Title
Acceptance of Grant Funding from Washington State Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs for the Familiar Faces Program
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to accept grant funding from Washington State Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) for the Olympia Police Department (OPD) Familiar Faces Program.
Report
Issue:
Whether to accept grant funding from WASPC for the OPD Familiar Faces Program.
Staff Contact:
Chandra Brady, Support Administrator, Olympia Police Department, 360.753.8214
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item
Background and Analysis:
In the 2018 Legislative Session, the Legislature created the Mental Health Field Response Teams Program and appropriated $1 million for grants and operation of the program in the 2018 Supplemental Operating Budget for the fiscal year (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019). WASPC was tasked with developing and operating the grant program.
The OPD Familiar Faces program will partner with Catholic Community Services to employ certified Peer Navigators. The Peer Navigators will work closely with OPD Walking Patrol, OPD Crisis Response Team, City of Olympia Downtown Ambassadors, housing coordinators, medical and mental health providers, and area social service providers to identify the current top ten familiar faces using services downtown. The program will help connect those individuals with behavioral health issues to treatment with the primary goals diversion and reduced incarceration time.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
Partner with peer counselors to support work in the downtown core related to mental health care, homelessness, and crisis response.
Options:
1. Accept the grant: the program is fully funded by the WASPC grant
2. Modify the grant: the WASPC grant was approved for the OPD Familiar Faces program and would not be awarded to City for a modified program
3. Do not accept the grant: the f...
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