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City reports on performance of homeless response programs in first half of 2019

On 10/01/2019 By Kevin Schofield In homeless, human services

Yesterday HSD Interim Director Jason Johnson delivered a report to the City Council on the performance of the city’s homeless-response programs through the first half of 2019. There was some good news.

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Regional governance structure for homeless response starting to take shape

On 07/23/2019 By Kevin Schofield In homeless

According to a briefing delivered to the City Council yesterday, key questions are now starting to be answered in the long process of devising a regional governance structure for the response to the homelessness crisis.

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City Auditor criticizes aspects of city’s homeless response

On 02/07/2019 By Kevin Schofield In audit, homeless

Today the Seattle City Auditor released its review of aspects of the city’s homeless response related to early outreach, hygiene services, and rigorous evaluation. The report was critical of the city’s execution on all three issues.

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Seattle and King County slowly moving toward regional governance for homelessness response

On 01/14/2019 By Kevin Schofield In homeless

While most of the attention in 2018 was on the lackluster and fruitless “One Table” effort to drive a regional response to homelessness, it appears that quietly the stage was being set for a move to a regional governance system — or at least for the parts under the control of Seattle and King County.

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City puts $30M of homeless response funding out to bid

On 06/28/2017 By Kevin Schofield In homeless, housing

For the first time in ten years, the City of Seattle is bidding out $30 million of homelessness funding through an open RFP process.  It’s using the RFP as a chance to rewrite the rules for service providers — and more importantly to ratchet up the requirements placed upon them.

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Catching up on the homelessness response

On 06/15/2017 By Kevin Schofield In homeless

Yesterday afternoon the Council received another monthly briefing on the “Bridging the Gap” short-term response to the homelessness crisis in Seattle.

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“Bridging the Gap” interim homeless response gives its first Council update

On 12/15/2016 By Kevin Schofield In homeless

Yesterday the Human Services and Public Health Committee heard its first update of the Mayor’s “Bridging the Gap” plan, intended to be the interim response to the city’s homelessness crisis until the full “Pathways Home” plan can be rolled out in 2018.

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Understanding the Budget, Part 3: Human Services Department

On 10/10/2016 By Kevin Schofield In budget, human services

The Human Services Department, often referred to as HSD, is one of the largest departments in the city with 325 full-time employees and a proposed 2017 budget of $156.7 million. Where does the money come from, and where does it all go?

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News roundup: secure scheduling, heroin task force, and more

On 09/19/2016 By Kevin Schofield In bicycling, homeless, human services, labor, news

This afternoon’s vote on the secure scheduling ordinance tops this morning’s news coverage.

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News roundup: Homeless camps, electric cars, and more

On 09/15/2016 By Kevin Schofield In homeless, human services, news, police, transportation, zoning

Lots of things happening this week, especially around the homeless crisis, encampments, and the Jungle.

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