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The public conversation on homelessness and substance use is evolving quickly. Stay up-to-date on the latest coverage. For media inquiries, please contact media[at]evergreentreatment[dot]org.

Apr 27 - Featured Story

Harm reduction lays a groundwork for recovery

For more than 25 years, Dwight struggled with cocaine use. In 2013, after repeated offenses, a police officer referred him to Seattle’s Law Enforcement Assisted...
Feb 02 - Featured Story

King County homeless shelters left to deal with omicron mostly on their own

Public Health couldn’t staff every room in the hotels and the bar to get into one of the beds rose. Staff at homeless nonprofits, who’d...
Feb 18

King County nears housing goal

King County officials promised to house 1,600 homeless people by...
Feb 12

New plan targets Thurston County’s overdose crisis

The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) unanimously approved...
Feb 05

Seattle to vote on funding for social housing

When Seattle voters said yes to creating a new developer...
Jan 22

Washington awarded CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration Planning Grants

SAMHSA has awarded 14 states and Washington, D.C. with $1...
Jan 15

Six WA cities pass anti-homeless laws after Grants Pass

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling this June opened the door...
Jan 07

Homelessness up 18% in US

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this...
Dec 18

Rhode Island to open first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center

Providence is now home to the country’s first state-sanctioned facility...
Dec 10

Downtown movement

People living on the streets in downtown Seattle feel like...
Nov 25

Social security in Seattle

More than 1.2 million people over the age of 65...
Nov 13

Mobile methadone clinics bring treatment to the streets

To bring methadone to this population, the federal government needed...

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