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CITY OF RENTON
AGENDA - Public Safety Committee Meeting
4:00 PM - Monday, April 21, 2025
7th Floor Council Conference Room/Videoconference
1. RENTON REGIONAL FIRE AUTHORITY (RRFA) BRIEFING
2. EMERGING ISSUES IN PUBLIC SAFETY
a) Renton Police Department Audit
b) Evergreen Treatment Services REACH Presentation
c) Update 5th Avenue North/Park Avenue North
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WHO WE ARE
ETS is a non-profit organization that has been
providing substance-use treatment and street-based
outreach services in Western Washington since 1973.
We serve more than 11,000 people each year in our three
clinics and through services we bring into the community.
We follow a harm reduction approach which means that we
provide services regardless of whether those we serve are
using drugs.
We aim to keep people as safe and healthy as possible. We
also build long-term, compassionate relationships with those
we serve to best understand and meet their recovery goals—like
to reduce drug use, find housing or employment, or reconnect with their
families.
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EVERGREEN TREATMENT SERVICES
ETS carries out this work through two service divisions:
CLINIC SERVICES
Provides support services to people diagnosed with opioid use
disorders (OUD) at three service locations: Seattle, Renton, and
Olympia.
REACH
Provides support services to people living outside or unstably
housed through four service domains: Outreach, Housing,
Integrated Care, and Community Justice.
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WHO WE SERVE
Our patient/client population is one of the most vulnerable
and underserved populations in society.
ETS provides support services to:
People who use drugs or are in recovery
People who are unhoused or unstably housed
People who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated
Their needs are extremely complex and often compounded by:
Extensive trauma
Homelessness
System barriers
Social inequity
Access to and affordability of care
Stigma and criminalization
Untreated medical conditions
Unaddressed mental and behavioral
health issues
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ABOUT REACH
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Capitol Hill
Belltown
Burien
North Seattle
Admin Office
Renton
Rainier Beach
SERVICE AREA
REACH operates outside in the field,
and in six hubs throughout
King County.
With a fleet of more than 50 vehicles,
our teams are well equipped to meet
clients in the field.
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Teams supporting REACH operations: Finance, Communications, Data Management, Development, Facilities, Finance, Fleet Management, Human Resources, Information Technology, Inventory &
Supplies, Policy & Advocacy, Quality Improvement & Risk Management (QIRM), Staff Training.
SERVICE DOMAINS
OUTREACH
Supporting people living outside
through direct outreach to:
•Connect to services
•Identify system gaps
•Advocate for necessary resources
•Engage and educate the greater
community
HOUSING
Helping our clients find and keep
housing that fits their individual
needs.
INTEGRATED CARE
People who experience homelessness
& addiction have complex needs
which are compounded by extensive
trauma and system barriers.
Integrated, multidisciplinary care
centers the client’s needs to improve
quality of life and drive system
change.
COMMUNITY JUSTICE
Traditional criminal justice
approaches are not working.
There needs to be a deeper
transformation of how we respond to
crime in our society, utilizing harm
reduction & abolitionist
approaches to achieve community
safety for BIPOC, unhoused, &
drug user communities.
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POTENTIAL RENTON GROWTH
•Reentry Team: Supporting justice involved individuals with reconnecting to
supportive services after time incarcerated. Intensive case management for 90 days.
•CHOICE: County-wide OD specialized prevention services and connection to
treatment.
•Renton Clinic: MOUD services and counselling.
•Care Connector: Staff based at Valley Medical Center to enhance connection to
opiate treatment.
•Housing: SKC capacity through Coordinated Entry.
RENTON HIGHLIGHTS
•Expanded neighborhood model
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OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN RENTON
In 2024, REACH:
Engaged over
160 unique people Connected people
to resources
Discussed shelter or housing
needs with nearly 130 people
•REACH connected 16 people to
case management programs for
additional support
•REACH connected 60 people to
medical care
•REACH helped 4 people access
substance use treatment
•REACH helped 10 people move
inside to shelter or temporary
housing
•REACH helped 2 people move
inside to permanent housing
•REACH helped 10 people get
documentation to move toward
housing
•One-third were new to
REACH
•Half were previously
engaged by REACH
in Renton
•Nearly half are BIPOC
•One-third are women
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NEIGHBORHOOD COLLABORATION MODEL
WHAT IS IT?
The Neighborhood Collaboration Model is a team-based
approach to address homelessness and public safety
concerns in the Puget Sound region from a place-based
neighborhood perspective.
OUR GOAL
Create health and safety for all community members while
problem solving for critical street issues.
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•Create central stakeholder group to build relationships: Neighborhood leaders, service providers,
public safety responders
•Knowledge: Understanding scope of problems and issues through coordination of people in
public spaces and good data collection
•Prioritize and resolve problems using the right system (tool) to build effectiveness; seeking
stability, not displacement and increased chaos, move toward preventing, rather than crisis
•Continue with relationship, learning, expanding into tools as needed.
WHY THE NEIGHBORHOOD MODEL?
Neighborhood Level Partnerships and Coordination lead to
increased understanding and ownership of community problems.
More effective service response, reduced public safety concerns,
and overall increase in community health and safety.
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HOW TO BUILD IT: ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
RESPONSIBILITIES
•Project management
•Case conferencing
RESPONSIBILITIES
•Engagement and assessment of
needs
•Expert service match and
coordination
•Basic Services such as IDs,
income assistance,
•Community education
RESPONSIBILITIES
•Place-based outdoor management
& de-escalation
•Engaging & referral services
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