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Pilot resource-navigator visits to parks lead to four placements for people camping in parks, officials say

2804080 · March 27, 2025
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City staff told the Parks and Recreation Commission that two outreach trips by county and fire-department resource navigators to Richland parks resulted in four people being placed into temporary housing or referred into the emergency-housing process.

Richland officials reported on March 27 that a pilot outreach program pairing county resource navigators with a fire-department navigator made progress connecting people who had been camping in parks to emergency housing and services.

Chris Waite, director of Parks and Public Facilities, told the Parks and Recreation Commission that…

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