Compass Health dedicates Everett block to housing and behavioral health services
Snohomish County is facing a behavioral health care crisis. In its biggest project ever, a local nonprofit wants to pair health care with housing to help solve the problem. Compass Health began as an orphanage 115 years ago, and now has more than 20 locations to provide health care and housing services for low-income people in Northwest Washington. Now Compass is thinking bigger — an entire block in Everett dedicated to behavioral health care and permanent supportive housing. Continue reading at The Herald. (Olivia Vanni)
Inslee warns that state effort to move people out of encampments is getting short on cash
State programs to help transition people out of homeless encampments and into housing are running out of money, Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday, calling on the Legislature to provide funding to keep them going. Since Inslee launched a statewide homeless encampment initiative last year, 30 encampments along state highways have closed, and more than 1,000 former residents of those camps have moved into housing, according to the governor’s office.As part of a budget proposal he will release in full next week, Inslee is asking legislators to approve $140 million for homelessness programs. Continue reading at WA State Standard. (Laurel Demkovich)
Washington lawmakers propose big changes to cap-and-trade
Washington Democrats Sen. Mark Mullet and Rep. Mike Chapman have introduced cap-and-trade reform legislation in the House and Senate to hold down energy costs.Senate Bill 5783 and the identical House Bill 1887 seek to lessen cap-and-trade’s upward pressure on fossil fuel prices by stretching out forced cuts to greenhouse gases.The state would still meet its ultimate goal of nearly eliminating fossil fuels by 2050, but would miss its target of halving carbon emissions by 2030. Continue reading at Capital Press.
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