Addressing Homelessness
Status report of the Mayor’s interim action plan to address homelessness and create new and safe alternatives.
4/12/17
CITY OF SEATTLE –OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY
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Summary
Navigation Team has had 291 contacts with persons living homeless
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Provided 116 referrals to other living arrangementsInter-agency and inter-jurisdictional effort to make safer alternatives for unsheltered people to live
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67 people living in 3 additional encampments
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Daily, real-time shelter and encampment space vacancies to outreach workersMulti-agency task force providing trash and debris
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More than 1600 tons of trash and debris removed
4/12/17
CITY OF SEATTLE –THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY
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Homelessness Activation Overview
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Mission 1: Make an additional 200+ safer living spaces availableMission 2: Reduce TrashMission 3: Connect people with services and mitigate most hazardous encampmentsMission 4: Implement Revised MDARsMission 5: Incubate Housing Resource Center (HRC) to increase access to housingMission 6: Engage the public and mobilize community responseMission 7: Maintain Situational AwarenessMission 8: Employee training and communicationMission 9: Communications
Addressing Homelessness