Kathryn Driscoll, a Tacoma area nursing home social worker, has no place to put two formerly homeless, drug-addicted men, now that they’re too healthy to be in the nursing home.
“They’re at this point where they’ve progressed, and they’re doing so well, that they need to make that next step. And the hope was that we would be able to partner with the DSHS to find them alternate housing,” Driscoll said on the Gee and Ursula Show on KIRO NewsRadio. “But unfortunately, they’re doing too well physically to qualify for that kind of assistance. So we’re kind of looking down the barrel of back to the street, which is the cycle that they’re trying to get out of.
KCRHA was established in 2019 with the goal of using data, proven practices, and community feedback to design a homelessness response system that will help curb the homeless crisis throughout the region. KCRHA has opposed traditional sweeps since the organization launched in 2019 — a position that puts the agency in constant tension with the city. Seattle has seen an increase in encampment removals since Harrell became mayor.
“If you want to help someone who is homeless who has no other issues: partner with businesses offering tax incentives if they hire homeless people and create a program that helps ensure they get to and from work,” he continued. “Temporary vouchers for a few to several months for housing can be warranted if they person shows commitment to getting off the streets.”
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