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SkagitNorth Star initiative seeks sustained funding, wider youth services and stronger regional governance
Summary
Skagit CountyNorth Star staff and council members described a regional homelessness and behavioral-health collaborativeits structure, recent accomplishments and 2025 priorities including governance, data and youth services.
Skagit CountyNorth Star staff briefed the Anacortes City Council on Feb. 24, outlining accomplishments since the initiative began and plans for 2025 focused on durable governance, an expanded system of care and housing.
Monica Negrila, Skagit County director of strategic initiatives, told the council that North Star has created a leadership team of mayors and county commissioners, an advisory group that includes community-based providers and people with lived experience, and task forces that address housing, recovery and coordinated response. North Star secured funds for temporary shelter, permanent supportive housing and a second phase of the STAR Center to add crisis stabilization beds.
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