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Eleuthera Lish, director of the county's Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention, said the office is taking a public-health approach that combines data, direct services to people at highest risk, community partnerships and technical assistance to jurisdictions. Lish said countywide \"shots fired\" incidents were up roughly 37% over a five-year period ending in 2024; however local partnerships appear to have contributed to reductions in some jurisdictions.

Chief Rafael Padilla of the Kent Police Department described Kent-specific trends and credited a multi-pronged response for recent declines in several crime categories. Chief Padilla said Kent's detectives maintain high clearance rates for shootings and that homicides in Kent fell about 36% in 2024 compared with 2023.

Mark Rivers, deputy director of Community Passageways, described on-the-ground work: conflict-mapping meetings that classify young people as red/yellow/green risk levels, relentless outreach and safety-planning, cognitive behavioral tools for young people, safe-passage escorts at transit locations and school-focused engagement. Rivers said his teams meet youth where they are, perform assessments, create safety plans, connect families to supports and provide hospital-based bedside outreach to shooting victims and their families.

Lish described the county's \"hundred days of action\" summer initiative launched last year to increase street-level services and community events during months of higher risk. During and after the initiative staff and community partners reported distributing about 5,000 gun lockboxes (Lock It Up program), providing meal vouchers and self-care bags, and contracting with community organizations for extended community safety events; the county reported serving roughly 400 people during the summer effort and about 700 community members across six months after extending some contracts.

Lish said the office is launching a community violence-intervention training academy, co-designed with law enforcement partners, to cross-train outreach workers and first responders. The office also supports hospital-based intervention with Harborview Medical Center and funds the Regional Peacekeepers Collective and other community organizations.

Lish and Chief Padilla said these coordinated prevention, intervention and enforcement actions are not a substitute for traditional public safety but are complementary tools. The office plans more Stop the Bleed trainings and summer community events; it also released a hundred-days-of-action report and offers public-facing data dashboards and a county resource guide for victims and families.

Board members thanked partners and asked the office to return with lessons learned from the hundred-days interventions and implementation details for the training academy and sustainable funding.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","King County Board of Health 4-17-25","oneSentenceSummary","The county'1s Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention updated the Board on community violence-intervention work April 11, spotlighting Kent: community partners, hospital-based intervention, distribution of roughly 5,000 lockboxes, and a \"hundred days\" summer response that reached several hundred residents.","taxTitle","King County, Washington","taxId",2541,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6265907,"County officials present youth behavioral-health data and policy options; highlight gaps in housing and recovery supports",2113,4089000,6202000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3088381-bf1d0288600141089301c34a8b6b5f06&start=4089&end=6202","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3088381-bf1d0288600141089301c34a8b6b5f06/thumbnail_4089000.jpg","/articles/6265907/King-County/Washington/County-officials-present-youth-behavioral-health-data-and-policy-options-highlight-gaps-in-housing-and-recovery-supports","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6265907-3bad3d27133fda5720f2f9708cd0faa1/orig.mp4?Expires=1771162649&Signature=j1TH4cEHSp2gfx1qDP9Du2ez60CA4cJm74IOVog79sM4sB4dd6FbWPkAJZu6J7-0DzmGKcrdLx-JU5Y3Gmg809NeULH19~sdeRid68-CW6rFiOsEvof73TEvDDMvMT0Y7ytJSt~v8vTC3xq~l09R9kqCTZxpDSltlqPwSaffhHkZeH0auc1a1Qd2dm6gyy7utmhhyN0UYvmu7-SJD91GS351bje8H3LRSzyJDLdydu91U69qnqBq~UypGH7fWc81cpn8CGFQEU7p1PSDziEyzJRD3q0sc4v9-tRQMNF32ULJtikuIjl1n9Y7G1iC1-jB1FhZ2NR56ejuyAJ2KMYfIw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Public Health '1 Seattle & King County and partner agencies presented a data-driven overview April 11 of youth mental health and substance use and outlined policy options to expand prevention, treatment and recovery supports.

Sarah J. Sanford, epidemiologist at Public Health, reported that King County averages about 788 hospitalizations per year for mood disorders among children ages 1 to 17, a rate the presenters said is roughly 186 per 100,000 young people and accounts for 16% of hospitalizations in that age group. Sanford emphasized that hospitalizations represent the most severe cases and that a continuum of supports is needed to prevent escalation.

Presenters described a “continuum of supports” framework spanning promotion and prevention through crisis response and recovery. The county is updating its Youth Action Plan and will transmit the revised plan to the County Council later this year; the updated plan includes a youth behavioral-health section aligned with the continuum and highlights disproportionate impacts on BIPOC and LGBTQ youth.

County staff and partners described examples of existing and proposed work across the continuum: expanding school-based SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) and school-based health centers; co-designed, youth-informed upstream prevention and promotion strategies; and strengthening places and services for recovery and reentry, including recovery high schools and alternative peer groups.

Althea Hong of YouthCare described front-line experience with youth who are homeless and have co-occurring substance use and mental-health challenges, and highlighted gaps in transitional and permanent supportive housing tailored for 18- to 24-year-olds. Hong said YouthCare frequently sees youth who leave shelter and struggle in standard leased apartments due to behavioral-health needs, and called for more low-barrier, youth-focused supportive housing options.

Presenters outlined near-term policy and funding opportunities: renewal of the behavioral-health sales tax (mid) and the Best Starts for Kids levy (expected on the 2027 ballot), and the Seattle Families Education Preschool and Promise Levy (on the 2025 ballot, with behavioral-health coordinators planned for Seattle Public Schools). The team urged investments across the full continuum, targeted supports for communities experiencing disproportionate harm, and expansion of school-based services.

Board members asked about prevention, inequalities in services across jurisdictions (noting Seattle-funded positions in Seattle Public Schools that are not available countywide), and lessons from existing crisis clinics. Presenters said ongoing co-design work, community engagement and youth-led development are central to implementing the recommendations.

The county will continue policy work and community co-design and return to the board as programs and funding opportunities progress.","Public Health Seattle & King County, Best Starts for Kids and behavioral-health partners briefed the Board on youth mental health and substance use, presenting hospitalization data, disparities among LGBTQ and BIPOC youth, and a set of policy and funding priorities including school-based supports and the updated Youth Action Plan.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6265912,"Public Health Seattle & King County outlines pilots to simplify food business permitting, cut fees and shorten turnaround times",2445,1645000,4090000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3088381-bf1d0288600141089301c34a8b6b5f06&start=1645&end=4090","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3088381-bf1d0288600141089301c34a8b6b5f06/thumbnail_1645000.jpg","/articles/6265912/King-County/Washington/Public-Health-Seattle-King-County-outlines-pilots-to-simplify-food-business-permitting-cut-fees-and-shorten-turnaround-times","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6265912-516ff361db91c612ef403ab95f1236d6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771162649&Signature=JAovw0Yoq2MCHtiv4HIC-s1lJV7Y2r125dnroNsp-0PXvXwyVtb~JeCcN8VUNL9StSn-OXm7qcp029HgRqOnUlWgcBHiXNk6Y-aU2QXqwOGXlRpYcCX3LL9XWd93-c4MIfI-f53~xxorB8sbmDRX88PtcmlBfjPKajYcVuJ7L3mHGoH1D~gHR15x2az0-fCFiUFT94Ei6JFrnUi2ngx8bSbL1ITq0okyFKcCYOjQz9uaYIR8mXkxA92G~35V6lPKb6fYRLYbCLmkkazD9pDnsBr6oJm4eOFathLtFQ14HDUyA0oHkyweHPgd6NwvKbOF7elXM4wl2BH9jfLGRS22qw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Public Health '1 Seattle & King County briefed the Board of Health April 11 on a package of initiatives intended to lower barriers to food business permitting and improve food safety oversight for both permanent and mobile vendors.

Iyab Manzi Gah, assistant division director of the Food and Facilities program, told the board the program inspects roughly 12,500 permitted permanent food businesses and 800 mobile food units, issues about 3,500 temporary permits annually, conducts 18,000 to 20,000 inspections per year and responds to about 1,000 complaints. The program also reported an increase in unpermitted vending: public-health staff closed 109 unpermitted vendors in 2022-23 and closed 44 in the first quarter of 2024.

To address financial and operational barriers, Public Health officials outlined five main initiatives: a searchable countywide database of available commercial kitchens, a six-month commercial-kitchen voucher pilot aimed at reducing upfront commissary costs, development of two types of seasonal \"pop-up\" permits (for short-term operation inside existing permitted facilities and for designated outdoor locations with sanitation access), expanded language access and community-based navigator contracts to help applicants, and a fee-reduction pilot that would cut initial plan-review and operational fees by 50% for qualifying low-risk vendors.

Officials said commercial-kitchen costs are a major obstacle, typically ranging from about $800 to $1,500 per month for 20 hours of access. The proposed commissary voucher pilot is intended to reduce that barrier for small street vendors; staff noted a similar voucher pilot ran during the COVID-19 response.

Public Health also reported substantial process improvements: average plan-review turnaround for permit applications dropped from roughly 74 days in the first quarter of 2024 to 26 days in the first quarter of 2025, with a target goal of 21 days or less.

Board members asked for details on equity and nonprofit access to shared kitchens, and staff said the initial commercial-kitchen voucher and fee-reduction pilots are targeted at small businesses but that donated-food distribution organizations and community-based nonprofits may be considered as the programs are refined. Staff also emphasized the program has increased multilingual staffing and dedicated a sanitarian on duty each day to answer questions from prospective vendors.

The department said the fee-reduction pilot could reduce upfront costs by about $790 to $1,093 for low-risk vendors; the pilot is expected in Q2 or Q3 2025. The pop-up permitting work is slated to begin in Q3–Q4 2025 and will require additional internal resources and, if successful, a subsequent code change to expand permitting options.

Board members and staff underscored that while the program is piloting incentives and operational changes, constraints remain: limited affordable commercial kitchen capacity, restrictions on where vendors may legally operate (park rules, street-use permits), and the program's fee-for-service model, which limits funded outreach to unpermitted vendors. Staff said some unpermitted vendors still decline to come into compliance and that enforcement and outreach are ongoing.

The board requested updates and said it may consider supplemental budget support to sustain expanded services that help vendors obtain compliant permits and improve neighborhood-level sanitation infrastructure such as handwashing stations in parks.","Public Health '1 Seattle & King County staff reported plans to expand shared-kitchen listings, pilot commissary vouchers, introduce pop-up permits and offer temporary fee reductions to bring unpermitted vendors into compliance and reduce permit turnaround times.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6265917,"Board of Health adopts resolution honoring former Washington health secretary Mary Solecki",677,970000,1647000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3088381-bf1d0288600141089301c34a8b6b5f06&start=970&end=1647","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3088381-bf1d0288600141089301c34a8b6b5f06/thumbnail_970000.jpg","/articles/6265917/King-County/Washington/Board-of-Health-adopts-resolution-honoring-former-Washington-health-secretary-Mary-Solecki","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6265917-a9cb0fb7c9cd4e99b9ebbd982f441b14/orig.mp4?Expires=1771162649&Signature=DYwMBtDpvYieaGpaCRAkYKm6wfJK85Iq61gVksW5X4aXcGldGZa0IDRa9JG8JcSPo-ctAY8rcHhFyjDZFZDxRJgXerG3mQiR9mmEltnpL~HVtK49dkd0Enj1hT3Gt3PBNwGQUV~VgBcO0XlueHa5Xct8geD9u~0xGXIGuWvPL6Ym~6~4SekESejM8RizCRbyqh9BoYuNup4~xRp7923aA3jBy0-QgU2CPzQnDAn9UamUlhd16btA13aC~svs~CYZ6JRie6mRc0LPaQvpbZI80aeKSoCrn1JcYgrE6nZDpTNexOe0F65Oc7nzumAavJubOgGvtXvI77Zgi6UPfE0Rdw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Public Health '1 Seattle & King County Board of Health voted unanimously April 11 to adopt Resolution 25-04 honoring Mary Solecki for more than four decades of public health leadership in Washington state.

The resolution, moved by Vice Chair Daniels and read into the record by Chair Teresa Mosqueda, cites Solecki's leadership as Washington's secretary of health from 1999 to 2013, credits her role in a comprehensive tobacco prevention and control strategy launched in 1999, and says Washington \"dramatically improved childhood immunization rates\" under her leadership.

The resolution text read in the meeting states, in part, \"We express our deep gratitude and highest respect for Mary Solecki for a lifelong commitment to improving the health of all Washingtonians and affirm that Mary Solecki's impact on public health in Washington will endure for generations to come.\" Chair Teresa Mosqueda read the resolution into the record before the roll call vote.

Patty Hayes, former director of Public Health '1 Seattle & King County and a colleague of Solecki, addressed the board and recalled working with Solecki for 40 years, including on the creation of the current Washington State Department of Health. Hayes said Solecki \"had the ability to take the most complex of situations and communicate them clearly.\" Hayes told the board she would take the adopted resolution to Solecki's memorial service on April 30 and present it to family and friends.

Clerk Hague conducted a roll call after the discussion. The final vote recorded was 14 ayes; Board Members Lamb, Raikes and Chu were excused. The meeting minutes and the adopted resolution will be attached to the Board's record.

Mosqueda and other board members thanked Hayes for attending and for delivering the resolution to Solecki's family.

Votes at a glance: Resolution 25-04 (Honor Mary Solecki) — mover: Vice Chair Daniels; outcome: adopted; tally recorded as 14 ayes, 0 no, 0 abstain; Board Members Lamb, Raikes and Chu excused.

Background: The resolution credits Solecki with reducing adult smoking rates through a statewide tobacco prevention plan, improving childhood vaccination rates, expanding laboratory and epidemiology capacity for emergency preparedness, early leadership on HIV prevention including needle exchange programs, and helping Washington achieve one of the nation's earliest state health agency accreditations.","The Public Health '1 Seattle & King County Board of Health on April 11 adopted Resolution 25-04 honoring Mary Solecki for decades of leadership in tobacco control, childhood immunization, emergency preparedness and rural public health.","actionData","errors"]

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Public Health Seattle & King County outlines pilots to simplify food business permitting, cut fees and shorten turnaround times

Board of Health adopts resolution honoring former Washington health secretary Mary Solecki