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 1
Summary Navigation Team has had 291 contacts with persons living homeless • Provided 116 referrals to other living arrangements Inter-agency and inter-jurisdictional effort to make safer alternatives for unsheltered people to live 67 people living in 3 additional encampments • • Daily, real-time shelter and encampment space vacancies to outreach workers Multi-agency task force providing trash and debris • More than 1600 tons of trash and debris removed 4/12/17 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 2
Addressing Homelessness Mission 1: Make an additional 200+ Mission 5: Incubate Housing Resource safer living spaces available Center (HRC) to increase access to housing Mission 2: Reduce Trash Mission 6: Engage the public and mobilize community response Mission 3: Connect people with Mission 7: Maintain Situational Awareness services and mitigate most hazardous encampments Mission 8: Employee training and communication Mission 4: Implement Mission 9: Communications Revised MDARs Homelessness Activation Overview 3
Creating Safe Alternatives • Compass Housing was awarded $1.3m for a new 100-bed, 24/7 shelter in the First Hill Neighborhood. • New shelter will serve a co-ed population, including couples. • First Presbyterian Church (1013 8 th Ave.) • Outreach plan -- includes neighborhood notification and a community meeting on May 22 at 6:30 pm at the church • Project should open in June/July 2017 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 4
New Managed Encampments • Georgetown (1000 S. Myrtle Street) –March 15 Total Capacity: 70 people Residents Now: 33 • Licton Springs Village (8620 Nesbit Ave N) –April 5th Total Capacity: 70 Residents Now: 20 • Meyers Way (9701 Myers Way S.) – March 15 Total capacity: 70 people Residents Now: 33 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 5
Navigation Center • HSD selected DESC and Operation Sack Lunch as operators • Developing Navigation Center programming, budgets, referral protocols, and housing options. • Construction Updates to facility underway • While renovation occurs, DESC will offer services to people in nearby encampments at their 3 rd Ave. day center location known as Connections. • The City will host a second neighborhood and community information sessions about the center on Monday April 24 th at 5pm. 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 6
Improved Outreach – Navigation Team The Navigation Team = REACH and Specially-trained SPD Officers Since 649 total Outreach Contacts 291 Unduplicated Contacts 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 7
Improved Outreach – Navigation Team 116 of the 291 individuals exited encampments to an alternate living arrangement (40%) 43 of the 116 were referred to the new authorized encampments (37%) 181 of the 291 individuals accepted services of some sort (62%) 101 of the 291 individuals declined services (35%) 10 of the 291 Individuals remain ambivalent about engaging with services (3%) 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 8
More Compassionate, Transparent Protocols Departmental Rulemaking Process for Improving Encampment Removal Protocols ◦ New rules went into effect April 3 rd Changes from the public comment draft include: ◦ Explicitly stating that identification and documents are a part of personal belongings which will be stored by the City ◦ Refined definitions of hazards and obstructions ◦ Adding requirements to provide oral notice of an encampment removal, where possible ◦ Increasing the period for storing belongings to 70 days 4/7/17 -- Navigation Team made its first delivery of stored belongings 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 9
Improved Trash & Debris Pick-up • Stadium Area 4th Ave S Corridor – Encampments removal and area cleaned 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 10
Improved Trash & Debris Pick-up Working closely with multi-agency task force providing resources, including: SPU, Parks, SDOT, WSDOT, City Light, DON, SDHR, and Public Health Goal to reduce and mitigate the impacts of trash produced by encampments Coordinate closely with Navigation Team to assist in encampment removal, and site cleaning, remediation, and restoration. 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 11
Improved Trash & Debris Pick-up • Spokane St West Seattle Bridge Corridor – Encampment trash cleaned up only 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 12
Improved Trash & Debris Pick-up 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 13
Improved Trash & Debris Pick-up 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 14
Improved Trash & Debris Pick-up Unsanctioned Encampment Locations with Scheduled Pick-up Location Service/Vendor/Updated Count Under I-90 and Rainier Overpass Bellfor provides twice weekly bag and bulky item pick-up. 15 th and Leary at 4814 15 th Ave NW Waste Management provides twice weekly dumpster service. Ballard Locks at NW 54 th St Waste Management provides weekly dumpster service. Cascadia provides weekly bag and bulky item pick-up. Myers Way Area Additionally, the sanctioned camp on Myers Way receives Waste (3/4 mile at 9000 - 9900) Management dumpster service managed by FAS & HSD. Diagonal Ave S and Airport Way S Waste Management initiating twice weekly dumpster service. 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 15
Improved Trash & Debris Pick-up Recent On-call Pick-ups at Unsanctioned Encampment Locations Location Service Provided Myers Way Weekly pick-ups by litter crews. (9000-9900 Myers Way) Regular on-site visits to clean-up litter scatter around Ballard Locks at NW 54 th St dumpster. Picked up bagged trash resulting from community clean- Poplar and Dean St up two weeks in row. Regularly pick-up bagged trash resulting from I-90 Off-ramp Loop at Rainier Ave community organized clean-ups. 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 16
Improved Trash & Debris Pick-up Sharps Collection Pilot To date, SPU has collected 5617 • sharps from 8 drop-of locations 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 17
Community Center Shower Facilities Seattle Parks and Recreation are providing showers at community centers and offering Swimming Pool shower facilities for families. As of January, Swimming Pool shower facilities As of January, the Community Center Showers have served unsheltered families: have served: January – March, 2017 January 1, 2017 – March 24, 2017 Pools with showers Homeless Community Centers with showers open open to SPS students SPS Showers Total # Unsheltered Served: Swim Pass to all: and immediate family Delridge 751 Ballard 97 11 108 Evans 17 0 17 Miller 125 Madison 6 0 6 Meadowbrook 33 21 54 Rainier 98 Medgar Evers 54 0 54 Queen Anne 0 0 0 Green Lake (estimate only, have no way 2800-3000 Rainier Beach 92 0 92 of counting) Southwest 2 0 2 Total 171 8 178 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 19
Implementation Advisory Committee Purpose of Committee Review and provide feedback on the implementation of the new protocols for • encampment removal. Ensure that the new protocols are being implemented and carried out consistently. • Proactively message and help to shape the public narrative around the encampment • removal and cleanup effort. Membership appointed by Mayor & City Council Homeless Advocates Public Health / Behavioral Health • Ex-government / Organization Expertise Business • Public Safety Legal / Civil Rights • Faith Communities Neighborhoods • First Meeting (Tentatively) Monday, April 24 • 4/12/2017 CITY OF SEATTLE – THE OFFICE OF MAYOR EDWARD B. MURRAY 20
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