
APPRECIATIVE OF THE NEIGHBORS.
SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS
WERE DOING THINGS AT THEIR OWN
EXPENSE, BUYING SHARPS
CONTAINERS.
AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE,
CONTRACTING WITH A SECOND
WEEKLY PICK UP.
AGAIN.
AND PROVIDING FOOD.
AND SO SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE
PATIENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, WORKING TO TRY TO BE
PATIENT WITH THE CITY BECAUSE
THEY WERE SENDING OUT
CONTRACTED OUTREACH WORKERS AT
THIS LOCATION TO ENGAGE WITH
FOLKS.
BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL I HEARD
FROM THE CONTRACTED OUTREACH
WORKERS THAT THEIR EFFORTS TO
PLACE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE
HIGHLY PRIORITIZING ACCORDING
TO THE CITY'S OWN CRITERIA FOR
HOUSING WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE
PACIFIC, IT WASN'T UNTIL THAT
POINT THAT I REALIZED THAT
RIGHT, THIS IS -- THIS --
REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE JUST CARES
MODEL OR THE COLEAD MODEL, THIS
IS SO MUCH ABOUT ACCESS O TO
PLACES AND NOT GATE KEEPING
THOSE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
AND THAT'S WHEN JESSE AND I
STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS
LOCATION.
AND WITHIN A WEEK.
WITHIN A WEEK, AND THIS IS A
LOCATION THAT HAD BEEN GROWING.
SINCE THE END OF FEBRUARY.
AND WITHIN A WEEK JESSE AND HIS
TEAM WERE OUT TALKING TO
PEOPLE, ASSESSING THEIR NEEDS
AND BEGINNING THE PLACEMENT
PROCESS WITHIN HOTEL SPACES.
AND SO AGAIN, JUST REALLY SO
GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE
INNOVATION THAT'S BEING DONE IN
THIS SPACE IN A TIME OF
EMERGENCY.
BUT REALLY I WANT TO UPLIFT.
THE MODEL'S IMPORTANT.
HOW WE ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT REALLY THE EXPENSE
ASSOCIATED WITH SECURING THOSE
HOTEL SPACES IS -- MAKES A HUGE
BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND THIS IS AN INVESTMENT THAT
WE NEED TO KEEP MAKING.
SO IT'S A MY SOAP BOX.
ONE OTHER QUESTION, FIRST IS
REALLY ABOUT THE KIND OF
RELATIONSHIPS THIS ENCAMPMENT
BUILDS WITH NEIGHBORS, SUCH AS
BUSINESSES OR LOCAL HOUSED
RESIDENTS.
I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT
FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
BUT CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT
ARE OFFERED TO ASSIST
BUSINESSES AND FOLKS WHO ARE
HOUSED IN AREAS AROUND
ENCAMPMENTS AND HOW DO PEOPLE
ACCESS THIS OR KNOW IT'S
OCCURRING IN THEIR COMMUNITY
AND INTERACT WITH YOUR WORK.
THE EXAMPLE I GAVE WITH SOUTH
DELL RIDGE, I'M THE
DISTRICT REP HERE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THAT
ENCAMPMENT.
AND JESSE, YOU LIVED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S HOW WE STARTED
WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT
LOCATION.
BUT JUST FOR THE GENERAL
PUBLIC, SUB SUBJECT TO YOUR
CAPACITY AND AVAILABILITY TO
HELP PEOPLE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE
ACCESS THE RESOURCES THAT YOU
GUYS PROVIDE?
>> YEAH, I WOULD SAY -- AND
RAMON WAS OUT THERE DOING THIS
WORK IN THE ACTUAL FIELD, I WAS
CHEERLEADING.
BUT FOR THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS
WE WERE APPROVED FOR IN KING
COUNTY IN THE CITY FOR THE CID
IN PIONEER SQUARE, THIS IS
WHERE JUST CARE IS REALLY A
BUILD ON LEAD AND I KNOW THAT
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY
MISTRUST OR COMMUNITY
DISCERNMENT ABOUT THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION
MODELMENT BUT I JUST SORT OF
WANT TO RESTATE SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED A YEAR AGO THAT WE
REMOVED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
GATE KEEPING AND LEAD IS ABOUT
WHAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT AND
IT'S TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT I SHOWED YOU ON THAT VENN
DIE
DIAGRAM BY ANY MEANS PEOPLE.
IF WE HAD TO WORK WITH COPS TO
GET THEM OUT OF THE HANDS OF
THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO WORK WITH
THEM WE DID THAT.
WE NO LONGER NEED TO DO THAT.
ENCAMPMENTS ARE THE NEW JAILS
AND PUNISHMENT FOR UNHOUSED
NEIGHBORS.
SO THE APPROACH WE TAKE WHEN WE
GO IN OBVIOUSLY WE ALL READY
TALKED ABOUT THAT BUT PART OF
THAT APPROACH IS HEARING FROM
THE BUSINESSES IN THOSE TWO
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE WERE
ALLOWED TO WORK IN AND
UTILIZING THE RELATIONSHIPS
THAT PDAs HAD WITH THOSE
BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS FOR A
LONG TIME.
AND REALLY UTILIZING THE
RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE REACH
PROGRAM THROUGH THEIR OUTREACH
EFFORTS HAVE BUILT WITH THE
BIAs AND WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
OUR JUST CARE PROJECT MANAGER
CAME TO US FROM THE REACH
PROGRAM.
SHE HAD WORKED ON THE
WATERFRONT FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
AND SHE KNOWS WELL THE DOWNTOWN
CORE.
AND SHE KNOWS WELL PIONEER
SQUARE AREA.
WE WORKED WITH THE REACH
OUTREACH WORKER THAT WAS
ASSIGNED TO THE CID AND WE
WORKED WITH SOME OF THE REACH
STAFF THAT WERE WORKING IN THE
DOWNTOWN CORE AROUND THE LEAD
MODEL.
SO IT REALLY TOOK THIS LIKE
COMMUNITY KIND OF VILLAGE OF
OUTREACH WORKERS WHO HAVE
ESTABLISHED THOSE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT DWELL THERE TO
HAVE LIKE AN UNDERSTANDING AND
AN ONGOING EXCHANGE.
AND SO MANY OF OUR LEAD PROJECT
MANAGERS AT PDA.
MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD TERA
MOSS COME IN AND PRESENT FROM
THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE LEAD
PROGRAM, WERE PART OF THAT
COMMUNICATION.
AND IT REALLY TOOK FOR US TO
PROVIDE THAT BACKBONE FUNCTION,
IT TOCK THOSE TIES TO THE
BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITIES
THAT WE HAD BEEN WORKING IN FOR
A LONG TIME.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
APPROACH.
IT'S MORE ENCAMPMENT FOCUSED.
WE STILL UTILIZE THE WHOLE --
THE WHOLE APPROACH WE HAVE IN
COLEAD AND THE APPROACH THAT WE
DO IN JUST CARE IS THE HARM
REDUCTION APPROACH OF TAKING
CARE OF PEOPLE THAT WAS
DEVELOPED IN THE CLASSIC LEAD
MODEL.
BUT YOU KNOW, TIMES HAVE
CHANGED.
AND THE WORLD IS A DIFFERENT
PLACE.
AND PDA IS THE LAST
ORGANIZATION TO BE LEFT BEHIND
WHEN IT'S TIME FOR INNOVATION
AND TO REEVALUATE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE
AROUND JUST CARE, AND IT HASN'T
BEEN JUST US, MOST OF WHAT YOU
SEE IN JUST CARE IS BECAUSE OF
THE VICTORS AND THE DOMS OF THE
WORLD COMING TO THE TABLE WITH
US AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS
NEEDED AND WHAT WORKS FOR
PEOPLE.
SO IT'S RELATIONSHIP BASED.
I KNOW WE GET CRITICAL OF THAT.
BUT IT'S THAT BUILDING OF
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE AND WORK IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, AND THEN BEING
RESPONSIVE AND UPDATING PEOPLE.
WE HAD A LITTLE SNAFU.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND
UPDATE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
WE WORKED IN IN WHITE CENTER
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE
WITH THOSE BUSINESSES WHILE
RAMON WAS OUT SCREENING PEOPLE
FOR THE ENCAMPMENT, HE WAS ALSO
TALKING TO THE OWNER OF THE
BUSINESSES THAT YOU SAW IN THE
PICTURE.
AND SO WERE OUR OTHER
TEAMMATES.
SO IT'S ABOUT TAKING CARE OF
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING
UNHOUSED AND IT'S ALSO ABOUT
TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE TRYING TO LIVE AND BE IN
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THEIR
BUSINESSES OR ON THEIR WALK TO
THE STORE, BECAUSE THEY LIVE A
BLOCK AWAY.
>> YEAH, I JUST -- I WAS -- I
JUST WANT FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING DOOR TO
DOOR.
YOU'RE GOING DOOR TO DOOR.
YOU'RE INTRODUCING YOURSELVES
TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS A STAKE IN
THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE
WORKING IN.
INCREDIBLE. I
MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE PIONEER SQUARE SECOND
AVENUE EXTENSION SAFETY AND
SECURITY GROUP.
LISA NITZI AND JUST THE
COMMUNICATION WORK THAT YOU DO.
SO PEOPLE CAN BE PATIENT.
AND PEOPLE CAN GET THAT
CONFIDENCE THAT SOMETHING IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SO
HELPFUL.
IF I COULD JUST ASK ONE MORE
QUESTION, CHAIR LEWIS, IF
THAT'S OKAY.
>> OF COURSE, GO AHEAD COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR COACH
DOM.
AND IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE IT'S A
LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC.
BUT IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME.
I JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP A
QUOTE THAT WAS FROM INTERIM
CHIEF DIAZ FROM A RECENT
PUBLICOA THIS IS MORE ABOUT THE
POLITICAL RESPONSE WORK YOU'RE
DOING.
AND I DON'T WANT TO CONFLATE
HOMELESSNESS WITH CRIME.
BUT SOMETIMES CRIME HAPPENS IN
ENCAMPMENTS.
AND WHAT CHIEF DIAZ SAID IS
THAT HE HAS SUPPORT FOR
SHIFTING SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS
OF POLICE OFFICERS WORKLOADS TO
úNEW COMMUNITY LED PROGRAMS.
AND HE DOES NOT NEED OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN POLICING
HOMELESSNESS.
IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT IN ORDER
TO RESPOND TO VIOLENCE WITHIN
ENCAMPMENTS, THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WOULD BENEFIT FROM A
STRONGER NETWORK OF CONFLICT
PREVENTION OR INTERVENTION
TEAMS MADE UP OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEN SIMILARLY, BACK IN, OH
GOSH, I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY
-- IT WAS IN THE FALL OF 2020.
PUBLICOA WROTE ANOTHER PIECE
AROUND THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN
DOING.
AND YOUR EFFORTS THE TRY TO
INTERVENE WHEN THERE WAS A
SHOOTING IN PIONEER SQUARE.
THE ISSUE CAME UP AGAIN.
THE FACT THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY
RELATIONSHIPS TO ENGAGE WITH
THE PEOPLE IN THEIR EXPERIENCES
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, COACH
DOM, IS WORKING ON THIS
PROJECT, JUST CARES, IS IT --
IS IT GOING TO SORT OF --
AGAIN, IN THAT INNER
JURISDICTIONAL OR
INTERDISCIPLINARY WAY HELP
DEVELOP THE KINDS OF EXPERTISE
WITHIN THE CRITICAL INCIDENT
RESPONSE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING
ALSO?
I WANT TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
MY FIRST INSTINCT IS TO ALWAYS
ANSWER FROM THE GROUND LEVEL.
BUT I THINK I WANT TO ANSWER
FROM A MORE SYSTEMIC LEVEL AND
SAY OF COURSE WE KNOW ALL THESE
FACTORS COME INTO PLAY WHEN ET
COMES DOWN TO CRITICAL
INCIDENTS RESPONSE.
ALL OF THESE FACTORS, HEALTH
CARE, AND ALL THESE OTHER
THINGS.
SO I THINK ACTUALLY WHAT I
FOUND OUT IN THESE SHORT FEW
MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED
WITH JUST CARES, THESE SHORT
FEW MONTHS, I HAVE FOUND OUT
THAT LITERALLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO -- BECAUSE SOME OF THE SAME
PLAYERS THAT WILL DOING THE
WORK FOR WDC FOR MY SAFETY TEAM
COMPANY ARE GOING THROUGH THE
SAME TRAINING'S, COMING FROM
THE SAME COMMUNITY, AND HAVE
EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE SAME
TRAUMA.
AND HAVE DONE THIS OUTREACH
WORK WITH ME.
CRITICAL INCIDENCE RESPONSE
WORK WITH ME.
WHAT WE'RE LEARNING AND SEEING
IS IT'S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER.
IT GOES HAND IN HAND.
WHEN I SAY IT GOES HAND IN HAND
LITERALLY IT WAS MIND BLOWING.
BECAUSE WE HAVE INCIDENTS THAT
HAPPENED IN THE STREETS IN THE
COMMUNITY, SOME SHOOTINGS THAT
HAPPENED.
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS, SOME OF
THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SERVING
IN JUST CARES AND IN THE WORK
WE DO FOR WDC, HAD A
CORRELATION AND A RELATIONSHIP
WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE INVOLVED IN A COUPLE OF
THESE CRITICAL INCIDENCE
RESPONSES.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME
INFORMATION.
NOT JUST FROM THE SPD SIDE.
NOT JUST FROM THE OG OGs ON MY
TEAM.
BUT THE PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE
CONNECTED.
>> THAT'S WHEW AMY KLOBUCHAR
ASKING ABOUT.
>> YEAH IT WAS A CORRELATION
ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND IT'S HAPPENED A HANDFUL OF
TIMES.
WHERE I'M AMAZED.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'M NOT.
WE LIVE IN A VERY SMALL
COMMUNITY.
SO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST ONLY
TWO OR THREE PEOPLE AWAY FROM
BEING RELATED TO SOMEBODY KIND
OF WHEN YOU'RE A PERSON OF
COLOR IN THIS COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE WE'RE SO SPALL
SMALL OF A DEMOGRAPHIC.
YES, IT CORRELATES, YES THERE'S
A COMBINATION, YES THERE'S A
DOMINO EFFECT.
YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, WERE
THOSE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT
I WANT TO GET OUT THERE.
AND THEN I THINK WE'LL BE
GETTING CLOSE TO WRAPPING UP
THE COMMITTEE
>> BASED ON THE HARD WORK THAT
HAS BEEN DONE.
IF WE TREAT OUR EXPERIENCE TO
DATE AS A PILOT, WE ARE READY
TO CRANK THINGS UP. I HAVE A FEW
QUESTION RELATED TO THAT.
I WANT TO ASK A CLARIFYING
QUESTION.
EARLIER YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
THE AVERAGE OF $22,000 PER
PERSON AND SYSTEM SAVINGS. I
JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. IS THAT
FACTORED INTO THE 49,000
NUMBER?
OR IS THAT AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT
THAT WE ARE REALIZING?
IN CRAFTING THE $49,000 FOR THE
PER PERSON FOR THE SCALABILITY,
WHERE DOES THE 22,000 SAVINGS
IN ADDITION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
IT IS $49,500.
AND THE $22,000 $600. IS
ACTUALLY IN ADDITION.
I WANTED TO MAKE A DISCLAIMER
THAT THAT WAS THE FULL ANALYSIS
AND A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] THIS IS A
COMMON CAUSE ANALYSIS WHEN I DO
A PROPOSAL -- THIS IS A COST
SAVINGS APPROACH. THANK YOU FOR
THE QUESTION.
>> IN REALITY IT IS NOT
UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT
EVEN WITH THE PROGRAMMATIC COST
OF $49,000, IT IS DRIVING OTHER
SYSTEMATIC CASELOAD CHANGES
WHERE THE SYSTEM IS SAVING MONEY
CONSIDERABLY.
IN OTHER AREAS. AND THAT AMOUNT
MY VERY PERSON-TO-PERSON BUT ON
AVERAGE WOULD BE BASED ON OUT
$22,000.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE REASON I CAN SAY THAT
CONFIDENTLY IS WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT 100% OF INDIVIDUALS --
OVER 80% WITH MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
THE PROGRAM WILL -- ESSENTIALLY
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS INPATIENT
TREATMENT BUT WITH A DIFFERENT
MODEL OF CARE. I FEEL CONFIDENT
ABOUT THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF
THIS PROGRAM.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
NOT ONLY IS THIS RESPONSIVE BUT
THIS IS ALSO A PROGRAM THAT
WILL SAVE MONEY.
I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING
THAT.
I WANT TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION,
THIS GOES TO SCALABILITY.
HOW DO YOU VISION -- MAY BE
BEST FOR JESSE, HOW DO YOU
VISION THE SCALABILITY WITH THE
HOTELLING COMPONENT OF THIS?
DO YOU ENVISIONED CONTINUING
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL THE
ACQUISITION EFFORTS TO SORT OF
HAVE A COUPLE BUILDINGS THAT
ARE MORE PERMANENTLY ASSOCIATED
PROGRAMMATICALLY WITH THIS
EFFORT? AND ARE ALWAYS OPEN.
A SCALE OF ALTERNATIVE TO JAIL.
DO YOU ENVISIONED THAT OR DO
YOU ENVISIONED THIS BEING
SOMETHING WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO
KIND OF CONTINUE TO LEASE
SPACES?
IS THERE A WAY TO USE ENHANCED
SHELTERS OR SOME VERSION OF A
TINY HOUSE MODEL FOR THIS
PROGRAM AS WELL?
I WOULD LIKE SOME FEEDBACK ON
THAT.
IF WE CAN MIX AND MATCH THE
MODES OF WHERE THE UNITS ARE,
AS LONG AS THEY HAVE FOUR WALLS
AND A LOCK, THAT OPENS
OPPORTUNITIES TO PAIR THE
PROGRAMMATIC TREATMENT OUTREACH
AND SERVICES. I JUST WANT TO
HEAR YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT.
>> REALLY QUICK.
A FOLLOW UP TO VICTOR'S COMMENT
ON THE COST SAVINGS.
THE COST SAVINGS ARE TWO OTHER
SYSTEMS, COUNCILMEMBER.
THE JAIL SYSTEM AND THE HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM.
WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS ALREADY
ABOUT THE LARGEST HEALTHCARE
FUNDING MECHANISM THERE IS AND
THAT IS MEDICAID ESSENTIALLY
BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR SOME OF
THESE SERVICES.
WE NEED THE PARTNERSHIP WITH
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM THE
SPIRIT OF INNOVATION.
ONCE WE HAVE PROOF OF CONCEPT,
WHICH WE ARE CLOSE TO HAVING,
WE FULLY INTEND TO HIT UP THE
OTHER SERVICES THAT THE CITY IS
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TO PAY FOR
SOE OF THESE.
BUT THAT LEADS TO THE SECOND
QUESTION AND THAT IS HOTELLING
OR ACTUAL HOUSING PART.
WE NEED THE CITY AND COUNTY
PARTNERSHIP FOR THAT LONG-TERM.
I IMAGINE WHAT WE CALL SITE
CONTROL OR HAVING FULL RUN OF
PURCHASED HOTELS THAT THE
COUNTY IS DOING AND HOPEFULLY
THE CITY WILL ENTERTAIN.
I DO IMAGINE THAT BEING THE
PRIMARY WAY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT PEOPLE TEMPORARILY,
ALTHOUGH WE ARE OPEN TO HAVING
BLOCKS OF ROOMS AT LOCAL HOTELS
THAT WILL WORK WITH US.
I DO THINK THE COLEAD MODEL
COULD BE EASILY APPLIED AND
THE JUSTCARE MODEL COULD BE
EASILY APPLIED TO TINY HOUSES
ESPECIALLY OF THE TONY HOUSE
HAD ITS OWN HYGIENE FACILITY
AND A MECHANISM , HAVING THEIR
OWN BATHROOM AND PRIVACY
ABILITY TO LOCK THE DOOR ARE
TWO PARAMOUNT THINGS.
OUR OUTREACH PARTNER HAS
RESEARCHED TINY HOUSES AND HAS
A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND PASSION
FOR HOW WE MAY WORK IN TINY
HOUSES FROM A HARM REDUCTION
AND PERSON CENTERED WAY. I CAN
EVEN SEE THE SAFETY TEAM WITH US
, IN THAT TINY HOUSES.
I WOULD BE EXCITED TO EXPLORE
THAT OPTION AND THINK ABOUT
WHAT IT MEANT TO BE IN A TIDY
HOUSE VILLAGE, HOW THE ON-SITE
STAFFING WOULD LOOK, AND HOW WE
WOULD WORK WITH OTHER PROVIDERS
AND OTHER PARTNERS TO DO THAT
WORK.
WE ARE IN IT TO UNDERSTAND AND
EXPLORE AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY
WANT TO GET PROOF OF CONCEPT
AROUND THAT.
>> THE MAY PROVIDE MORE
SCALABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY FOR
THE SHORT TERM AS WE CONTINUE
TO DO HEALTH THROUGH HOUSING
ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL UNITS
AND RAPID ACQUISITION THROUGH
STATE MONEY AND OTHER SOURCES.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT TINY HOUSES
COULD BE SCALED UP MORE QUICKLY.
BUT IN THE LONG-TERM WE WANT
EVERYONE AND PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS WE BUILT
OR THAT.
IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THERE'S THAT
FLEXIBILITY.
THE LAST QUESTION, I WANT
PEOPLE TO BE HONEST, I WANT
PEOPLE TO BE HONEST ABOUT
EVERYTHING, BUT ON THIS I
REALLY WANT TO ASK YOUR OPINION.
IF YOU COULD ASSUME THAT
PROCESS AND BUREAUCRACY WAS NOT
AN ISSUE, PURELY LOGISTICS.
IF WE WANTED TO DO SCALABILITY
AND IF THERE WAS MONEY AND
COMMITMENT FROM THIS BODY TO
SCALE THIS MODEL, GIVE ME SORT
OF A STEP-BY-STEP INDICATION OF
WHAT WOULD NEED TO LOGISTICALLY
HAPPEN.
AND WE CAN ASSIST IN NAVIGATING
PROCESS, POLICY,
INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFLICT,
LEGAL ISSUES, WHATEVER.
I WANT YOU TO HELP ME AT THE
AND OF THIS COMMITTEE, JUST
ASSUME LIKE IF YOU COULD GO OUT
THERE AND DO IT.
WHAT ARE THE LOGISTICAL HURDLES
IN YOUR WAY IN TERMS OF
ACQISITION, HIRING, PERSONNEL,
OPERATIONS, AND HOW WOULD YOU
GO ABOUT TACKLING THOSE THINGS?
AND HOW QUICKLY COULD YOU DO
IT, THEORETICALLY?
>> IT IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES
WHERE I NEED TO HUDDLE WITH THE
BRAIN CHEST AND GET BACK TO YOU.
I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO GO AND
BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT
NEIGHBORHOODS WE WORK IN.
WE WOULD WANT TO BE MINDFUL
ABOUT WHO IS LIVING ON HOUSTON
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKING
SURE WE ARE PRIORITIZING
CERTAIN FOLKS AND WE WOULD NEED
TO THINK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE
ISSUES.
PDA IS INTERESTED IN THE SPIRIT
OF INNOVATION AND A
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THAT WE
NEED MORE PROVIDERS LIKE VICTOR
AT THE TABLE TO REIMAGINE HOW
THEY DO HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.
AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE NEW
PROVIDERS.
THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS
AROUND HOW TO HAVE ALTERNATIVES
TO SAFETY.
HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH OTHER
GROUPS THAT ARE ORGANIZING AND
WANT TO LIFT UP AND ABILITY TO
DO THIS TYPE OF WORK.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIMELINE.
I WOULD SUGGEST AN INTENTIONAL
ROADMAP BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN WE GO INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD
WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE SITES
WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WITH ALL THE THINGS WE TALKED
ABOUT.
INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY,
UNDERSTANDING OF WHO IS LIVING
THERE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE
IMPACT ON NEIGHBORS.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO ONE THING
YOU SAID COUNCILMEMBER AND
OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. I
DON'T FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE ALL
PEOPLE NEED PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I THINK 20% OF THE JUSTCARE
POPULATION DOES.
BECAUSE OF THE 6-9 MONTH OF
ROBUST STABILIZATION AND FOCUS
ON CASE MANAGEMENT, I THINK AT
THE END OF THAT TIME, 6-9 MONTH
TIME, MANY PEOPLE THAT LOOK
LIKE THEY NEEDED PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS
THE MOST EXPENSIVE MODEL,
ACTUALLY DON'T. THEY JUST NEED
INTENSIVE STABILITY.
THEY CAN GO ON TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THAT IS SUBSIDIZED BY
DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THE HIGH
LEVEL OF ONGOING INTENSIVE
SUPPORT AND CASE MANAGEMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO COURSE CORRECT
THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE -- THERE WAS A
LOT OF RHETORIC ABOUT HOW
EXPENSIVE THAT IS AND WE COULD
NEVER KEEP BUILDING FOR THE
LEVEL OF HOMELESSNESS WE HAVE.
THE JUSTCARE MODEL HELPS
SOFTWARE THAT.
A LOT OF FOLKS AT THE END DON'T
NEED THAT INTENSIVE ONGOING
FOREVER SUPPORT.
IN TERMS OF ROADMAP DO
SCALABILITY, I WOULD WANT TO
COME BACK AROUND AND MAYBE WE
WILL BE INVITED BACK AND THERE
WOULD NEED TO BE MORE
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSESSMENTS IN
NEIGHBORHOODS WE DON'T
CURRENTLY HAVE A PRESENCE IN.
THERE ARE MANY MORE BRAINS AND
BRILLIANCE BEYOND ME, THAT WE
NEED TO PULL IN FOR THAT.
AND THE FOLKS ON THE SCREEN
HAVE THEIR AGENCY AND THEIR
BRAIN TRUST.
IT WILL TAKE MORE THINKING.
IT CERTAINLY CAN BE DONE AND WE
WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND
TALK MORE ABOUT IT.
>> MY RESPONSE BRIEFLY.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MAKING
THAT COMMENT.
HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MOVING ON
TO MARKET RATE HOUSING AND
OTHER THINGS EARLY IN THE
PRESENTATION.
I'M SORRY THAT I IMPLIED THAT.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO GET
CLARIFICATION ON AND I WANT TO
TURN IT OVER TO THE OTHER
PANELISTS FOR FINAL REMARKS ON
THIS, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE
SAYING SORT OF THE MODULE FOR
EXPANSION IS TO GO NEIGHBORHOOD
BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT IS THE HUB.
LIKE PLANNING LIKE WE WOULD DO
A CAPITOL HILL PLAN AND A LAKE
CITY PLAN.
THAT IS THE WAY YOU WOULD
RECOMMEND WE DESIGN AN
EXPANSION STRATEGY.
>> I THINK EACH NEIGHBORHOOD IS
UNIQUE AND GETTING TO KNOW THE
PLAYERS IN SAID NEIGHBORHOOD
AND WHO IS LIVING THERE.
FROM OTHER EXPERIENCES LIKE
DRUG USE. IT VARIES BY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND FIGURING OUT WHO IS
IMPACTED IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY AND A
CITY WANT TO PRIORITIZE THE
NEIGHBORHOODS USING CORE RACIAL
EQUITY VALUES, USING VALUES
THAT WE ALL HONOR AND BELIEVE IN
. WHO IS MOST IMPACTED BY THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND WHO
IS SUFFERING.
I DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO DO
SOME SORT OF LANDSCAPE
ASSESSMENT BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND
HAVE INPUT INTO THAT.
THERE IS A DEFINITE PROJECT
MANAGEMENT WITH COMMUNICATIONS
AROUND WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD TALKED ABOUT.
YOU HAVE TO DIG DEEP AND GET TO
KNOW WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM
. AND THE NUANCE OF EACH
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS NOT THE SAME.
THE RESPONSE IS THE SAME, YOU
WANT TO BRING PEOPLE INSIDE AND
TAKE CARE OF THEM.
IT IS LEARNING THE FRONT AND.
THE JUSTCARE APPROACH, IT IS A
2-4 PROCESS AND IT IS
INTENSIVE.
DEPENDING ON HOW MANY TEAMS AND
RESOURCES YOU HAVE, THAT IS
WHERE THE SCALABILITY HAPPENS.
WHO HAS LEARNED HOW TO DO IT
AND WHAT PROVIDERS CAN DO IT?
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OUTREACH
PROVIDERS THAT KNOW THAT LEVEL
OF APPROACH AND ROBUSTNESS.
THERE'S A LOT OF SHARING ABOUT
THIS PROMISING PRACTICE. THERE
ARE A FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT
CAN DO IT RIGHT OFF THE BAT
THAT HAVE DONE OUTREACH FOR A
LONG TIME.
I THINK BRINGING OTHERS INTO
THAT AND HAVING A SHARED TABLE,
WE CALL IT A COALITION, I WOULD
WANT TO BUILD UP THAT COALITION
SO MORE PEOPLE COULD JOIN IN
AND HAVE SAY IN WHAT THIS LOOKS
LIKE.
AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE
PARTICIPATING ALSO HAVE A SAY.
ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED.
>> THANK YOU.
UNLESS THERE IS ANY FINAL
REMARKS FROM OUR PANELISTS,
EVERYONE HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS
WITH THEIR TIME.
I THINK IT IS TIME TO WRAP UP
THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
I DO WANT TO OPEN IT UP IF
ANYBODY WANTED TO JUMP IN.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO
EXPRESS MY EXTREME GRATITUDE.
I HAVE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS
THAT HAVE BIG ISSUES.
CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE ON HOUSE
AND CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE HOUSED
. WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR
PUBLIC POLICY RESPONSE TO
HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHEN SOMEONE
NEEDS HELP IN PIONEER SQUARE,
IT IS EASIER FOR ME TO REFER
THEM TO JUSTCARE TO HAVE
SOMEONE THEY CAN CALL. IT IS
GREATLY APPRECIATED.
I JUST WANT TO FINISH BY SAYING
THE GOAL OF OUR RESPONSE AND I
HEAR IT EVERYWHERE I GO AND
FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
SPECTRUM, PEOPLE JUST WANT
SOMEONE THEY CAN CALL TO GIVE
THEIR NEIGHBORS HELP AND
ASSISTANCE.
PEOPLE WANT A SYSTEM THAT IS
RESPONSIVE AND LEADS TO ON
SIDELOAD PROBLEM-SOLVING.
NOT PEOPLE SHOWING UP AND
SAYING IT IS SOMEONE ELSE'S
FAULT OR SOMEONE ELSE'S TO DO
IT.
BUT SOMEONE SAYING I WILL BREAK
IT DOWN WITH YOU RIGHT NOW AND
FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP YOUR
SITUATION.
MAYBE IT WILL NOT ULTIMATELY
SOLVE GIVEN THE RESOURCE
SPARSITY.
BUT A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS FEEL
LIKE THEY ARE BEING TREATED
WITH DISRESPECT WHEN THEIR
ISSUE IS NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY
AND PEOPLE DON'T RESPOND AND
WHEN ALL THEY GET IS HANDS UP
IN THE AIR.
I HAVE APPRECIATED THE ATTITUDE
OF EVERYBODY HERE AND PROVIDING
THAT SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TO SCALE IT TO THE
ENTIRE CITY.
I AM INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH
YOU TO MAKE THAT A REALITY AND
I APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING THE
AFTERNOON WITH US.
WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I THINK WE WILL DO A CALL FOR
ORDER OR ANY CLOSING THOUGHTS
FROM COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
SEEING NONE, I APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY'S PATIENTS.
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.