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Spokane expands navigation center, scattered shelters and street medicine to link housing and treatment

3683629 · June 5, 2025
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City housing officials described a navigation center, seven scattered-site shelters funded with a $4 million state grant, recovery-focused sheltering operated by Compassionate Addiction Treatment and expanded street-medicine hours funded with $1 million.

Dawn Kinder, director of housing-related services at the session, described a housing navigation center and a network of scattered-site shelters created with a $4 million state grant after the city closed a large congregate shelter. The navigation center acts as a hub that connects people to street medicine, housing case-management and coordinated entry.

“Each of those…

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