(The Center Square) – Spokane announced the launch of a homeless navigation center on Friday, two months after the city approved a $3.85 million contract for the project without a finalized location.
Mayor Lisa Brown initially announced her idea for the navigation center in April during her State of the City address. The center will act as a funnel for her new scattered site shelter model that aims to replace Spokane’s congregate shelters, such as the Trent Resource and Assistance Center.
Communications Director Erin Hut told The Center Square in August that the city’s Cannon Street Shelter would likely act as the location as it mimics Brown’s then-proposed navigation center.
“The successful pilot navigation center has shown the power of providing stable support and resources to those in need,” Brown wrote in a news release . “Now, as we move towards making it more permanent, we are not just investing in a program, but in the promise of dignity and stability for our community’s most vulnerable,”