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Spokane Valley council gives consensus to support regional ‘treatment‑first’ MOU on homelessness
Summary
After a presentation by Chad Wendell, the council gave consensus to advance a nonbinding regional memorandum of understanding aligning municipalities with proposed HUD shifts toward a treatment‑first approach; the MOU is aspirational and does not create funding or legal obligations.
Chad Wendell presented a proposed regional memorandum of understanding (MOU) on April 7 that would signal Spokane Valley’s support for a shift toward a treatment‑first response to chronic homelessness and related substance‑use and mental‑health challenges.
Wendell said the MOU was developed voluntarily with a small group including the county sheriff, the prosecuting attorney and municipal leaders to signal regional…
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