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Spokane Valley updates homeless outreach program; staff report dozens of housing placements and ongoing challenges
Summary
City staff reported outreach outcomes for 2025, including an average of 323 unduplicated quarterly contacts, 50 long-term housing placements and 779 camp visits; presenters described limited shelter capacity, private-property encampments and a new pilot to collect abandoned shopping carts.
City staff and outreach partners told the Spokane Valley City Council that the city's homeless outreach program is producing measurable housing outcomes while facing persistent capacity and coordination challenges.
Eric Robison, the city's housing and homeless coordinator, said the city began managing dedicated recording-fee dollars in August 2023 and contracted with Frontier Behavioral Health in July 2024. Robison said Frontier reported an average of 323 unduplicated contacts per quarter in…
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