SPOKANE, Wash. – City of Spokane contracted four homeless services providers to open additional emergency shelter beds and fund more mobile medication assisted treatment services.
The contracts were designated in Mayor Lisa Brown’s emergency declaration from late October, which the City Council ratified with a 6-1 vote on November 10.
On November 26, the City announced the emergency funding would be used to fund a total of 50 shelter beds at sites scattered throughout the city operated by Revive Counseling Service, Jewels Helping Hands, the YWCA and Community, Advocacy and Treatment, known as CAT…