Seattle Councilmember Andrew Lewis is calling to expand city’s JustCARE program, designed to address problematic homeless encampments in the downtown core.
Seattle councilmember touts ‘win-win’ approach to addressing downtown homeless camps
JustCARE operates as a collaboration between city leaders, businesses, homeless, and behavioral health outreach workers and others, to offer quick temporary housing and wraparound services that make people living in encampments more inclined to accept shelter and services.
Up until now, the program has been limited in its scope, but has seen success in clearing several downtown Seattle encampments, all while getting unhoused residents into shelter spaces. So far, it’s been called on to assist with camps at
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