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Moses Lake public speaker urges peer support, council appoints member to ad hoc homeless committee and backs veterans grant letter
Summary
A resident with lived experience requested peer‑support and transitional work programs for people experiencing homelessness; council appointed Brandon Douglas to the ad hoc homeless committee and authorized a letter of support to OIC of Washington for a Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program grant application.
A Moses Lake resident who identified himself as Steven Smallwood urged the council to expand peer‑support and transitional work opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and asked for a greater role for people with lived experience in local planning.
Steven Smallwood, who said he volunteers at the local sleep center and has been unhoused at times, told the council: “There needs to be, like, a program or something or a way to be able to transition them into, back into the world so they're not wild.” He described long waits for services and urged programs that combine accountability…
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