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Thrive 2025 update: Redmond reports housing placements, MIH growth and a new dashboard; county voucher uncertainty flagged
Summary
City staff presented the Thrive 2025 update, covering homeless outreach, the mobile integrated health (MIH) program, the mental-health professional (MHP) role, and a new Thrive dashboard. Staff reported about 40 housing placements so far this year, King County flexible funding of $6,000, and concerns about Emergency Housing Voucher funding ending;
City staff briefed the Public Safety and Human Services Committee on Oct. 21 on the Thrive 2025 update, describing program successes, ongoing challenges and a new public dashboard that aggregates outreach and MIH data.
Highlights and metrics: staff said the homeless outreach program placed about 40 individuals into housing so far in the year (compared with 53 total the prior year) and reported serving roughly 175 community members to date. The city obtained a King County flexible-funding award of about $6,000 to support vehicle repairs and move-in expenses. Staff said they have added care coordinators to the outreach team to help with landlord-tenant issues and rental assistance and noted an uptick in domestic-violence cases in recent months.
Mobile Integrated Health (MIH): Diana Powell, MIH program lead, said MIH runs recurring community clinics — including blood-pressure monitoring with fire medic staff on the first and third Wednesday of each month — and provides soft-support services such as transportation to…
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