>>> THE MARCH 1, 2023 MEETING O
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC
ASSET AND HOMELESSNESS WILL COM
TO ORDER. I'M ANDREW LEWIS,
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. VICE
CHAIR MOSQUEDA IS EXCUSED FROM
THE MEETING. WILL THE CLERK CAL
THE ROLL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR MEMBER
PRESENT.
>> APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE AGEND
WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO
OBJECTION, THE HEARING IS
ADOPTED. CHAIR'S REPORT, TODAY
WE'LL ONLY HAVE ONE AGENDA ITEM
ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE A VERY BIG
AND IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEM,
REPORT BACK ON THE COLEAD,
JUSTCARE SUCCESS AND IMPACT, TH
MATERIALS FOR THAT PRESENTATION
HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED, INCLUDING
THE REPORT COMPLETED BY DR.
KATHERINE BECKETT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
LOOKING FORWARD TO JUMPING IN T
THAT ITEM OF TODAY'S BUSINESS.
MOVING FORWARD TO PUBLIC
COMMENT. FOLKS WHO WANT TO
COMMENT ON TODAY'S AGENDA CAN
NOW DO SO. I'M GOING TO GO AHEA
AND SET THE PUBLIC SPEAKING TIM
AT ONE MINUTE. AND PEOPLE KNOW
THE REMOTE VERSES THE IN-PERSON
RULES. WHY DON'T WE START WITH
THE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIO
AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED BY THE
COMMITTEE CLERK. SO LET'S TAKE
THE REMOTE FOLKS FIRST AND THEN
WE'LL GO THROUGH EVERYBODY IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. OUR
FIRST REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTER I
JOE SCOROLA. YOU'LL NEED TO
PRESS STAR SIX AND THEN YOU HAV
ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.
>> HELLO?
>> HI, GEORGE, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT. MY NAME IS
GEORGE. I'M SPEAKING AS AN
INDIVIDUAL.
>> HEY GEORGE, WE CAN'T REALLY
HEAR YOU. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTL
LOUDER, PLEASE?
>> MY NAME IS GEORGE SCOROLA,
I'M SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL
TODAY. I WANT TO TELL A STORY
ABOUT A GUY I MET AT MY GYM,
SOUTH OF SEATTLE. HE HAS A TEAR
APPLIERS TATTOOED ON HIS CALF.
ASKED HIM WHY. HE SAYS HE'S A
PLUMBER, A HAPPY PLUMBER, MAKIN
$100,000 A YEAR. WE GOT TO
TALKING AND LATER HE ASKED ME
WHAT I DO. I SAID I DO
HOMELESSNESS. HE TOLD ME THE
STORY OF HIS LIFE. HE'S BEEN
LIVING, HAD BEEN LIVING ON THE
STREETS OF SEATTLE IN AND OUT
FOR YEARS. IN AND OUT OF KING
COUNTY JAIL. IN AND OUT OF
SHELTERS. HE ASKED ME IF I EVER
HEARD OF A PROGRAM CALLED LEAD.
I SAID YEAH. LEAD SAVED MY LIFE
>> THANK YOU, GEORGE. OUR NEXT
CALLER IS JAKE. JAKE, PLEASE
PREZ STAR SIX, AND THEN YOU'LL
HAVE ONE MINUTE TO GIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> HI, MY NAME IS JAKE ALPER.
AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW AS A
WEST SEATTLE HOMEOWNER, I'VE
BEEN HORRIFIED TO LEARN ABOUT
THE INCREASE OF VIOLENCE LIVING
IN OUR VIEW. RECENTLY SEVERAL O
OUR NEIGHBORS RECEIVED A
THREATENING LETTER FOLLOWED BY
DUMPING OF SUSPICIOUS MATERIAL,
GUNSHOTS IN THE AREA OF THEIR
HOME. THIS ISN'T SURPRISING
GIVEN THE CITY KNOWS BIASED
CRIMES AGAINST UNHOUSED
NEIGHBORS INCREASED 229% LAST
YEAR. THESE NEIGHBORS DESERVE
RESPECT AND SAFETY AS MUCH AS
ANY HOMEOWNER. THE CITY'S ONLY
SWEEP, DRIVING THEM TO NEW AREA
TO BE THREATENED BY NEW
NEIGHBORS. THIS IS A POLICY.
WHAT IS SEATTLE DOING OTHER THA
TRYING TO HIDE HOMELESSNESS? IF
YOU CAN ALL DO BETTER, I THINK
WE CAN ALL DO BETTER.
>> THANK YOU, JAKE. WE WILL NOW
MOVE TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC
COMMENT. OUR FIRST IN-PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENTER IS JESSE
BURLINGTON. PLEASE APPROACH THE
MICROTON. FOLLOWING JESSE, WE'L
HAVE SANDY RUFFIN. BOTH SHOULD
WORK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, I'M JESSE BURLESON,
HERE TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE
FACT VIOLENCE IS BEING
PERPETRATED AGAINST THE HOMELES
IN THE MOST RAMPANT WAY. LAST
MONDAY I RECEIVED THIS LETTER O
A WINDSHIELD OF MY RV. I'D LIKE
TO READ IT TO THE COUNCIL IF I
MAY. DEAR FRIEND, I AM SINCEREL
SORRY YOU ARE IN THE POSITION
YOU ARE IN. HOWEVER, THIS IS NO
A GOOD PLACE FOR YOU TO PARK AN
LIVE, EVEN TEMPORARILY. WHEN TH
FIRST THOUGHT OF RV SHIELDING
CAME HERE LAST NIGHT, IT BROUGH
US TOGETHER. OUR KIDS WERE
SCARED, WIVES ARE HARASSED. SOM
OF YOU ARE SEX OFFENDERS, DRUG
DEALERS, ALL TO MAKE A MESS.
EVERYONE HERE HAS HANDLED THIS
DIFFERENTLY. REPORTING SOME
COMPLAINTS TO THE MAYOR AND NOW
WE ARE FED UP. SOME PEOPLE ARE
READY TO MAKE YOUR LIFE SHEAR
HELL. IN ORDER TO KEEP YOU WARM
OR BE DRIVABLE. THEY'RE READY
AND LOOKING TO FIGHT. THIS WILL
HAPPEN LIKELY SOON. YOU HAVE
BEEN WARNED. I AM A MILITARY VE
RAN. THIS IS A DECLARATION OF
WAR. I HAVE SEEN WAR. WAR SAN
UGLY THING. WHERE IS OUR SAFE
LAW? I'M PRICED OUT, AND I CAN'
AFFORD TO PAY RENT IN THIS TOWN
I HAVE PEOPLE COME BY OFFERING
ME HOUSING YESTERDAY. THEY TOLD
ME WE'LL HELP YOU WITH THE
MOVE-IN COST. WELL, THAT'S WELL
AND FINE, BUT IF YOU CAN'T
AFFORD THE RENT TO BEGIN WITH,
YOU'RE SETTING ME UP FOR
FAILURE.
>> SIR, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
IF YOU WANT TO CONNECT AFTER TH
COUNCIL MEETING TODAY, I'D BE
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE.
SERIOUSLY, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY. THERE IS
APPARENTLY AN ISSUE WITH THE
PUBLIC SPEAKING MICS BEING
PICKED UP FOR THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS APPEARING REMOTELY. I'M
SORRY, WOULD YOU TRY SPEAKING
INTO THE OTHER MICROPHONE? IS
THAT WORKING?
>> WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THE PODIUM MICS
ARE ENABLED?
>> YEAH, I.T. THINKS THE MIC --
>> MAYBE BECAUSE I HAD MY MASK
ON.
>> NOW QUESTION HEAR.
>> AND IT SOUNDS LIKE I.T.,
BECAUSE THE SPEAKER WAS WEARING
A MASK, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE
MICS ARE OPERATING OKAY. THANK
YOU.
>> YEAH, NO OBJECTION TO LETTIN
THE SPEAKER SPEAK AGAIN SINCE
COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD NOT HEAR
HIS COMMENTS. SO GO AHEAD,
PLEASE. YOU HAVE ONE MORE
MINUTE.
>> DEAR FRIEND, I AM SINCERELY
SORRY YOU'RE IN. AND HOWEVER,
THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLAE FOR YOU
TO LIVE EVEN TEMPORARILY. WHEN
THE FIRST LAW LOTTERY SHOWED UP
LAST YEAR, IT BROUGHT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER. OUR KIDS
ARE SCARED, OUR WIVES ARE
HARASSED. SOME OF YOU ARE SEX
OFFENDERS, DRUG DEALERS,
ADDICTS, ALL OF YOU MAKE A MESS
EVERYONE HAS HANDLED IT
DIFFERENTLY. SOME COMPLAIN TO
THE MAYOR. BUT NOW WE'RE FED UP
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE READY TO
MAKE YOUR LIFE SHEAR HELL, AND
WILL DAMAGE YOUR VEHICLE, SO
THEY CAN NO LONGER KEEP YOU WAR
OR DRIVABLE. THEY'RE READY AND
LOOKING TO FIGHT. THIS WILL
HAPPEN LIKELY SOON. YOU HAVE
BEEN WARNED. I TAKE THIS AS A
DECLARATION OF WAR, AND AS A
MILITARY VETERAN, I KNOW ABOUT
WAR. I'VE SEEN KILLING. AND IF
YOU PEOPLE DON'T DO SOMETHING T
GET US SOME PLACE SAFE TO PARK,
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GE
KILLED. MAYBE EVEN AN INNOCENT
CHILD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JESSE. OUR NEXT
SPEAKER IS SANDY RUFFIN, AFTER
SANDY, WE'LL HAVE CHANEL HORNER
>> HELLO. I AM ONE OF JESSE'S
NEIGHBORS AND I JUST WANT TO SA
I'VE SEEN THE LETTERS, I'VE SEE
GUNS SHOT NEAR THEIR RVs TO
SCARE THEM. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE
DUMP TRASH AND DO MUCH WORSE TO
THEIR HOMES. THESE PEOPLE
DESERVE A SAFE LOT. LIFETIME
SEATTLE RESIDENTS WHO ARE PRICE
OUT. MOST OF THEM WORKING FULL
TIME OR SOMEHOW MEDICAL
EMERGENCIES AND CAN'T THEY THEI
BILLS. GOOD NEIGHBORS. THEY'RE
HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS? WHERE
IS THE RV SAFE LOT? WHO IS
TAKING CARE OF THEM, AND WHO
WILL KEEP THEM SAFE WHEN
NEIGHBORS DECIDE TO DO WORSE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? AND FO
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT HAV
HEARD JESSE SPEAK THE FIRST
TIME, THOSE LETTERS WERE LEFT O
MULTIPLE RVs IN ONE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN FOLLOWED UP
WITH A LOT OF ACTION GOING FROM
ANNOYING TO THREATENING. SO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, SANDY. NEXT IS
CHANEL HORNER FOLLOWED BY CELIN
RUSSO.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS CHANEL
HORNER, I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH
MEETINGS AS A LIVED EXPERIENCE
PERSON LIVING IN THE RV OR IN M
BUS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. I KNOW
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FINDING
THE RV LOT, BUT THE CITY COULD
DO A LOT AS THEY HELP DONATE
PROPERTY. RIGHT NOW AT THIS
POINT, WE'VE BEEN WAITING SINCE
LAR MARCH. THEY GOT APPROVED
LAST MARCH, AND THEY HAD A LOT
OF MONEY. A LOT OF MONEY TO
BUILD THIS LOT, AND WE HAVE
NOWHERE TO PARK. NOBODY HAS DON
ANYTHING ABOUT IT. BUT SOMETHIN
NEEDS TO BE UP FOR THESE BLOCKS
WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PARK,
AND YOU GUYS ARE PUSHING US OUT
OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREA INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS. THINGS LIKE THIS
HAPPEN. WE DON'T WANT TO PARK
NEXT TO THESE BUSINESSES OR THE
STREETS OR CAUSEWAYS. WE WANT T
PARK SOMEWHERE WHERE WE ARE
ALLOWED. BELLEVUE IS GOING TO
OPEN A NEW PARK IN ANOTHER
MONTH. ALL BECAUSE BELLEVUE
DONATED PROPERTY. IF WE DONATE
PROPERTY, WE WOULD HAVE A PLACE
NOW.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC
COMMENTER IS CELINE RUSSO
FOLLOWED BY ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
>> ALL RIGHT. AS A WEST SEATTLE
HOMEOWNER, I FEEL NEITHER
THREATENED NOR HARASSED BY
JESSE, BUT I'M DISGUSTED BY THE
LETTER. I'M EXTREMELY
DISAPPOINTED BY THE RESPONSE OF
SWEEPS WITH NO SUPPORT. THIS
FORCES PEOPLE TO MOVE EVERY FEW
WEEKS AND FACE THREATS IN A
DIFFERENT LOCATION. THIS POLICY
OF SWEEPS IS NOT ONLY CRUEL AND
INHUMANE, BUT DANGEROUS. WHEN
THE CITY LIES TO HOUSE SERVICES
WHICH THEY ARE NOT. THE CITY IS
ENCOURAGING VIOLENCE AGAINST OU
RV AND TENT NEIGHBORS. THESE
THREATS ARE INCREASING, AND THE
VIOLENCE IS LIVING OUTSIDE. WHY
IS THE CITY SPENDING $38 MILLIO
ON SWEEPS AND A $2 MILLION GRAN
FOR AN RV SAFE LOT SITS UNUSED?
THE CITY DECLARED A HOMELESS
EMERGENCY QUOTE TEN YEARS AGO I
SEATTLE, AND WE CAN'T EVEN GET
ONE SAFE LOT UILT? I LOVE THE
SUGGESTION OF DONATING PROPERTY
LIKE THE CITY CAN DO SOMETHING
AT THIS POINT. WE NEED TO GET I
DONE NOW. WE CAN'T ALLOW THE
VIOLENCE TO CONTINUE. WE CANNOT
ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE IN ONE OF
THE RICHEST CITIES IN THIS
COUNTRY. IT'S NOT OKAY. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER
IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN. [ SPEAKING
NON-ENGLISH ] YOU KILL EVERY
YEAR 300 PEOPLE. YOU'RE NOT IN
JAIL. IT CAN'T HAPPEN IN
SEATTLE. SO WHY IS THIS
HAPPENED? WHY DO YOU KILL 300
HOMELESS? YOUR SALARY IS
$150,000. YOU SPEND $150,000 FO
EACH ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT COST
$1,000 PER MONTH. IT'S $12,000.
WHAT IS THE REASON TO SPEND
$12,000? FOR $12,000 YOU GIVE
EVERYBODY ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND
YOU'RE DOING THIS BUSINESS FOR
40 YEARS. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR
THE UNION TO MOVE OUT BECAUSE
YOU'RE A CRIMINAL, A KILLER. YO
DON'T SHOW THE FACES. THIS IS
ANOTHER CLASS SAYING YOU WOULD
BE IN JAIL AND THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT THEY SAID. BECAUSE
DEFINITION, YOU'RE A KILLER.
YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO BE IN JAIL.
STAND UP, AMERICA.
>> OUR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENTER,
YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE.
SOMETIMES IN OUR LIVES WE ALL
HAVE PAIN, WE ALL HAVE SORROW.
BUT IF WE ARE WISE, WE KNOW THA
THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW ♪°7
MEANING THERE IS ALWAYS
TOMORROW. MEANING IF YOU EVEN
MAKE MISTAKES REGARDLESS OF YOU
JOB OCCUPATION BECAUSE WE ARE
ALL EQUAL IN THE EYES OF GOD. W
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HOMELESS,
WHICH I TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME
AND YOU ARE PUSHING THEM ASIDE.
WE ALL NEED SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON
BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN HAPPEN. AND
I JUST HOPE YOU LISTEN TO US
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL EQUAL. THANK
YOU. HAVE A NICE DAY.
>> THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR, THAT I
ALL OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CLERK
WE'LL PURSUE, SORRY, PROCEED TO
THE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. THE
PRESENTATION ON LEAD COLEAD. I
DO WANT TO TAKE CHAIR'S
PREROGATIVE FOR A MOMENT FOR TH
RIGHTEOUS FRUSTRATION OF THE
AUDIENCE MEMBERS OVER THE
CONTINUED FAILURE OF THE CITY
AND THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A SAFE
LOT THAT THE CITY HAS FUNDED
THREE BUDGETS RUNNING NOW. AND
WISH I COULD SAY MORE FROM THE
THING RIGHT NOW ABOUT THAT, BUT
THE EXTENT OF WHAT I CAN SAY IS
JUST THAT THIS COUNCIL FEELS
THAT FRUSTRATION KEENLY. WE'LL
CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT FUNDING
AVAILABLE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO
PUSH FOR OUR EXECUTIVE PARTNERS
TO IMPLEMENT THAT SAFE LOT
BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT
PRIORITY. THANK YOU FOR COMING
DOWN HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR IT
TODAY. SO WITH THAT WE WILL MOV
TO OUR AGENDA ITEM ON COLEAD,
AND IT IS GREAT TO BE IN A
POSITION TO WELCOME DR. BECKETT
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. WE
PREVIOUSLY HEARD A REPORT ON
THIS RESEARCH DURING THE
PRELIMINARY, THE PRELIMINARY
REPORT ON JUST CARE A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO. AND THE BROADER PANE
OF OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE BROUGH
JUST CARE AND IT'S MULTIPLE
REITERATION OVER THE COURSE OF
THE PANDEMIC AND CONTINUE TO DO
THIS WORK. HOPEFULLY WE'LL
CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK IN A
GREATER RESOURCE WAY AS WE GO
FORWARD WITH THE PARTNERSHIP ON
THE CASE AND THE OTHER LOCAL
LEADERS TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE
FULL ADVANTAGE. WHO SHOULD I
HAND IT OVER FIRST? SHOULD I
HAND IT OVER TO YOU, LISA
DAUGAARD, TO INTRODUCE THE
PANEL? AND THEN INTRODUCE DR.
BECKETT?
>> YES, THAT'S THE PLAN. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR LEWIS. GOOD
AFTERNOON, IT IS REALLY A
PRIVILEGE FOR US TO BE HERE WIT
THE COUNCIL BECK, THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN A
SUPPORTER OF THIS WORK FROM
EARLY DAYS AND IN A VERY REAL
SENSE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE COME
TO FRUITION, AND WE WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THE
LEARNING ARC THAT WE'RE GOING T
PRESENT TODAY WITHOUT VERY
STRONG COUNCIL INTERVENTION TO
MAKE SURE THE WORK REMAINS A
LIE. TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY,
MARCH 1, 2023, THAT THE DIGNITY
ACTION, NO LONGER THE PUBLIC
ASSOCIATION. WE PROVIDE PROJECT
MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN SUPPORT
FOR COMMUNITY BASED
ALTERNATIVES, SAFETY STRATEGIES
AND AS ELUDED TO IN PUBLIC
COMMENT BY GEORGE SCOROLA, WHOS
STORY I WANTED TO HEAR THE END
OF. SINCE THE ORIGIN OF THE WOR
REALLY TRACES BACK TO LEAD, LAW
ENFORCEMENT, ASSISTED DIVERSION
LETTING EVERYONE ADVANCE WITH
DIGNITY. LEAD IS A PROGRAM NOW
REPLICATED AROUND THE COUNTRY,
I'M ACTUALLY IN MINNEAPOLIS
RIGHT NOW CONSULTING THEIR JUST
NEED IN 2011. THE BASIC IDEA IS
TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND CASE
MANAGEMENT FOR AS LONG AS IT
TAKES TO STABILIZE AND FOSTER
RECOVERY FOR PEOPLE WHO
OTHERWISE ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO
BE ENGAGED BIT CRIMINALLY WEALT
SYSTEM RELATED TO BEHAVIOR THAT
IS PROBLEMATIC, OFTENTIMES FOR
THEMSELVES THAT ARE RATHER
PEOPLE, BUT RELATES TO DRUG USE
MENTAL ILLNESS, OR POVERTY. AND
SO IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRATEGIES
AND SOLUTIONS OF COMMUNITY BASE
CARE RATHER THAN PUNISHMENT. SO
LEAD PROVIDES THAT STREET BASED
CASE MANAGEMENT AND CARE
COORDINATION, AND IT HAS BEEN
THE LAST DECADE. IN 2020, WE HA
JUST SEEN AN INCREASED HARD
FOUGHT DECISION BY THE CITY TO
STEP UP ITS COMMITMENT TO LEAD,
SO WE COULD START TAKING
CONSIDERABLY MORE REFERRALS. AN
WHEN THOSE FUNDS CAME ONLINE,
THAT HAPPENED TO COINCIDE REALL
WITH THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF THE
COVID PANDEMIC. AND THAT
PRESENTED, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW,
COMPREHENSIVE CHALLENGES FOR
EVERYBODY IN EVERY WAY. BUT FOR
US, MANAGING LEAD, AND WE HAD
BEEN ON THE CUSP OF BUILDING A
NEW WORK FORCE THAT WOULD
PROVIDE THOSE CASE MANAGEMENT T
MANY MORE PEOPLE. WE WERE
PRESENTED WITH AN IMMEDIATE SET
OF CHALLENGES THAT COLEAD AND
JUST CARE ENDED UP BEING THE
ANSWER TO. WE HAD RESOURCES THA
WERE CLEARLY BADLY NEEDED AS YO
MAY, LIKE IF WE CAN ALL GO BACK
TO WHAT IT WAS IN THAT, THE
SPRING OF 2020. SUMMER OF 2020.
IT WAS EVIDENT THAT AS BROADLY
AS MANY PEOPLE HAD NEEDED LEAD
CASE MANAGEMENT AND FLEX FUNDS
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, ALL THE
MORE. WAS THAT THE CASE IN 2020
AS PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN IN
SHELTERS WERE DEINCENSE VISED I
ORDER TO PREVENT COVID
TRANSITION. SO SOME PEOPLE WERE
TRANSFERRED, BUT MANY OTHERS
TURNED OUT TO THE STREETS
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
ELSE TO DO AND THERE WASN'T
ALREADY AN ALTERNATIVE. MANY OF
THE FOLKS WE WORK WITH IN LEAD
HAD ALREADY NOT BEEN WELCOMED
GUESTS IN THE CONGREGANT SHELTE
SYSTEMS, SO THEY WERE ALREADY
OUTSIDE. BUT NOW THEY WERE CUT
OFF FROM PUBLIC SPACES LIKE
LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS
AND ALSO FROM THE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM ALTOGETHER. EVERYTHING
WAS CLOSED. YOU KNOW, SITTING
WHERE WE ARE TODAY, IT IS HARD
TO BE RECALLED ON HOW DRAMATIC
THE SITUATION WAS. OR THOUGH
WITH A W-2 PRETTY EARLY ON
GETTING THE MESSAGE THAT THERE
WOULD BE RELIEF STRATEGIES IF
THEIR JOBS CLOSED DOWN. BUT
PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN MAKING THEI
LIVING IN THE SORT OF GRAY
ECONOMY OR THE ILLICIT ECONOMY
DID NOT HAVE THOSE STRATEGIES.
THEY DID NOT HAVE PLACES TO GO
TO SEEK SUPPORT. THEY DID NOT
HAVE PLACES TO BE DURING THE
DAY. FOLKS WERE JUST GATHERING
OUTDOORS IN LARGE NUMBERS AND
INCREASINGLY IN LOCATIONS THAT
IN THE PAST HAD BEEN USED BY TH
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. BU
NOW WITH THE SHUTDOWNS, WE'RE
LARGELY ABANDONED TO THE OTHER
USES. AND SO THAT WAS THE
SITUATION IN THE SUMMER WHERE W
HAD RESOURCES, BUT WE DID NOT
HAVE REFERRALS TO LEAD
COMANAGEMENT, COMING THROUGH LA
ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS THE
ORIGINAL MODEL. BECAUSE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE
THEMSELVES, GETTING SICK, BEING
INSTRUCTED TO LIMIT THEIR HUMAN
CONTACT IN ORDER TO AVOID
GETTING SICK, AND THERE WAS
NOWHERE TO TAKE PEOPLE FOR LOW
LEVEL OFFENSES EITHER BECAUSE O
THE JAIL BOOKING CRITERIA HAD
BEEN SHARPLY REDUCED. COURTS
WERE EFFECTIVELY CLOSED. SO IT
WAS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, US OR
NOTHING. IT STARTED TO FEEL LIK
WHEN YOU DID HAVE RESOURCES, BU
WE KNEW IT WOULDN'T MAKE A GREA
DEAL OF SENSE TO GO AND OFFER
STREET BASED CASE MANAGEMENT IN
THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PEOPLE
WERE LIVING IN BECAUSE OF THE
SYSTEMS THAT WE HAD BEEN HELPIN
FOLKS NAVIGATE WERE SHOT. SO AT
THAT SAME TIME, THERE WERE, YOU
KNOW, RUMORS OF LARGE AMOUNTS O
COVID RELIEF FUNDING COMING FRO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HOW
THOSE FUNDS WERE GOING TO BE
PROGRAMMED AGAIN TO BE CLEAR. W
NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NOT A
CLEAR PLAN TO MAKE THOSE
EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS REACH TH
LARGE POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE EXTRAORDINARILY HEAVILY
IMPACTED BY COVID, LIVING
OUTDOORS WITHOUT REALLY SOURCES
STRUGGLING WITH THE HEALTH
CONDITIONS. AND LIKE OTHERS
AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE NOTICED
THAT THE HOTEL INDUSTRY WAS HAR
HIT. AND THAT THERE WERE
SUDDENLY NON- CONGREGANT
FACILITIES TO LODGE THOSE
POPULATIONS. SO THE LONG STORY
SHORT, WE INITIALLY ASKED FOR
PERMISSION TO MAKE TEMPORARY US
OF LEAD FUNDING TO SECURE UNUSE
HOTELS AND TO STAND UP A TEAM O
INTENSIVE CASE MANAGERS WHO
WOULD SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO CAME
INSIDE TO THOSE FACILITIES AND
THEN LATER FIRST WITH THE HELP
OF THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL AND
KING COUNTY AND THEN WITH THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AGAIN WITH
LEADERSHIP FROM THIS COUNCIL. W
WERE ABLE TO TAP SOME COVID
RELIEF FUNDS TO KEEP THOSE GOIN
THROUGH THE SPRING OF 2022.
THERE WERE TWO OBJECTIVES,
RIGHT, THAT WE HAD. ONE WAS JUS
TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR
BOTH INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE REALL
STRANDED AND IN DIRE STRAIGHTS.
AND THE OTHER WAS -- AND SORRY,
RELIEF ALSO FOR NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT BY THE FALL OF 2020, WE'RE
GOING TO START TO TRY TO COME
BACK ONLINE AFTER THE ECONOMIC
SHUTDOWN HAD GOT THE INITIAL
SHUTDOWN AND WAS COMING TO A
CLOSE AND REALLY COULDN'T. AND
RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS BECAUS
OF INTENSITY AND SERIOUSNESS OF
THE CONDITIONS ON THE STREET AS
PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO LIVE THEI
FULL LIVES OUT IN PUBLIC. SO WE
ARE TRYING TO SECURE THE
IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR FOLKS. WE
WERE ALSO THOUGH TRYING TO LEAR
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS VERY
UNUSUAL, REALLY FOR US
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITIES OF
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF PEOPLE WER
GIVEN REALLY DIGNIFIED LODGING
FACILITIES THAT PERMITTED
PRIVACY. PERMITTED PEOPLE TO,
YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO BE BY
THEMSELVES WHEN THAT WAS NEEDED
FOR THEIR OWN PEACE OF MIND AND
HONESTLY FOR OTHERS SOMETIMES.
IF FOLKS COULD BE SURROUNDED
WITH REALLY ROBUST CARE TEAMS
AND IF WE OFFERED THOSE
RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD NO
TRADITIONALLY USED THE SHELTER
SYSTEM OR BEEN WELCOMED IN THE
SHELTER SYSTEM. THE INITIAL
QUESTION WAS WOULD PEOPLE ACCEP
THAT OFFER? AND BACK IN 2020 AN
IN THE YEAR BEFORE, THERE HAD
BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE SERVICE RESISTANT
POPULATIONS. THERE BECOMES SORT
OF A MECHANICAL PROCESS OF
PEOPLE WOULD BE OFFERED
CONGREGANT SHELTER OFTEN WOULD
SAY NO TO THAT AND WOULD BE
SWEPT OR DISPLACED ON THE
LOCATION ON THE THEORY THEY
TURNED DOWN SERVICES, SO WHAT
REMAINS AS A POLICY OPTION. WE
WANTED TO FIND OUT IF WE OFFERE
A DIFFERENT KIND OF CARE AND
DIFFERENT KIND OF SERVICES IF
THERE WOULD BE DIFFERENT
RESPONSE. WE'RE NOT THE FIRST T
TRY OFFERING NON-CONGREGANT
SHELTER AND TESTIMONY HERE ABOU
HOW OFTEN PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT
TINY HOMES HAD GIVEN A STRONG
INDICATION THAT NON-CONGREGANT
SHELTER MIGHT REACH A DIFFERENT
POPULATION. BUT WE DIDN'T REALL
KNOW IF THERE WAS AN INTENTIONA
CONCENTRATION ON POPULATION
LIVING IN THE STREETS THAT WAS
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, FASHION
GREATEST BARRIERS, AND AT HIGH
EXPOSURE TO THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM
BECAUSE OF CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES, IF WE WOULD SEE
HIGH RATE OF UPTAKES. AND THEN
THE OTHER THING WE DIDN'T KNOW,
AND IF FOLKS WOULD ACCEPT THAT
KIND OF CARE AND LOVE AND LEVEL
OF SUPPORT, COULD WE FORCE
SYSTEMS TO MAKE A PLACE FOR THE
FROM THAT POINT ON? COULD WE
CROWUATE A ROAD TO PERMANENT
HOUSING FOR THAT POPULATION. AS
WELL AS WHAT KIND OF BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, STABILIZATION, CARE,
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ARRANGE FOR
THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAS
BEEN STUDY BY KING COUNTY, THE
FAMILIAR FACES POPULATION.
OVERWHELMINGLY THIS WAS A
POPULATION THAT HAD BEEN CYCLIN
THROUGH JAILS AND COURTS FOR
YEARS. TO LITTLE AVAIL AND
LITTLE PROGRESS AT A GREAT COST
COULD WE CREATE ANOTHER ROAD
THAT WENT BEYOND JUST TEMPORARY
SHELTER? SO WE ARE REALLY HERE
TODAY DESCRIBE THE APPROACH
THAT'S TAKEN, AND THE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR, CLINICAL DIRECTOR
CHEVONNA GAYLOR, AND HOUSING
MANAGEMENT CRYSTAL ERICKSON WIL
LAY OUT THE APPROACH WE TAKE.
WHAT HAS REALLY PROVEN TO BE TH
STRENGTH OF THIS MODEL. AND WHA
ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE
ENCOUNTERED THAT IF THOSE WERE
ADDRESSED, WE COULD SEE FURTHER
PROGRESS. AND THEN DR. BECKETT
WILL PRESENT THE MOST RECENT
RESEARCH THAT SHE AND RESEARCH
COLLEAGUES COMPLETED WHILE
LOOKING AT OUTCOMES AFTER A FUL
ARC OF TWO YEARS OF THIS
APPROACH BEING UP AND RUNNING
AND PARTICULARLY MY LAST
COMMENT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT TH
SORT OF CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT WE ENCOUNTERED IN THE
WINTER AND SPRING OF 2022 WHEN
WE DID FINALLY ACHIEVE A CHANNE
TO PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES
OF THE DIFFERENT SORT THAN WE
HAVE HAD IN THE PAST AND WHAT
HAPPENS TO TO OUR BUILDING TO
PLACE PEOPLE IN PERMANENT
HOUSING. SO TURNING IT OVER NOW
TO KICK US OFF.
>> THANK YOU, LISA. I'M THE
MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND INTERIM
DIRECTOR FOR THE COLEAD PROGRAM
MY PRONOUNS IS SHE/HER, AND IT'
AMAZING TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL
AND TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE
HAVE DONE. AND TO HAVE DR.
BECKETT HERE TO GO OVER WHAT
THIS NEW RESEARCH IS SHOWING. S
I JUST WANT TO BUILD A LITTLE
BIT ON WHAT LISA HAD SAID BEFOR
JUST TO KIND F FRAME UP A LITTL
BIT ABOUT COLEAD AND JUSTCARE
FOR ANYONE WHO MAY BE NEW TO US
AND NOT AWARE OF SORT OF WHERE
WE CAME FROM AND WHAT WE ARE. S
AS LISA SAID, LEAD HAS BEEN A
LONG STANDING PROGRAM,
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN LAW ENFORCEMEN
ASSISTED DIVERSION LETTING
EVERYONE ADVANCE WITH DIGNITY.
WE HAVE A FEW ACRONYMS HERE, SO
I WILL DO MY BEST TO STATE THEM
SO ASSUMING EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT
THEY ARE. AND SO AS LISA SAID,
IN 2020 AS SERVICES SHUT DOWN.
SO IF YOU THINK OF LEAD AS A
SERVICE PROVIDER TO BE ABLE TO
GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES. OU
TO REACH PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING
UNNEWSED, AND TO WORK WITH THEM
AND REGAIN ACCESSES TO SERVICES
LEAD HAS DONE THAT FOR A LONG
TIME WITH WONDERFUL SUCCESS. BU
DOING SO IN THE FIELD
SPECIFICALLY AND CONNECTING
PEOPLE TO SERVICES. SO WHEN
THOSE SERVICES HAD TO CLOSE
THEIR DOORS BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC, IT REALLY LEFT THAT
PROGRAM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO HELP
PEOPLE. THAT'S THE PIVOT TO
CO-LEAD. THE ASPECT OF CO AND
LEAD IS TO DESCRIBE THAT COVID,
BORN IN COVID, BUT ALSO
CORESPONDER. WITH THAT SHIFT,
COLEAD TOOK THE FRAMEWORK OF
PROVIDING SERVICES FOR FOLKS.
TOOK THAT FRAMEWORK, THEN ADDED
A COUPLE OF COMPONENTS. ONE OF
WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT ONE, WHA
IS THE LODGING COMPONENT LISA
SPOKE ABOUT? WHAT WOULD IT LOOK
LIKE IF WE DID BRING PEOPLE IN
WITH LODGING WHILE STILL
PROVIDING SERVICES AND
CONNECTING TO SERVICES. SO
COLEAD IS THE BACKBONE OF
JUSTCARE. JUSTCARE, YOU CAN
THINK OF JUSTCARE AS THE
RESPONSE TO THE IMPACT TO OUR
COMMUNITIES, OR PEOPLE LIVING I
ENCAMPMENTS. AND SOME OF THE
REALITIES OF WHAT WE FELT IN OU
COMMUNITY BY OUR NEIGHBORS, BY
OUR BUSINESSES, OF PEOPLE LIVIN
ON SHELTERS. STRUGGLING TO LIVE
IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE FRANKLY
NOT FIT FOR HUMANS TO BE LIVING
IN AND EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT
SOMETIMES SIGNIFICANT UNMET
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OR UNTREATE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER AND
SORT OF SOME OF THE BEHAVIORAL
AFFECTS THAT COULD COME OUT OF
THAT. SO WE CAN'T REALLY TALK
ABOUT JUSTCARE WITHOUT REALLY
TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE KEY
COMPONENTS, WHICH ACTUALLY
STARTS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING,
WHICH IS OUTREACH. SO A REALLY
GOOD CORE COMPONENT OF OUR
RESEARCH TEAMS GO OUT INTO THE
FIELD AND DO THE FIELD WORK IN
ORDER TO, WHICH MEANS GOING OUT
FINDING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, MEETING THE PEOPL
EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE AND
TAKING WEEKS TO GET TO KNOW
THEM. COLEAD AND JUSTCARE IS A
RELATIONSHIP BASED MODEL. WE
MEET PEOPLE, WE LEARN WHERE THE
ARE, WHAT THEY ARE GOING
THROUGH, WHAT THEY HAVE THE
PLANNED EXPERIENCING, AND WE
BUILD RESEARCH. WHEN WORKING
WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE
CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS OR ARE
HAVING TROUBLE IN THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM. THEY MIGHT HAVE
PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE
OR EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY TRYIN
TO ACCESS SERVICES. WE KNOW
THERE ARE MANY BARRIERS THAT
PEOPLE FACE, BUT THERE ARE MANY
BARRIERS THAT PEOPLE FACED,
ACCESSING THESE SERVICES ACROSS
OUR NATION, ESPECIALLY WITHIN
OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. AND
LIVING WITH THAT INSTABILITY
OFTENTIMES DEALS WITH ISSUES,
AND NOT KNOWING OR HAVING YOUR
HEALTH INSURANCE, THESE TYPES O
BARRIERS CAN REALLY LIMIT ANY
ACCESS THAT SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE
TO SEEK ANY TYPE OF HELP. SO
WITH SUCH LEVELS OF REJECTIONS,
AND LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTS WHER
PEOPLE HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
TRAUMA HISTORY, I THINK IT'S AN
UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT MANY
PEOPLE ARE HESITANT TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY
COMING TO THEM AND OFFERING THE
SOMETHING. WHETHER THAT IS
OFFERING SERVICES. AS A RESULT
OF THAT, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ARE
LABELED AS RESISTANT OR
UNWANTING OF SERVICES. AND THAT
IS NOT WHAT WE HAVE FOUND.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE FOUND. AND W
THINK ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO TO
INDIVIDUALIZED AND FIND A GOOD
MATCH FOR THEM, AND FIND A MATC
WHEN IT COMES TO A TYPE OF
LODGING OR RESOURCE THAT WE
COULD BRING TO THEM WHAT THEY
NEED IN ORDER TO MEET THEIR
IDENTIFIED GOALS WHEN WE DO THA
AND PROVIDE THAT DIGNITY. PEOPL
SAY YES. AND AS WE WILL SEE WIT
THE RESEARCH, IT REALLY DOES
HELP WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PATH T
THE PERMANENT HOUSING THAT WILL
TALK ABOUT IT. AND TO BRING
PEOPLE INSIDE IN TO AS I SAID
TEMPORARY LODGING THAT IS
DESIGNED TO REALLY PROVIDE THEM
WITH DIGNITY. AND TO BE LESS OF
A CONGREGANT TYPE OF SHELTER.
WHILE YOU'RE THERE, THAT
STABILIZATION OF HAVING THAT
LODGING ALLOWS CASE MANAGERS TO
PROVIDE INTENSIVE CASE
MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, AND THAT IS
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S
DESCRIBED. HELPING EM POO
NAVIGATE IF THEY HAVE LEGAL
SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT THAT THEY
NEED HELP WITH IF THEY DON'T
HAVE NEED AND THEY NEED TO GET
THAT IN ORDER AND YOU CAN'T DO
MUCH. IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS THAT WILL BE ASKED FOR
ANY SERVICE THAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO DO TO GET HOUSING A JOB, ANY
TYPE OF THAT TYPE, YOU NEED THA
I.D. ACTIVATING HEALTHCARE AND
GETTING THEIR INSURANCE GOING,
ADDRESSING ANY ACUTE NEEDS,
ACUTE HEALTHCARE NEEDS. IT'S NO
AN EASY SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO
SIGN UP FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AN
IT CAN REALLY SOMETIMES TAKE
SOME SUPPORT AND HELP WITH
NAVIGATING THAT SYSTEM THEY ARE
THEN ABLE TO START UTILIZING
HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT WILL
ACTUALLY FIT THEIR NEED AND NOT
RELYING ON THE EMERGENCY ROOM T
MEET THEIR PRIMARY HEALTHCARE
NEEDS. WE ALSO FOUND THAT WHEN
PEOPLE COME INSIDE AND THEY
EXPERIENCE THE STABILIZATION OF
BEING INSIDE AND HAVING CASE
MANAGEMENT SUPPORT IT, HAVING
THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET, SHELTER,
FOOD, WATER, THAT THEY ARE ABLE
TO THEN TAKE A BREATH AND START
IDENTIFYING THEIR OWN GOALS. WE
ALL KNOW THAT THE FASTEST WAY
FOR PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY GOALS AN
MEET CHANGE IS THROUGH
MOTIVATION. IT IS SOMETHING THA
WE WANT. WHEN WE DO THAT WITH
OUR PARTICIPANTS AND WHEN THEY
SET THEIR GOALS AND MEET THEIR
GOALS, WE FOUND WE CAN MEET THE
AT SUCH A RAPID RATE WHERE WE
ARE ABLE TO DO THINGS SO MUCH
MORE QUICKLY THAN WE EVEN
THOUGHT, ALLOWING THEM TO THEN
CONTINUE FORWARD AND NEARLY
EVERYBODY, EVERYONE WHO COMES
IN, EVERY PARTICIPANT
ESSENTIALLY HAS A GOAL OF
PERMANENT HOUSING AND ALSO AS
THEY WILL GET TO PERMANENT
HOUSING OF US TRYING TO DO THAT
AS I SAID, SOME OF THE
DIFFICULTIES WE FACED, THE
BARRIERS THEY FACED, WE
DEFINITELY HAVE EXPERIENCED SOM
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WHEN IT
COMES TO ACCESSING AS I
MENTIONED PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE
SERVICES, PRIMARYCARE, BUT ALSO
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INCLUDING
SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDER. I'LL LET OUR CLINICAL
DIRECTOR SPEAK TO THAT.
CHEVONNA?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.
CYNTHIA AND LISA. I'M SO HONORE
TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL. ONE OF
THE ENCOURAGING ASPECTS TODAY I
HEARING THE COMMUNITY EXPRESS
THEIR PASSION, THEIR CONCERNS,
BUT FROM A PLACE OF HUMANITY AN
CARE. AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, A
YOU SEE, WE HAVE OUR EXPERTISE,
OUR COMPASSION, OUR CLINICAL
STEALS, OUR COMMUNITY RESPONSE,
ALL COME TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO
REALLY DELIVER A COMPREHENSIVE
STRATEGY FOR EVERYONE WHO IS IN
TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AN
THE MOST VULNERABILITY IN OUR
STABILITY FROM A PLACE OF
HUMANITY AND TO HEAR THAT IN TH
PARTICIPANT AND THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WAS VERY ENCOURAGING. S
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
OVERALL DYNAMICS, WE CAN'T
IGNORE AS THEY WERE MENTIONING,
THE CHALLENGING ON OUR
POPULATION AND SITES. ESPECIALL
AS A COPING STRATEGY, WE HAVE T
SEE HOW IT'S A MULTI-LAYERED
CHALLENGE FOR OUR POPULATION AS
WELL AS FOR THE COMMUNITY. YES,
IT IS DIFFICULT. THAT'S OUR
SIGNIFICANT BARRIER THAT WE'RE
FACING. WE WILL ALWAYS COME FRO
A SPACE OF COMPASSION, HUMANITY
DIGNITY, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINU
TO BUILD AND GROW IN OUR
CLINICAL SKILLS, LOOKING AT HAR
REDUCTION, IN THE WAY WE COULD
INTERACT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WHETHER THEY WILL START WITH US
OR WE'RE THE ONES PROVIDING
LEAKAGE TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION
HOWEVER, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE
FIND SOMETIMES IS THAT
COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION
IS FINDING THE EFFICIENT
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. AND
OFTENTIMES WE HEAR THAT WE JUST
NEED TO PUT EVERYBODY IN
TREATMENT, RIGHT? THAT THEY JUS
NEED TREATMENT. HOWEVER, THE
SERVICES CAN BE WEEKS, IF NOT
MONTHS OUT. SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS VULNERABILITY
STRUGGLING, THAT MAYBE I'M
WILLING, ALTHOUGH SUBSTANCE
ABUSE HAS BEEN A WAY THAT I'M
WILLING TO SURVIVE EMOTIONALLY
AND THROUGH SIGNIFICANT LAYERS
OF BEHAVIORAL, MENTAL HEALTH,
TRAUMA OVER THE YEARS. I MIGHT
BE RECEPTIVE TO CONSIDERING WHA
IS A DIFFERENT LIFE LOOKING
LIKE? ARE WE CONNECTING TO THAT
OR HAVE A DESIRE TO BE WHEN
THERE IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE
THAT SERVICE TO SAY OKAY, WHERE
IS IT? WAIT, WAIT, YOU'RE READY
LET'S WAIT ABOUT A FEW WEEKS OR
A FEW MONTHS. THAT IS THE
SIGNIFICANT BARRIER TESTING
THOSE NEEDS. SO WE ABSOLUTELY
NEED TO CONSIDER HOW DO WE BUIL
THE SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE
UNDERLINING SERVICES THAT MAY B
ATTRIBUTING TO WHERE WE ARE AT
THIS POINT. ADDITIONALLY WE LOO
AT SOME OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES
THAT WE MIGHT FACE AS FAR AS
CRISIS RESPONSE. OFTENTIMES IT
TENDS TO BE THE ACCESS TO THOSE
SERVICES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY
LIMITED. FOR EXAMPLE, WE
RECENTLY HAD INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER THE
COMPREHENSIVE SPORTS TO AND SHE
WAS HAVING A SIGNIFICANT GOOD
TIME. WHAT SHE NEEDED WAS A
MENTAL HEALTH STABILIZATION. AN
HOWEVER, ACCESS TO THOSE
SERVICES WERE NOT READILY
AVAILABLE. SO WHAT ENDED UP
HAPPENING DID NOT ULTIMATELY
MEET HER NEED. DID WE BUFFER
THAT WITH OUR LEVEL HUMANITY AN
CARE COORDINATION AND OUR
WRAPAROUND? YES. HOWEVER, THERE
IS STILL AN OUTSTANDING NEED FO
HER MENTAL HEALTH STABILIZATION
AND THAT'S A BIG AREA. SUBSTANC
ABUSE CHANCES OF THE SIGNIFICAN
BARRIER TO HOUSING, WHICH
CRYSTAL IS GOING TO TALK TO US
ABOUT. ALL OF THE HARD WORK
THAT'S PUT INTO HOUSING, WE ALS
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SUBSTANCE
ABUSE AS A DISQUALIFIER FOR
HOUSING. WE KNOW THAT RELAPSE
RATES ARE INCREDIBLY HIGH FOR
ALL INDIVIDUALS, BUT ESPECIALLY
HIGH FOR THOSE UNSHELTERED. SO
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN
WE'RE DEALING WITH MULTIPLE
LAYERS OF THE NEEDS THAT ARE
UNDERLINING, AND WE'RE SEEKING
TO ELIMINATE THE BARRIERS TO
THAT STABILIZATION FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL, AND WE CAN
ULTIMATELY GET THEM INTO
SERVICES AND/OR INTO HOUSING AN
LOOK AT THAT. HOWEVER, SUBSTANC
ABUSE AT USE AND SUPERIOR TO
BEING ABLE TO ELUTE TO THAT AND
THEY'RE A PART OF THAT REPAIR.
HOW DO WE BRING THAT HUMANITY T
LAYERS AND ALL THE CERTAIN
LANGUAGES? AND TO LOOK AT
SERVICES FROM THAT PLACE OF
COMPASSION AND CARE AND ALL
THOSE PILLARS WE STAND FOR.
MAKING SURE WE MODEL AND ALSO
TEACH AND TRAIN AND PROVIDE THA
AS A LUGGAGE TO OTHERS
DISPLACED. THE ADDITIONAL
OPTIONS LIKE I SAID, LOOKING AT
HOUSING, WHICH CRYSTAL WILL HEL
US WITH. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, WHAT WE
PROVIDE IS TEMPORARY HOUSING
WITH THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES, S
WE CAN GUIDE THEM INTO THAT NEX
AREA OF STABILIZATION. I WANT T
TURN IT BACK OVER TO MAKE SURE
THERE'S NO AREAS THAT I MAY HAV
MISSED, AND DEFINITELY DIVE INT
HOW CRYSTAL IS ABLE TO UTILIZE
THAT COMPONENT OF THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE A PROCESS OF OUTREACH
AND IT IS ALSO COMPARED TO THE
CARE AND COMPASSION OF WRAPPING
AROUND OUR CASE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES, WHICH WOULD ULTIMATEL
LEAD TO LONG-TERM STABILIZATION
THROUGH HOUSING AND CONSISTENT
SERVICES THAT WILL ELIMINATE A
LOT OF THOSE AREAS AND PROVIDE
THE SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED FOR
ONGOING -- FOR ALL JOY,
ULTIMATELY. ONGOING RESTORATION
AND HEALING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YEAH,
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE
POINTS THAT YOU MADE. SO YOU
KNOW, WE SAY BARRIER A LOT WHEN
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED AND
ATTEMPTING TO GO INTO A SORT OF
SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL SHELTER
AND INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE. AND FOR THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
INVOLVEMENT AND IT IS A BAN AND
THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE FACING
THAT THEY CANNOT ACCESS, THEY
CANNOT GET IN AND THEY CANNOT
TAKE THOSE STEPS WITH THE
OUTRIGHT BAN. IT'S AN INDIVIDUA
WHERE WE LOOK AT THEIR HISTORY,
WHERE THEY ARE NOW, WHAT THEY'R
EXPERIENCING. WE TAKE ALL OF
THAT INTO CONSIDERATION TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL WORK BEST
FOR SOMEONE. THAT HAS WORKED
INCREDIBLY WELL FOR US. I ALSO
JUST WANT TO NAME THAT AS WE
THEN, FOR US IN OUR LODGING, OU
TEMPORARY LODGING SITES AND OUR
PROGRAM, BUT AS WE THEN MOVE
PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING
SITUATIONS, WE STILL EXPERIENCE
SOME OF THAT BARRIER, SOME OF
THAT BANNING. AND WITH THAT, I
WOULD LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO
CRYSTAL ERICSON. CRYSTAL?
>> CRYSTAL, YOU'RE MUTED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HI, EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS
CRYSTAL ERICSON, THE HOUSING
MANAGER FOR COLEAD. AND THROUGH
PDA. I'M THANKFUL TO BE HERE
TODAY AS WELL TO JUST TALK WITH
YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT HOUSING HAS
LOOKED LIKE FOR OUR PROGRAM AND
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT
WE'VE HAD, BUT ALSO JUST THE
SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD AS
WELL. SO TRADITIONAL ACCESS TO
HOUSING HAS BEEN NORMALLY
THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY,
HAVING TO GO TAKE THE ASSESSMEN
AND JUST WAIT. WAIT MONTHS, UP
TO A YEAR FOR A RESOURCE OR
ACCESS RESOURCES THAT MAY NOT B
A GOOD FIT FOR PARTICULAR
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN
HOUSED. AND WHAT HAS BEEN A GAM
CHANGER FOR OUR PROGRAM HAS BEE
ACCESS TO HOUSING WITH OUR
DIRECT PARTNERSHIPS. AND
RESOURCE ACCESS TO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND TWO
SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS, WHATNOT
SO WHEN WE DO HAVE THOSE
OPTIONS, WE HAVE MORE SUCCESS
WITH HOUSING PARTICIPANTS. SO I
THE EARLY PART OF 20 -- NO
DURING 2020 AND THE EARLY PART
OF 2021, WE HAD LIMITED
RESOURCES FOR HOUSING. LIKE I
EXPLAINED IT, IT WAS VERY
DIFFICULT TO GET FOLKS KIND OF
CONNECTED TO ANY RESOURCES AND
THAT IS THEIR NUMBER ONE GOAL
THAT THEY WANTED PERMANENT
HOUSING. AND THEN IN THE EARLY
PART OF -- I THINK IT WAS ABOUT
SEPTEMBER OF '21, WE GOT ACCESS
TO EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS
AND THAT REALLY OPENED UP THE
DOORS OR OUR PARTICIPANTS AND I
WAS A HUGE GAME CHANGER. WE WER
ABLE TO CONNECT WITH
PARTICIPANTS TO SEE, YOU KNOW,
IF THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT BY
THEM. ASSESSING THEIR HOUSING
NEEDS, KEEPING IT VERY HOUSING
FIRST CENTERED TO WHAT WOULD BE
A GOOD FIT FOR THEM IN TRYING T
LOOK AT PLACES TO NOT FURTHER
DISPLACE AWAY FROM THEIR
COMMUNITY AND THEIR ACCESS TO
SERVICES. AND SO WE WERE ABLE T
USE THAT RESOURCE. AND THEN IN
THE SPRING OF 2022 OR 2021, WE
GOT ACCESS TO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RESOURCES
WITH THE DIRECT PARTNERSHIP,
WHICH IS ALSO A HUGE GAME
CHANGER FOR OUR FOLKS, AND THEY
WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO GOING
INTO HOUSING AND HAVING
DIFFERENT HOUSING OPTIONS. WE
ARE ALSO PROVIDING CARE AFTER,
WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL. AND YEAH
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING
AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO WRAP UP AN
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR.
BECKETT. DO YOU WANT TO POP UP
THE PINK SLIDE. THANK YOU. AND
JUST TO PROVIDE A GRAPHIC
DEMONSTRATION OF JUST HOW
PROFOUND THE BARRIERS WERE IN
THE POPULATION THAT WE FOUND IN
THE ENCAMPMENT SITES. WE WORKED
IN PIONEER SQUARE, CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT OVER
THOSE TWO YEARS. YOU CAN SEE
THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS
WE ENCOUNTERS WERE THE
DEFINITION OF CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS AND THE SIGNIFICANT
MINORITY HAD BEEN HOMELESS FOR
OVER FIVE YEARS, ALMOST
EVERYBODY HAD BEEN HOMELESS AND
WAS IN THAT WAY. AND SO WHAT
THAT MEANS IS THAT THESE ARE
FOLKS BEING REJECTED BY NOT
BEING ENGAGED BY NOT SUSTAINED
WITH EXISTING STRUCTURES OF
CARE, RIGHT? SO THIS IS A
POPULATION WITH DEMONSTRATIONS
IN THAT NEED. IN TERMS OF THE
CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TH
BARRIERS THAT ARE BASED BY THAT
POPULATION, THE YELLOW BARS
THERE, THEY WILL SHOW YOU JUST
HOW PREVASIVE THE SELF-DESCRIBE
ISSUES ARE, ALMOST EVERYBODY
THAT WE HAVE WELCOMED INSIDE AT
THAT COLEAD THAT WILL COME IN
WITH THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDERS, OTHER PROFOUND TRAUM
HISTORY. THE EXISTING SERIOUSLY
BARRIERS, PENDING CASES. AND
CRIMINAL HISTORY BARRIERS THAT
ARE IMPOSING PETMENTS TO
SOLUTIONS, AND THE BIG BARRIERS
AND SO THIS IS WHAT MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE DESCRIBED IT OR
SUMMED IT UP HERE. YOU'LL SEE W
WORKED WITH 5500 PEOPLE. A
LITTLE BIT MORE OF THOSE FOLKS
ENGAGED, INCLUDING THE SMALL
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT OR
COULD NOT COME INTO COLEAD
BECAUSE OF THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS
THAT EXCEED OUR MENTAL HEALTH
STATUS AND SAFELY HOUSE PEOPLE,
THAT'S NOT A LARGE NUMBER, BUT
THERE IS A POPULATION THAT IS A
THE CORE SYSTEM SAYS EXCEEDS FO
COLEAD. ALMOST 70% OF THOSE WHO
WERE ENGAGED IN THE ENCAMPMENTS
WE WORKED AT WERE BY HAWK AND
EASES NO OFFERED AND ACCEPTED
COLEAD RESOURCES WERE MORE SO.
THE MAP SHOWS THE 14 ENCAMPMENT
WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE, AND I
JUST WANT TO PUT ON A CLEAR
DESCRIPTION AROUND THROUGH THE
JUSTCARE FRAMEWORK. IT WAS
INTENTIONALLY ORGANIZED TO
SWEEPS AND ALTERNATIVES TO
DISPLACEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT. I
WAS CONVENED IN RESPONSE TO
NEIGHBORHOODS PLEAS FOR DECISIV
ACTION TO APPROVE THE SAFETY AN
HEALTH ISSUES WITHOUT
ENFORCEMENT AND WITHOUT USING
DISPERSALS AND SWEEPS. THERE
SHOULD BE SOMETHING BESIDES
THOSE TWO STRATEGIES AND WE AIM
TO FILL THAT GAP. IN PARTICULAR
THERE WAS A REALLY LOVELY
COMPELLING LETTER BY PRETTY MUC
EVERY ORGANIZATION IN THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRIC
IN THE SUMMER OF 2020 TO ADDRES
THE ISSUES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
AND ASK THAT PEOPLE NOT BE
ARRESTED, JAILED, OR DISPERSED.
OR TO ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS
WHERE WE SET TO RESOLVE THE
ENCAMPMENTS MORE THAN ONCE
WITHOUT DISPLACING ANYONE AND
THAT MEANS VERY SIMPLY HAVING A
INDIVIDUAL PLAN THAT WOULD MEET
THE NEED OF EACH PERSON. WHEN
THEY WERE FORMULATED FOR
EVERYBODY WHO WAS LIVING THERE,
IT'S NOT EVERYBODY IN THAT
INTENT OR STRUCTURE AND THERE
FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THERE
ENGAGED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BUT THERE'S A PLAN THAT THAT
PERSON ACCEPTED AND PARTICIPATE
IN DESIGNING THAT MOVE. WHEN
EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO A
DESTINATION THAT WORKED FOR
THEM, THEY ACTUALLY GOT THERE.
THEY HAD HELPED ORGANIZE THAT
DEPARTURE AND THAT SITE WAS
CLEANED UP WITH WHAT IT TOOK
WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS,
PARTICULARLY PARKS, AND I REALL
WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE INCREDIBL
WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FOLD TEAMS
AND THAT IS THE SORT OF OUTSIDE
LOOKING IN AND THAT IS WHAT
JUSTCARE FELT LIKE. WE'LL TURN
IT OVER TO PROFESSOR BECKETT TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT FOR
INDIVIDUAL TRAJECTORIES. BUT
WHEN COVID RELIEF FUNDING PLAYE
OUT IN THE SPRING OF 2022, IT
WAS UNCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT
THIS WORK COULD CONTINUE, AND
WITH GREAT CREDIT THROUGHOUT TH
CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
SUPPORTED THIS AND TO THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY, A PLAN WAS
ADVISED TO BIFURCATE COLEAD, SO
HALF LIVE IN THE CITY'S
PORTFOLIO TO PLACE INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE VERY IMPACTFUL IN
VARIOUS VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND HIGHLY IMPACTED
NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE CITY
AND NEED TO BE HOUSED IN A
HOUSING FIRST STRATEGY TO
ADDRESS THE OTHER ISSUES. AND
THEN HALF OF COLEAD BELONGS IN
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY'S PORTFOLIO OF WORK
THAT IS RESPONDING TO
ENCAMPMENTS OBVIOUS
TRANSPORTATION RIGHT OF WAY AND
THAT IS ALL FUNDED USING STATE,
THE STATE FUNDING FOR RIGHT OF
WAY RESPONSE. AND IN THAT,
REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY RIGH
OF WAY, THE FIELD WORK CONTINUE
ON. AND SO REALLY THE WAY THAT
JUSTCARE STRATEGIES CONTINUES T
BE SEEN OVER THERE IN THAT RIGH
OF WAY RESPONSE. OKAY, HANDING
THE MIC OVER TO PROFESSOR
BECKETT.
>> HELLO EVERYONE, AND IT'S A
PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
I'M KATHERINE BECKETT. I'M ON
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON AND THE DEPARTMENT O
SOCIOLOGY AND LAW SOCIETY AND
JUSTICE. JUST PULLING UP MY
SLIDES TO SHARE WITH YOU.
SOMEONE TOLD ME THE TRICK. NOT
SURE HOW TO GET RID OF THAT. IS
THIS OKAY FOR FOLKS? DO I NEED
TO DO SOMETHING ELSE? CAN YOU
ALL SEE THE SLIDES OKAY?
>> WE CAN SEE IT, DR. BECKETT.
IF YOU COULD SAY PLAY FROM
START, I GUESS. I THINK IT
SHOULD FILL IT. I CAN SEE THAT
JUST FINE. I THINK IT'S UP ON
OUR SCREEN IN CHAMBERS, SO YOU
CAN GO AHEAD.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. AGAIN, IT'
A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I WANT T
NAME QUICKLY THIS REPORT THAT I
WILL BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE WAS A
COLLABORATIVE ENDEAVOR WITH
ALLISON GOLDBERG AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. I WIL
BE GIVING YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW
OF THE FINDINGS, BUT THERE ARE
PLENTY OF DETAILS IN THE REPORT
ITSELF. SO THIS WAS A FOLLOW UP
TO THE MORE PROCESSED EVALUATIO
DONE AS A RESPONSE TO
HOMELESSNESS AND THE PANDEMIC.
AND THIS ONE IS FOCUSED MORE ON
OUTCOMES AND SPECIFICALLY ON TH
HOUSING INCOMES AS WELL AS
SERVICE RELATED OUTCOMES. WE
PULL TOGETHER DATA FROM A
VARIETY OF DATA SOURCES THAT AR
LISTED HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUC
TO DATA ANALYST FROM PDA WHO
WERE HELPFUL IN ENABLING US TO
ACCESS THAT INFORMATION. WE ALS
WENT THROUGH NOTES TO GIVE US
ENTRIES INTO THE DATA SYSTEM AN
TO MAKE SENSE OF SOME OF THE
THINGS WE WERE SEEING AND
FINDING. SO I'LL JUST JUMP IN
AND SOME OF THIS IS UNSURPRISIN
GIVEN WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM
FOLKS AND TO THOSE NUMBERS
DESCRIBED BY PEOPLE. AND ALSO,
IF YOU EVER SEE THE SMALL
DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE
NUMBERS I'M SHOWING AND NUMBERS
PRESENTED EARLIER, IT PROBABLY
HAS TO DO WITH THE TIME FRAME.
WE COVERS DECEMBER 31 TO AUGUST
20 AND SO A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. WE
FOCUS ON EXITS, SO THESE ARE
PEOPLE WHO CAME IN ANDS A LEFT.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE PEOPLE I
THE PROGRAM AT THE TIME WE WERE
COLLECT THE DATA. AND WHAT YOU
CAN SIGH HERE IS THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHO IS
PARTICIPATING AND WHO IS SERVED
BY IT AND CONSISTENT WITH THE
DATA. WE SEE IT JUST A LITTLE
UNDER TWO-THIRDS OF FOLKS SERVE
BY PEOPLE OF COLO AND
PREDOMINANTLY MALE, BUT A LITTL
LESS THAN ONE-THIRD FEMALE. AND
THEN A VERY WIDE AGE RANGE WITH
AN AVERAGE RANGE OF 40. THAT IS
A SNAPSHOT OF WHO WAS SERVED BY
JUST CARE. AND ALSO CONSISTENT
WITH THE THEMES, WE FOUND MANY
OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SERVED B
JUST CARE WOULD MEET THE
DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS. AND
MORE THAN HALF, 57% HAD BEEN
LIVING UNSHELTERED FOR MORE THA
FIVE YEARS. VIRTUALLY EVERYONE,
SO 99% REPORT THEY HAD A MENTAL
HEALTH DISORDER AND NEARLY
TWO-THIRDS REPORTED THEY WERE
EXPERIENCING BOTH OF THOSE
THINGS. AND THEN FINALLY, A VER
LARGE MAJORITY REPORTED USING
DRUGS AND OFTEN NUMEROUS DRUGS.
ONLY 6% REPORTED NO SUBSTANCE
ABUSE OR THE USE OF MARIJUANA.
ALSO CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF TH
INFORMATION THAT LISA PROVIDED.
THE NEEDS THAT PEOPLE PRESENT
WITH ARE NUMEROUS. EVERYBODY
REPORTED MEETING HOUSING
SUPPORT, BUT VIRTUALLY EVERYONE
IDENTIFIED OTHER AREAS OF NEED
AND THOSE WERE, I THINK SHOWN O
LISA'S PINK SLIDES, AND JUST TO
PUT SOME DETAILS TO THAT. AND W
ALSO FOUND THIS HAS DRAWN UP
FROM THE FIRST RESPOND AS WE
FOUND THE VAST MAJORITY OF
ENCAMPMENTS DID ACCEPT TEMPORAR
HOUSING AND COUNTERS THE
NARRATIVE THAT PEOPLE WITH
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS WITH
INVOLVEMENT ARE RESISTANT IN
SOME WAY. AND THEN FINALLY THE
NEED FOR SERVICES IS HIGH AND
ALSO WE FIND THAT JUST CARE
DOES, IN FACT, PROVIDE QUITE A
FEW KINDS OF DIFFERENT SERVICES
LIFTING UP SOME OF THE KEY ONES
HERE FOR YOU TO HAVE A LOOK AT.
I'M PRESENTING THESE NOT IN THE
ORDER THEY WOULD APPEAR ON THE
COURT, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY
CONFUSION THAT MIGHT CREATE. BU
WE FIND THAT PEOPLE ARE WELL
SERVED IN TERMS OF RECEIVING
SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF WHAT
KIND OF SITUATION THEY HAVE, AN
SO EVEN IF THEY DO RETURN, THEY
WILL RETURN WITH HAVING RECEIVE
A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT SERVICES,
AND SO WE FOUND 89.6% MET THE
DEFINITION OF HOUSING READY,
MEANING THEY HAD ACQUIRED I.D.
AND PUT TOGETHER THE OTHER
ADMINISTRATIVE OR ADDRESSED THE
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMEN
ASSOCIATED WITH ACHIEVING OR
FINDING PERMANENT HOUSING. THE
SHARE THAT HAD HEALTH CARE
INSURANCE INCREASED FROM ABOUT
40% OR 41% UPON ENTRY TO NEARLY
90% UPON DEPARTURE. AND THEN WE
FOUND THAT NEARLY ALL THE
PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED A VARIETY
INCLUDING EXTERNAL MEDICAL CARE
THE TEAM DOES A LOT OF WORK TO
CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE PROVIDERS
THEY NEED THOSE SPECIALISTS
OUTSIDE OF JUST CARE AND THE
OTHER KINDS OF SERVICES THAT
REALLY RUN THE GAMBIT, INCLUDIN
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND
MANY OTHER KINDS OF TREATMETS,
OTHER INTERNAL SERVICES, WHICH
WILL ALSO RUN THE GAMUT AND
LISTED IN THE NOTES BELOW THE
TABLE. SO AGAIN, WE FIND THIS I
A HUGE POPULATION AND MANY OF
THOSE NEEDS ARE MET DURING THE
PEOPLE'S TIMES IN JUST CARE. WE
TURN OUR ATTENTION TO HOUSING
AND THIS IS WHERE WE SIGH A
BREAK IN OVERTIME. SO WITH THE
SERVICE NEED, THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT IS CONSISTENT ACROSS TIME.
BUT THEY DO VARY QUITE A BIT,
WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT W
HEARD EARLIER ABOUT THE NEW
ARRANGEMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND
SO WHAT WE DID, WE BROKE THEM
INTO TWO GROUPS BASED ON THE
NATURAL GROUP WE SAW ON THE
DATA. IF YOU LOOK AT THE
EXPERIENCES OF WAVE ONE VERSES
WAVE TWO, YOU CAN SEE THE
DIFFERENT OUTCOMES. AND THE
GROUP THAT WILL EVER, 20% ENDED
UP IN PERMANENT HOUSING AND IT
COULD BE PERMANENT HOUSING. 20%
IN TEMPORARY HOUSING OF SOME
SORT AND 51% ENDED UP RETURNING
TO HOMELESSNESS. THAT'S VERY
DIFFERENT IN THIS PERIOD THAT
RUNS FROM MARCH 1 THROUGH 2022
AND CLOSE TO THREE-FORTHS OF TH
PEOPLE EXITING, THEY WERE
EXITING TO THE PERMANENT
HOUSING. AND FAR FEWER ARE
RETURNING TO HOMELESSNESS. I
DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS, IT DEPENDS
ON WHERE YOUR IMAGES OF PEOPLE
ARE, BUT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO
SEE THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT THA
WILL SHOW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PER MONTH THAT THEY'RE
TRANSITIONING TO PERMANENT
HOUSING HAS INCREASED
DRAMATICALLY. WE WANTED TO SEE
IF THEY VARY BY RACE, GENTER,
AGE IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY. THER
IS A LITTLE BIT BY GENDER AND
DEFINITELY SOME BY AGE. SO TO
KIND OF PUT SOME DETAILS TO THA
PICTURE. WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT
BLACK AND LATINX PARTICIPANTS
WERE MOST LIKELY TO EXIT TO
PERMANENT HOUSING. WHITE AND
MULTI-RACIAL PEOPLE PARTICIPANT
WERE SLIGHTLY LESS LIKELY TO
EXIT TO PERMANENT HOUSING. BUT
WE DON'T THINK THIS IS A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. THE
NUMBERS GET KIND OF SMALL IN
CERTAIN CATEGORIES. SO WE WANT
TO BE KIND OF CAUTIOUS THERE.
AND NOT A HUGE GENDER
DIFFERENCE. JUST A SMALL GENDER
DIFFERENCE. BUT WHAT WE DO
REALLY SEE IS A PRETTY CLEAR
PATTERN WHERE THE OLDER
PARTICIPANTS, THEY ARE FAR MORE
LIKELY TO EXIT TO PERMANENT
HOUSING THAN YOUNGER
PARTICIPANTS. WHAT'S GOING ON T
EXPLAIN THAT. WE HAVE SOME
HYPOTHESIS, AND TO WORK ON THES
ISSUES, IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE SOM
HOUSING PROVIDERS GIVE PRIORITY
TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE
STREETS FOR LONGER AND/OR THAT'
CORRELATED WITH AGE, BUT IT'S
CLEAR THERE IS JUST MOSTLY
VARIATION ACROSS AGE. TO
CONCLUDE, WHAT WE FOUND IS THE
HARM REDUCTION CAN SERVE. AND
FOR PEOPLE WITH MANY
VULNERABILITIES AND CHALLENGES.
BUT THAT VERY MUCH DEPENDS ON
THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE
PERMANENT HOUSING AND THAT IS
THE BIG SHIFT THAT WE HAVE SEEN
IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. AND WE
ALSO FIND THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN LIVING UNSHELTERED FOR
PERIODS OF TIME AND HAVE MANY
BARRIERS TO HOUSING ARE NOT
GENERALLY HOUSING OR RESISTANT.
THIS IS A POPULATION THAT SHOUL
BE HOUSED. SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
PANELS AND GOING OVER THE
FINDINGS. I KNOW THERE WILL BE
SOME QUESTIONS TO THE SLIDE DEC
BECAUSE I MIGHT WANT TO
REFERENCE SOME INDIVIDUAL
SLIDES. I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD HAS QUESTIONS. AND I'M
GLAD THIS IS OUR ONLY AGENDA
ITEM TODAY TO SPEND SOME TIME
GETTING INTO THIS. IF WE COULD
DUOTO THAT SECOND TO LAST SLIDE
OR THE HOUSING OUTCOMES SLIDE.
YES, THIS ONE. I WANT TO BREAK
DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I SEE
WE DON'T BREAK DOWN THE
PERMANENT HOUSING TO VOUCHER
SUPPORTIVE PLACEMENTS. I WONDER
IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE THERE IS A MIX IN
EXACTLY IN WAY TO WHAT THOSE
PLACEMENTS WERE THAT MIGHT BE
INSTRUCTIVE FOR SOME OF OUR
FUTURE PLANNING AROUND THIS
WORK?
>> YES, I WILL SAY SOMETHING
BRIEFLY, BUT OTHERS ARE IN A
BETTER POSITION. BUT MY
RECOLLECTION IS THAT THIS WAS
PERMANENT HOUSING, BUT
SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED
VOUCHERS. HOWEVER, CORRECT ME I
I'M WRONG, BUT IT'S MAINLY THOS
WHO EXITED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
IS THAT CORRECT? CF1 O
>> AND SHE IS THE EXPERT ON THI
AND SO FEW SECONDS OF WARNING
THAT I'LL PASS THAT TO YOU. BUT
WHAT WAS NOTICEABLE ABOUT THIS
PERIOD IS THAT WE HAD BOTH. WE
HAD A BRIEF MOMENT IN TIME TO
FIND OUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF W
TOOK A POOL OF PEOPLE AND
MATCHED EACH PERSON TO THEIR
OPTIMAL HOUSING RESOURCE. SO IT
WASN'T TRYING TO FORCE PEOPLE
WHO REALLY NEED THE LEVEL OF
SUPPORT, BUT THE AVAILABLE
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INTO
EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS,
WHERE THEY HAVE TO LIVE LARGELY
INDEPENDENTLY. AND IT ALSO
WASN'T IMPORTANTLY FORCING
PEOPLE WHO CAN LIVE
INDEPENDENTLY WITH THE LIGHT
SUPPORT INTO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS
MORE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AND
JUST BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE
THE ONLY PLACE AVAILABLE AT THE
MOMENT. AND SO WE HAD THE
FASCINATING AND EXPERIENCE OF
HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO NEEDED
TO HAVE A PLAN ALL AT ONCE AND
JUST GOING BACK TO THE SPRING O
2022 IS WHEN A NUMBER OF HOTEL
BASED PROGRAMS WERE COMING TO A
END AND THEY WERE ASKED TO MAKE
SURE THAT PEOPLE DID NOT EXIT
THAT STREET AND WORKING WITH TH
TEAM, HONESTLY THEY ASKED US A
QUESTION. I DON'T THINK THEY HA
EVER BEEN ASKED. IF YOU COULD
CHART ANY ROAD, WHAT WOULD BE
THE RIGHT MATCH. AND STOP
WORRYING ABOUT WHAT DO YOU THIN
WE HAVE. WELL, THAT'S THE RIGHT
ANSWER, AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE
FINISHING THE RUNDOWN OF THE
ENTIRE ROSTER. AND PEOPLE IN
JUST CARE FACILITIES WHO NEEDED
A PLACE TO GO IN THE SPRING OF
2022. NOT MORE THAN HALF NEEDED
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AN
WOULD FIND THAT TO BE THE
OPTIMAL MATCH, WHICH HAS
RAMIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF
HOUSING UNITS AND A GOOD
SOLUTION FOR THE POPULATION THA
IS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
CRYSTAL, WE KIND OF FAMOUSLY
CALLED EVERYBODY BACK TO HAVE
THIS DISCUSSION WHEN FOLKS WERE
HEADED TO GET THEIR OIL CHANGED
BECAUSE WE HAD NEVER BEEN GIVEN
THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION BEFORE. THANK YOU
TO THE TEAM FOR BEING EXTREMELY
INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING CHANGE
AND THE WAY THEY ALLOCATE THE
PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES THA
THEY HAD DURING THAT ENTIRE YEA
TO TRY TO SHIFT PATTERNS OF
RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT EMERGED
OVER TIME AND VERY PERSISTENT
IN, SORRY, PERMANENT HOUSING
ACCESS. THIS CONVERSATION THEY
ASKED US TO HAVE WAS A PART OF
THAT TURN. CRYSTAL, WHAT LIGHT
CAN YOU SHED ON HOW IT ENDED UP
PLAYING OUT WITH THAT PORTFOLIO
>> SO THAT WAS A VERY
INTERESTING TIME. SO YEAH, WE
HAD A MIX OF PARTICIPANTS THAT
WE WERE MATCHING TO THE HOUSING
VOUCHERS LIKE LISA SAID AND THE
WE HAD THE OTHER GROUP THAT DID
NOT HAVE NECESSARILY, LIKE THEY
WERE MAYBE MORE THEIR NEEDS THA
THEY WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, GONE
OVER WITH THEM OR THEY EXHIBITE
AND OBSERVED AND SHELTERED WERE
MORE OF LIKE FOR PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR WE CALL I
LIGHTING HOUSING, WHICH IS LIGH
CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND NO
AS INTENSIVE SUPPORT AT HOUSING
AND SO THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMES AUTHORITY COORDINATED
ENTRY AND US, WE HAD COME
TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A WAY
TO STRATEGIZE AND HOW TO CONNEC
THE RESOURCES WITH THE PLYMOUTH
BUILDING THAT WAS COMING OPEN,
AND ALL THE ROOMS WERE GOING TO
BE AVAILABLE, AND SO, YOU KNOW,
WE WENT THROUGH THE ROSTER AND
DID OUR BEST TO MAKE MATCHES FO
THAT BUILDING AND THEN THERE
WERE SOME OTHER OPENINGS, BUT I
WAS THAT DIRECT PARTNERSHIP THA
WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE AND BUILD
WITH. KCRA THAT REALLY OPENED U
THE DOORS FOR OUR FOLKS TO HAVE
THAT OPTION AND AN ADDITIONAL
OPTION IF THEY WERE NOT A GOOD
FIT FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE
INDEPENDENT LIVING WITH THE
VOUCHER AS OPPOSED TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
>> AND DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTL
THAT THE SPLIT IN THAT WAY TOO
WAS ABOUT 50/50? WHICH IS MY
ORIGINAL QUESTION?
>> YEAH. THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL
ALLOCATION IN THE PLAN WHEN
GIVEN THE OPTION TO SORT OF HAV
THAT RIGHT MATCH FOR EACH OF OU
PARTICIPANTS. WHAT'S NOTICEABLE
ABOUT THAT, COMING IN OUR FRONT
DOOR, ALMOST EVERYBODY WOULD
HAVE BEEN THOUGHT TO BE LOGICAL
AND CAN BE FOR PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
>> RIGHT. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THI
WAY TO EXIT THE 70% OF
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. HALF OF THA
70% WAS A VOUCHER SUPPORTED IN
THE PRIVATE PLACEMENT,
APPROXIMATELY, AND HALF WAS
APPROXIMATELY SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING?
>> AND THOSE WERE THE MATCHES
THAT WERE DESIGNED. I'LL SAY TH
BARRIERS TO USING THE VOUCHERS
ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT. THAT IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD PLAN FOR
THEM. SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ENDE
UP HAVING TO TAKE SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING OPTIONS BECAUSE THE
VOUCHER UTILIZATION IS JUST SO
CHALLENGING. AND SO I DON'T
THINK THAT IT PROBABLY ENDED UP
BEING ACTUALLY 50%. ON BOTH
SIDES OF THAT LINE, BUT IT COUL
HAVE BEEN, AND I THINK THAT IS
THE IMPORTANT TERM IN TERMS OF
THEIR ABILITY AND THEIR
CHARACTERISTIC THAT IT COULD
HAVE BEEN. SO IN TERMS OF
TREADING THE COURSE FOR SOMEBOD
DIRECTLY FROM THE STREET, THAT
SORT OF PROCESS COULD LOOK
DIFFERENT THAN AFTER PEOPLE HAV
BEEN ABLE TO LIVE IN A SECURE
LOCATION TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S
REALLY GOING ON WITH THEIR LIFE
AND THEIR PRIORITIES AND TO WOR
ON BARRIERS WITH THE ROBUST CAR
TEAM FOR SOME MONTHS. THAT
REALLY DOES CHANGE THE PICTURE
FOR A LOT OF OUR FOLKS.
>> AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING IS BECAUSE OF THE
SERVICES, JUSTCARE WAS
PROVIDING, THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH VOUCHER
UTILIZATION RATE? SUCCESSFUL
UTILIZATION RATE GIVEN THE
POPULATION?
>> EXACTLY.
>> YEAH, SO IDEALLY IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN 50%, BUT PROBABLY
SOMETHING THAT WAS SHORT OF
THAT.
>> YES.
>> AND I WOULD BE REALLY CURIOU
TO KNOW WHAT THE ABSOLUTE
BREAKDOWN WAS IN TERMS OF
VOUCHER SUPPORTED. TO THE EXTEN
THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WAYS TO
BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT PREPARING
PEOPLE TO BE IN A POSITION WHER
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PURSUE
THE VOUCHER PLACEMENT. THAT'S A
INTERESTING TAKEAWAY FROM THIS
AND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT AND TALK TO THE TEAM
ABOUT WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE
ATTRIBUTED THAT TO. GO AHEAD.
>> AND JUST TO CONCUR THERE THA
A STRONG THEME FROM OUR WORK,
OUR EXPERIENCE, THAT OF OTHER
PROVIDERS, THAT WE WORKED OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO IT
HAS BEEN A THEME OF INTEREST IN
A FLEXIBLE DEEP SUSTAINED
VOUCHER PROGRAM. THERE REALLY I
ROOM FOR THAT IN THE PORTFOLIO
OF PERMANENT HOUSING RESPONSES
FOR THIS POPULATION. AND I'M NO
SURE IF ANY OF US WOULD HAVE
PROJECTED THAT TO BE AS TRUE AS
IT PROVED TO BE.
>> GREAT, I HAVE A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP
TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS. COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANKS. I HAVE A FEW
DIFFERENT QUESTIONS RELATED TO
FEW DIFFERENT SLIDES. MAYBE I'L
ASK MY QUESTION AND THEN HOLD M
QUESTIONS AND MAYBE IF YOU END
UP ON THE SAME SLIDE, THAT I
HAVE QUESTIONS ON, THEN I'LL
FOLLOW YOU THEN, ALL RIGHT?
>> AND LISA, JUST GO AHEAD AND
ASK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AND THER
IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE YET
SO FEEL FREE TO USE THE FLOOR.
>> I WILL START WITH THE
QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE SLIDES
SO WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY,
YOU'RE ATTRIBUTING THESE TO
LARGE DIFFERENCES IN HOUSING
OUTCOMES BETWEEN WAVES ONE AND
TWO AND TO THIS COORDINATION
WITH RHA. AND JUST WANTING TO
UNDERSTAND THAT TO A LITTLE BIT
MORE DETAILED. SO DOES THIS MEA
BECAUSE OF THE COORDINATION WIT
RHA, LEADING YOU TO BE ABLE TO
BETTER ACCESS RESOURCES THAT
THERE'S CARE REPLACEMENTS?
>> YES, AT THAT TIME THAT IS NO
AN ONGOING COMMITMENT, BUT THEY
MADE THAT TO OUR PROGRAM IF THA
MAKES SENSE. AND WE WERE
SPRAYING THE EXECUTIVE SPECIFIC
HOTEL THAT WAS BEING SORT OF
DECOMMISSIONED AS A PART OF THE
SHELTER SURGE PROCESS AND
ANOTHER PROVIDER WAS OPERATING
THAT. WE HAD OUR FACILITIES AND
A FEW OTHERS. AND SO THEY WERE
SEQUENTIALLY WORKING TO MAKE
SURE THOSE FACILITIES DID NOT
COME TO AN END AND HAVE PEOPLE
JUST RETURNING TO THE STREET.
THE DIFFERENT CLIMATE POPULATIO
TESTED BETWEEN THEM IN A
DIFFERENT WAYS. AND OURS TESTED
THAT COORDINATION ENTRY AS YOU
SAY BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT A
POPULATION THAT IN THE PAST
BECAUSE KING COUNTY'S PROCESS
HAS PRIORITIZED VULNERABILITY.
NOT CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. NOT
BARRIERS, AND NOT EXPOSURE TO
OTHER SYSTEMS LIKE THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM. BUT THEY DID. I
THINK THAT IS THE IMPORTANT PAR
THAT THEY FULLY EMBRACED
TACKLING THE POPULATION AND ALS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. SO
SEEING THAT, WE HAD VERY STRONG
-- WHEN PEOPLE WERE GOING TO
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PROVIDERS, THERE WAS A RECEIVIN
TEAM THAT, YOU KNOW, REPORT FRO
THOSE TEAMS THAT PEOPLE COMING
IN FROM THE CO-LEAD PROGRAM WER
VERY WELL SUPPORTIVE AND THEY
COULD HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY. WE
RARELY DROPPED AN AVAILABLE
UNIT. YOU KNOW, WE FAILED TO
COMPLETE THE MATCH, ALL OF THAT
WAS JUST A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND
EVERYBODY WAS VERY, YOU KNOW,
OPEN TO TAKING THAT LEARNING ON
BOARD. AND THIS DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT IF YOU WILL, HAPPENS TO
TAKE PLACE AT A TIME WHEN DATA
WAS CIRCULATING, MADE AVAILABLE
ABOUT THE MARKET RACIAL
DISPARITY AND THE POPULATION
THAT WAS PRIORITIZED FOR
PERMANENT HOUSING UNDER THE OLD
CRITERIA. AND UNDER THEIR
APPROACH, THEY WERE TRYING
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, SO I THIN
THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS
ONE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAKE
SOME CHANGES, AND FIND OUT, YOU
KNOW, HOW THAT WOULD WORK AND I
DID WORK VERY WELL. I WOULD GIV
THEM A TON OF CREDIT FOR LEANIN
VERY FAR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
>> SO MOVING FORWARD. HOW DO
BOTH APPROACHES OF PRIORITIZING
POPULATION LIVE TOGETHER SIDE B
SIDE?
>> I MEAN --
>> AND IT IS BOTH SO IMPORTANT,
RIGHT?
>> RIGHT. I MEAN THE EDITORIAL
COMMENTS AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF
LISTENING TO EVERYONE BELIEVES
THE POPULATION THEY WORK WITH
SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED, AND ONE
CANNOT PRIORITIZE ALL
CIRCUMSTANCES OR IT'S NOT A
PRIORITIZATION. BUT I DO THINK
THAT THE BRAIDED, OBVIOUSLY NO
ONE SERVICE PROVIDER CAN BE
PRIORITIZED OR THIS ENDS UP
WORKING VERY BADLY AND LOSING
LEGITIMACY, SO IT'S NOT ABOUT
THAT, BUT THAT THE MODEL, THE
COLEAD MODEL, WHICH SAN APPROAC
THAT MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS HAV
HELPED TO CRAFT. IT IS
REPLICABLE, AND IT IS A PART OF
THE PRIORITIZATION STREAMS. SO
THE TERMS WE USE THAT PDA IS
BRAIDING PRIORITIZATION, AND SO
THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE ONL
COLUMN THAT REACHES AND THAT IT
IS THE TOP OF THE LADDER THAT
PEOPLE IN THIS COLUMN DO HAVE T
REACH THE TOP OF THE LADDER IN.
FOR MANY YEARS, THAT WAS NOT TH
CASE BECAUSE PRIORITIZING
VULNERABILITY WILL TEND TO
DEPRIORITIZE PEOPLE WHO ARE
YOUNGER, AND I DON'T MEAN YOUNG
TO PROFESSOR'S CLAIMS. BUT THE
POPULATION WAS NOT SUPER YOUNG,
BUT ALSO IT WAS NOT SUPER
ELDERLY. AND SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
A HIGH IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY
ARE EXPOSED TO THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM CANNOT DISCORD
SUPER HIGH ON VULNERABILITY. BU
WHEN LEFT AS A PUBLIC POLICY OU
IN THE STREETS, THEY HAVE A VER
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. SO MAKING
SURE THIS POPULATION OF PEOPLE
DOES HAVE PRIORITY ACCESS IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL IF THEY WAN
TO SEE DIFFERENT PATTERNS AND A
REDUCTION IN THE IMPACT IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THIS COHORT I
JUST LIKE THE GREAT EXAMPLE OF
HOW EFFECTIVELY THAT COULD BE
DONE IF THE POINT OF ENTRY WILL
ALLOW THIS TO BE A PART OF THE
PRIORITIZATION.
>> AND SO HOW IS THAT NEXT, LIK
YOU HAVE A GOOD VISION FOR HOW
YOU WILL HAVE A BRAIDED
PRIORITIZATION APPROACH. HOW DO
WE IMPROVE THE PROOF OF CONTACT
AND ENSURE THE SYSTEM THAT WE
USE INCORPORATES IT MOVING ON,
THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM
INCORPORATES THAT, THAT APPROAC
MOVING FORWARD.
>> I MEAN I'LL JUST SAY VERY
BRIEFLY THAT COORDINATED ENTRY,
IT'S LIKE A SHARED PUBLIC
RESOURCE THAT IS FOR THE REGION
WE HAVE TO APPLY ALL OF THE --
I'M SORRY, ALL OF THE WINNING -
I'M IN A HOTEL AND SOMEBODY IS
CALLING ME. ALL THE LEARNING
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS
ABOUT THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF
SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPL
WHO ARE OTHERWISE DESTINED TO
THEIR CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM DO
GET PRIORITIZED AND COORDINATED
LEVEL ENTRY. IT'S A VERY SIMPLE
PROPOSITION, BUT IT HAS NEVER
YET BEEN ACHIEVED. SO THE CITY
LEADERS, THE COUNTY LEADERS, AN
THOSE LEADERSHIPS IN THE
FIVE-YEAR PLANS AND IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS AS A VALUE AND AS
A POLICY COMMITMENT LIKE THE
TIME IS NOW. THIS THIS IS THE
TAKEAWAY FROM ONE TABLE AND FOR
THOSE WHO WILL GO BACK A FEW
YEARS. IT'S BEEN A TAKEAWAY FRO
EVERY SERIOUS STUDY ABOUT THE
WAY IN WHICH HOMELESSNESS AND
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
INTERSECTS AS WE WILL HAVE TO
EMBED ACCESS TO PERMANENT
HOUSING AS A PART OF THE SAFETY
THAT THEY ADOPTED. AND I DON'T
THINK THERE IS RESISTANCE TO
THIS AT COORDINATED ENTRY, BUT
THERE ARE SO MANY DEMANDS THAT
IT WILL HAVE TO BE PUBLIC
OFFICIALS DEMANDS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS, I'M DONE WITH THIS SLIDE
SHOULD I GO ON TO A QUESTION ON
ANOTHER SLIDE?
>> YES, GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBE
HERBOLD. WELL NO, I HAVE ONE
MORE FOR THAT SLIDE ACTUALLY,
JUST REAL BRIEFLY. UNDER OTHER
OUTCOMES, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT
STAYED FAIRLY CONSISTENT
REGARDLESS OF THE WAVE, WHAT AR
SOME COMMON EXAMPLES OF THINGS
THAT WILL FALL UNDER THE
PERCENT? IS THAT LIKE PEOPLE
REUNITED WITH FAMILY OUTSIDE OF
JURISDICTION KIND OF THINGS, OR
LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE?
>> I BELIEVE THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN THE REPOR
UNDER THIS TABLE AND THAT IS
WHAT I RECOMMEND THAT IT
INCLUDED A FEW PEOPLE WHO DIED
AND THEY WERE INCARCERATED. ONE
OR TWO PEOPLE DISAPPEARED. IF
THEY WENT TO MOVE IN WITH FAMIL
AND FRIENDS, WE CONSIDER THEM T
BE TEMPORARILY HOUSED AND IN
THAT HOUSING CATEGORY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION. I'LL HAND IT BAC
OVER TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANKS. I THINK THESE NEXT
QUESTIONS WILL BE MORE BRIEF. O
TABLE ONE, THE DEMOGRAPHIC
SNAPSHOT. THE NOTE SAYS THE DAT
INCLUDES FOLKS WHO EXITED CARE
HOUSING, AND ALSO INCLUDES FOLK
SERVED BY JUST CARE AND NOT
PLACED INTO HOUSING, AND JUST
WONDERING IF IT DOESN'T INCLUDE
IT, THAT GROUP OF FOLKS. IS
THERE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THA
THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE WOULD B
DIFFERENT?
>> SO THAT'S WHAT'S SHOWN IN
THIS OTHER TABLE HERE, RIGHT? S
WE LOOKED AT HOUSING OUTCOMES
AND HOW THEY VARY BY RACE AND B
GENDER AND BY AGE, SO YOU CAN
KIND OF GET THE ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION HERE. AND AGAIN, WHAT
WE SEE IS SOME INTERESTING, BUT
NOT SUPER COMPREHENSIBLE
VARIATION BY RACE. [ CAPTIONERS
TRANSITIONING ]
>> MAINLY THE MAIN DIFFERENCE
IN OUTCOMES HAS TO DO WITH AGE.
>> I THINK YOU MAY HAVE
ADDRESSED IT, IS THERE
SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN THE
SMALL SAMPLE SIZE? TO HAVE
INSIGHTS FOR WHITE FOLKS WHO
IDENTIFIED AS AMERICAN INDIAN,
ALASKA NATIVE, MULTIRACIAL AND
GENDER NON-BINARY, WERE MORE
LIKELY TO RETURN TO HOMELESS
THAN OTHERS.
>> IT'S A REALLY SMALL SAMPLE
SIZE THAT WE HAVE HERE.
PARTICULARLY FOR THE TRANSGENDE
I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 2
INDIVIDUALS. I THINK IT WOULD
BE UNWISE TO FIXATE TOO MUCH O
THOSE DIFFERENCES.
>> THANK YOU, MY LAST THING,
JUST A COMMENT, THANKS TO THE
CAREFUL I OF CHRISTINA IN MY
OFFICE, I WANTED TO LIFT UP
BECAUSE IT'S VERY
INSIGNIFICANT, THE SERVICE
-RELATED OUTCOMES, 41% OF THE
PARTICIPANTS HAD ENTRY. MORE
THAN TWICE THAT FIGURE, GET
HEALTHCARE ON EXIT. IT'S REALL
AN INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENT FOR
THAT GROUP OF FOLKS. WHO AS HA
BEEN REPORTED, THEY HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT NEED. NO COMMENT.
NO QUESTIONS. JUST AN
OBSERVATION OF SOMETHING VERY
IMPORTANT.
>> I AGREE.
>> IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND
IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE. TH
HOUSING READY STATISTICS,
PROBABLY TO BE MORE EXPECTED
BASED ON THE HEALTH RATHER THAN
OCCURRENCE BUT REALLY
IMPRESSIVE OUTCOMES AND I'M GLA
WE ARE TRACKED IN THIS RESEARCH
I HAVE A COUPLE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS THAT I'M HAPPY TO OPE
IT UP AND SEE IF ANY COMMITTEE
MEMBERS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
THINGS TO ADD. DO WE HAVE A GOO
INDICATION, MAYBE BROKEN DOWN
BY THE WAVES ON AVERAGE STAY?
IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE THE DATA
POINTS WERE WE COULD
EXTRAPOLATE THAT BASED ON THE
EXITS PER MONTH DATA COLUMN.
BUT, AVERAGE STAY PER UNIT,
WHETHER FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF
THE PROGRAM O BROKEN DOWN BY
WAVE, WOULD BE AN INTERESTING
THING TO INQUIRE OVER.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE WE INCLUDED
THOSE FIGURES IN THE REPORTS.
DO KNOW, WE DID LOOK AT IT AT
SOME POINT AND I KNOW THE
AVERAGE LENGTH, THROUGHOUT THE
MARKET, IT MAKES SENSE AS THERE
WAS NOWHERE FOR PEOPLE TO GO IN
THE FIRST WAVE. SO THE PEOPLE
WHO COULD STAY WOULD STAY FOR A
LONG AS THEY COULD. NOW THAT
THERE ARE THESE OTHER OPTIONS
AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE CASE
MANAGERS ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH
THEM MUCH MORE QUICKLY. I DON'
HAVE THE PRECISE NUMBERS BUT IT
MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD
PRODUCE IF THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU O
OTHERS WANT TO ELABORATE ON
THAT?
>> JUST THE LENGTH OF STAY IN
THE EARLIER PORTION OF THE
PROGRAM, WE HAD NO IDEA HOW
LONG WE COULD KEEP THIS PROGRA
EVEN RUNNING RIGHT? WE WERE
GETTING MONTH-TO-MONTH FUNDING
EXTENSIONS, PEOPLE WERE UNSURE
HOW LONG THEY COULD STAY. WE
WERE PREPARING PEOPLE BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO CERTAINTY ABOUT
ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MIGHT NEE
TO EXIT TO THE STREET. THAT
WHOLE THING REALLY CHANGED WHEN
THERE WAS A PUBLIC POLICY
DECISION TO HAVE THAT NOT BE TH
OUTCOME. I DON'T THINK THIS IS
TYPICAL. I THINK WHAT WE SAW A
THE END WAS TYPICAL, HOW IF YO
USE AN APPROACH LIKE THIS, AS
COMMUNITY RESOURCE, HOW COULD
IT GO? IT WILL GO LIKE IT DID
AT THE END WHEN PUBLIC OFFICIAL
DID SORT OF CLAIM THIS. WE KNE
WE WANTED THIS AND WE WANTED T
HAVE IT WORK AS WELL AS
POSSIBLE. THAT IS THE ARK.
>> I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN,
PARTICULARLY IN WAVE TWO. WE
SEE THIS MASSIVE REDUCTION AND
RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS, THAT
CAN BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE
ADDITIONAL RAPID REHAB . I AM
CURIOUS ABOUT, THE 17.4%
RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS TO THE
EXTENT IN WAVE 2 , IN YOU HAVE
A THEORY FOR THAT NUMBER.
LIKE FOR THE REASONS? JUST FOR
OUR INFORMATION GOING FORWARD,
AND WHAT IT IS ABOUT OUR
PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS. THAT
CLEARLY THERE IS STILL A
SIGNIFICANT GAP FOR A
SIGNIFICANT COHORT OF FOLKS .
THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS THAT,
BUT IF THERE IS ANY COMMENTARY
ON THINGS THAT COULD CLOSE THAT
GAP AND CLOSE THAT NUMBER MORE.
>> THE DOCTOR MAY WANT TO
COMMENT ON THIS BUT THIS IS
REALLY, WHEN I SAID EARLIER,
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
DECLINE. DESPITE WHEN WE
DECIDED, AND WHEN WE DESIGNED
JUST CARE, WHICH IS OUR SHELTE
LODGING CASE MANAGEMENT
PARTNERS. WE HAD A GAP FOR
PEOPLE WITH SEVERE MENTAL
ILLNESS. THERE WERE
INDIVIDUALS, EVEN DURING THIS
TIME, WHOSE NEEDS EXCEEDS THE
KIND OF CARE AND SUPPORT WE
COULD SURVIVE. -- PROVIDE. WE
HAVE STAFF ON-SITE, AND MANY
OTHER PARTICIPANTS WHOSE SAFET
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SO ,
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WE
COULDN'T MAINTAIN AND WE NEEDE
TO MAKE A TRANSITION TO
PERMANENT HOUSING. WE DON'T
HAVE, WE HAD OUR RECENT
EXPERIENCE OF THIS LAST WEEK.
IT'S A VERY HEARTBREAKING
SITUATION. WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD
SOLUTION FOR PEOPLE WHO,
BECAUSE OF PSYCHOSIS OR OTHER
MENTAL ILLNESS THREATEN THE
SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OTHER
PEOPLE AND THEMSELVES. THEY ARE
VERY VULNERABLE, AND NEED CARE
AND SUPPORT, THAT IS NOT A
CRISIS SITUATION BUT A SITUATIO
OF CHRONIC UNSUPPORTED, YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE LIVING UNSUPPORTE
WHO ARE VERY MENTALLY ILL, WHO
NEED A HOUSING SOLUTION. WHEN
I SAY IT'S NOT CRISIS, IT'S NOT
SOMETHING THAT CRISIS CENTERS
FILL THE GAP FOR. AND OUR CIVI
COMMITMENT SYSTEM, WHICH
IDEALLY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
ACCESS CIVIL COMMITMENT, FOR
OTHER RESIDENTIAL
ALTERNATIVES. IT'S REALLY NOT
ACCESSIBLE TO PROGRAMS LIKE
OURS AND PARTICIPANTS LIKE
OURS. SO INDIVIDUALS ARE
RELEASED TO HOMELESSNESS
BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP SOME
PEOPLE SAFELY AND THERE IS NO
OTHER PIECE OF OUR SYSTEM THAT'
DESIGNED TO RECEIVE SUCH
INDIVIDUALS, IT'S TRULY
HEARTBREAKING.
>> LISA THANK YOU. I'M GOING T
SEE IF THERE'S OTHER COLLEAGUES
WHO ARE LOOKING TO BE
RECOGNIZED, I DON'T SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I REALLY
APPRECIATE WE WERE ABLE TO SPEN
A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AGENDA
ITEM TODAY, GO THROUGH THIS
REPORT, I APPRECIATE THIS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE PHYSICAL
REPORT AND DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. OF THAT
INFORMATION THAT IS NOW
GENERALLY IN BROADLY AVAILABLE
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT MY
PERSONAL GRATITUDE AND THE
GRATITUDE OF A LOT OF MY
CONSTITUENTS. IN THE CENTRAL
CORE CONSTITUENTS , BUT ALSO OF
DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT 2, WHO
HAVE BEEN IN THE CATCHMENT AREA
. IN TERMS OF WHEN THINGS WER
REALLY BAD AND AT THEIR WORST,
THIS IS A TEAM THAT REALLY
STOOD UP AND CAME INTO THE VOID
AND WORKED TO MAKE A PROGRAM
THAT SPOKE TO THE PROBLEM OUR
COMMUNITY WAS FACING. WE HAVE
LEARNED A LOT FROM IT, WE WERE
ABLE TO DO A LOT OF GOOD AND
THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS HERE
THAT HAVE SOME SCALABILITY
ATTACHED TO THEM AND THINGS WE
CAN REPLICATE TO CONTINUE
MAKING PROGRESS ON THESE ISSUES
THERE'S ALSO SOME THINGS THAT
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT DESPITE
OUR BEST INTENTIONS AND OUR BES
ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE THE GAP, WE
ARE STILL JUST NOT THERE YET.
AS WAS JUST INDICATED ESPECIALL
IN REGARDS TO VERY HIGH ACUITY
BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.
SO I'M COMMITTED TO CONTINUING
WITH THIS WORK, WITH ALL THE
PEOPLE HERE AND THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
TRANSPARENCY AND THE CONTINUED
COMMITMENT TO DATA REPORTING AN
INTERNAL EVALUATION , TO HAVE A
CULTURE OF CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT
IN THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE
DOING TOGETHER. A LOT OF THESE
RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
WE LOOK FOR THAT MAP WHERE THER
USED TO BE ENCAMPMENTS AND
THERE ARE WHOLE COMMUNITIES WHO
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE ACCES
TO CARE AND GOOD HOUSING
OUTCOMES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEE
AVAILABLE WITHOUT THE WORK OF
THE PEOPLE HERE AND I'M REALLY
GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I KNOW THAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY,
WHO HAVE LIVED OR HAVE
BUSINESSES AROUND THE SITES OF
THOSE ENCAMPMENTS ARE ALSO
GRATEFUL. IT'S A REAL TESTAMEN
TO THE STRENGTH OF YOUR MODEL
AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS WOR
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ARE
THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE
WE CLOSE OUT THIS AGENDA ITEM
AND THEN CLOSE OUT THE
COMMITTEE? I DON'T SEE ANY.
THIS WAS OUR ONLY AGENDA ITEM,
I'M SEEING NOTHING FOR THE GOOD
OF THE ORDER. IT IS NOW 3:41
P.M., I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AN
ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU
ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND
EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOODBYE.
>> GOODBYE .
>> GOODBYE.