A new mobile medical unit named for Layne Staley is set to bring medication-assisted addiction treatment straight to Seattle’s tiny home villages, rather than asking residents to trek across town for care. Backed in part by the Layne Staley Memorial Fund, the converted clinic-on-wheels is built to dispense methadone and other treatments right where people sleep and gather. The approach is meant to cut down on missed doses and help connect patients to longer-term services.
The Layne Staley Mobile Medical Unit is expected to operate Monday through Saturday, visiting at least three tiny home sites a day and serving up to about 250 people daily. Service is slated to start next Monday (June 15) at a tiny home village in Interbay, according to KING 5.
“People will see this man with his microphone singing out into the world,” Layne Staley’s mother, Nancy McCallum, said in remarks quoted by KING 5. Reflecting on the new unit, Therapeutic Health Services CEO Patricia Edmond-Quinn told the station that “hope starts here. hope is available,” as the organization rolled out the project…