The City of Seattle sponsors JustCARE, a homeless outreach coordinator, through two multi-million dollar contracts set to expire in June.
— a homeless outreach coordinator which, largely, assists the Seattle unsheltered population into hotel housing — faces a fiscal cliff.
As a model for that expense, the City references hotels acquired under the Health through Housing initiative. Per capital costs associated with that program, it estimates that each bed rings in at an average of just over $200,000. To date, no source funds have been identified to pay the debt service on the bonds potentially issued to fund the acquisition. No funding has been identified to keep JustCARE operational past the summer .
JustCARE is also affiliated with REACH and the Workforce Development Council. It was created in the middle of the pandemic with the help of advocacy from the King County Council, largely with the intent to take pressure off the city’s pandemic-fueled rise in homelessness. Services provided include integration into state-sponsored health care, COVID intake, reduction of emergency medical services, medication management, overdose prevention, on-call support to reduce emergency service calls, coordination with city and county prosecutors for casework and warrant issuance, transportation and networking into housing, and building relationships with the homeless for the integration required to illicit those services.
“I would hope, as we are having this conversation as a city family regarding those hard decisions, that we’re also trying to prioritize investments designed to get our general fund back on track and rebuild the coffers of the city in a way that reduces having a budgeting process of austerity due to COVID era decline and some of the compounding impacts that we’ve seen regarding chronic homelessness and crime that have exacerbated that,” Lewis added.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
City Council proclaims March 2 Seattle Kraken DayThroughout the day there will be surprise giveaways and discounts at the Kraken Community Iceplex and at select bars, entertainment venues and other Seattle locations.
Weiterlesen »
As city grapples with public safety crisis, Seattle mayor targets 'sustainable change'The path toward what Mayor Harrell calls 'one Seattle' has been slow going, but it's also a goal he says will take time to fully realize.
Weiterlesen »
Seattle City Council approves $220K in retroactive SPD hiring bonusesThe bonuses will go to fourteen 911 dispatchers and five SPD officers who were hired in January.
Weiterlesen »
Salt Lake City mayor terminates mask mandate in city buildings, vehiclesNumbers reported Tuesday by the Utah Department of Health show a continued decline in new cases, hospitalizations and ICU occupancy rates across the state.
Weiterlesen »
Philly company moving its Ukraine workers city to city, house to house, as Russian invasion intensifiesDaily News | Philly company moving its Ukraine workers city to city, house to house, as Russian invasion intensifies
Weiterlesen »