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Staff recommends Sound Pathways and YWCA contracts for opioid settlement funds
Summary
Human services staff recommended awarding two contracts from Lynnwood’s opioid-settlement allocation to Sound Pathways (mobile street medicine) and the YWCA (peer mentor navigator services), asking council to authorize contracts on May 26 with service periods July 1, 2026–June 30, 2028.
Human Services Coordinator Kyle Ward presented the council with his recommended spending plan for Lynnwood’s share of opioid-settlement funds. Ward said the council previously authorized up to $525,000 from the settlement — roughly $500,000 for subcontracting and $25,000 to offset contract monitoring — and that staff opened a Notice of Funding Opportunity in March and received 11 proposals.
Ward said the two highest-scoring applicants were Sound Pathways, in partnership with Conquer Clinic, and the YWCA. Sound Pathways’ proposal includes mobile outreach and a vehicle-based street-medicine model offering same-day medical care, medication initiation (including bridge-to-care prescribing), wound care and peer-supported case management targeted to unhoused residents. The YWCA’s Mentor Ally program would hire a peer mentor navigator to support pregnant and parenting mothers with outreach, connections to housing and parenting supports, and coordination with first responders and community paramedics.
Ward asked council to authorize the city to execute one contract with Sound Pathways for $250,000 and one contract with the YWCA for $250,000; both contracts would begin July 1, 2026 and run through June 30, 2028. He said contract monitoring would include monthly meetings and that applicants submitted reporting plans as part of the RFP; Ward offered to provide a midterm update to council on outcomes.
Council members asked about reporting, termination clauses, invoicing and whether services would operate at the Lynnwood hygiene center; Ward said contracts would be reimbursable (monthly invoicing), include standard termination language for nonperformance, be monitored monthly, and that providers would coordinate with the hygiene center and other local sites as appropriate. He said staff will place the contracts on the unanimous consent agenda on May 26 for council action.
Council members expressed support for midway check-ins and for prioritizing outcome measures over output counts.
