SPOKANE, WA – As part of Mayor Lisa Brown’s recent emergency declaration, the City of Spokane has contracted with four local homeless services providers to open additional emergency shelter beds and fund additional mobile medication assisted treatment (MAT) services.
Mayor Brown issued the emergency declaration in late October, allowing the City to bypass its standard contracting process and quickly get funds out to where they are needed. Mayor Brown’s emergency was ratified by the City Council on November 10.
The new beds will be available at sites scattered throughout the city operated by Revive Counseling Services, Jewels Helping Hands, the YWCA, and Community, Advocacy, and Treatment (CAT, formerly Compassionate Addiction Treatment). People looking to utilize these beds will soon be able to find information about them on sheltermespokane.org…