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LEAD program leaders describe outreach, outcomes and need for expanded lodging and shared data
Summary
Purpose Dignity Action and partner agencies briefed the Public Safety Committee on Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD), reporting outcomes from street‑based case management and lodging‑based "CoLEAD" and urging system design, sustained funding and improved data sharing with law enforcement and prosecutors.
Representatives of Purpose Dignity Action (PDA) and partner agencies briefed the Seattle City Council Public Safety Committee on Feb. 11 about Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) and related place-based responses such as CoLEAD lodging and the Third Avenue project.
PDA leaders described LEAD as a public‑safety framework that pairs law‑enforcement diversion discretion with intensive, long‑term case management to reduce repeat criminal behavior and connect participants to housing and behavioral health services.
Why it matters: PDA and its subcontractors present LEAD as an evidence‑based alternative to routine charging and incarceration for many offenses tied to substance use, mental health and extreme poverty. Committee members asked how LEAD can scale, what state and federal funding guidance exists, and what more the city and region must do to prioritize housing and safety teams for high‑impact cohorts.
What presenters said - Program model: Brandy McNeil, deputy director at Purpose Dignity Action, said "LEAD is a public safety framework" that provides "long…
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