Homelessness affects every community, from large urban metros to small rural towns and everything in between. Many factors can lead to individuals living on the streets, including but not limited to mental health challenges and substance abuse. What we’ve learned over years of working on this issue is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to addressing homelessness. In Snohomish County, the partnership between the SCOUT Program and the Sheriff’s Office of Neighborhoods is showing real promise.

The SCOUT (Snohomish County Outreach) Team is a group of human services social workers who partner with local law enforcement to meet people where they are and help them find pathways to address underlying mental health and substance abuse issues. The Office of Neighborhoods (part of the Snoho

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