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Council accepts $20,000 officer wellness grant to contract with Spokane therapist
Summary
The Airway Heights council unanimously approved accepting a $20,000 officer wellness grant to fund a licensed mental‑health therapist from Grassroots Therapy Group to support the city’s peer support team and officers, including critical‑incident assistance.
The Airway Heights City Council unanimously approved acceptance of a $20,000 officer wellness grant to be paid to Grassroots Therapy Group in Spokane.
Monati, the staff member who introduced the item, said the grant ‘‘would go to Grassroots Therapy Group, which is located in Spokane, Washington’’ and that the funding will support ‘‘a licensed mental health therapist who we've been working with for 3 years who helps provide mental health support to our peer support team and also officers’’ including assistance for ‘‘critical incidences.’’ Council members asked no substantive questions and moved to approve the acceptance.
The council vote to accept the grant was unanimous. The staff report and grant documentation are recorded in the meeting packet. The council did not specify any changes to the contract language during the meeting; implementation steps and any interlocal agreements were not specified in the discussion.
