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Committee votes to move LEAD and co-LEAD contracting oversight to CARE department

Seattle City Council Select Budget Committee · November 15, 2025
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Summary

The Select Budget Committee approved Care 003B1 to transfer $23 million in LEAD and co-LEAD contracts from the Human Services Department to the CARE department, arguing alignment with alternative-response oversight; the amendment passed 8–1.

The Select Budget Committee voted to move oversight and funding for LEAD and co-LEAD contracts — a package Noble described as roughly $23,000,000 — from the Human Services Department (HSD) to the CARE department and to add a senior planner position for oversight. The amendment, Care 003B1, passed the committee 8–1 on Nov. 14.

Director Ben Noble summarized the technical change as a reallocation of…

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