After homeless encampments swelled during the pandemic, the City of Fife realized sweeping them would be unsustainable. So as part of its approach, it started a program to employ the unhoused in an attempt to address the root cause.
Megan Jendrick, assistant city manager for the City of Fife, gave a presentation on the program during the Pierce County Council’s Health and Human Services Committee meeting on Oct. 21.
Fife’s jobs program began in 2021 when a perfect storm of circumstances led the city to have some of the largest encampments in the region…