Experience Matters

Housing Provider Roundtable

August 9th Response to the Regional Homeless Authority--Group Sign On Letter

For those who attended the Housing Provider Roundtable on July 18th or who have expressed interest in providing feedback for the proposed Spokane Regional Homeless Authority:

On July 18th, 65 people showed up representing 22 organizations. We are moving forward together to say that Experience Matters.

The next meeting will be on August 9th, 2023 from 6-8pm at the Philanthropy Center. Please see below for the flier and the RSVP link.

Next steps:

We have drafted a letter asking the Spokane City Council and the Spokane County Commissioners to extend the implementation timeline to December 15th to allow for stakeholder engagement, proper planning, and implementation. Please sign on in support of an extended timeline. We are stronger together. Letter Requesting an Extension in the Implementation Timeline for the Regional Homeless Authority

Come to the meeting on August 9th! Join a work group to move us forward:

Public campaign: Experience Matters.

• Op Eds

• Phone Calls

• Council Testimony

• Emails

• Public Action

Policy Recommendations and keeping pressure on elected officials.

• Sign on Letters

• Meetings with elected officials

• Policy and alternative recommendations

Building collaboration and outreach to organizations.

• Reaching out to organizations

RSVP with the QR Code or this link: https://forms.gle/2PMivsRckLnC546aA

Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

Ami Manning

Spokane Low Income Housing Consortium

ami@slihc.org

208-964-9146

Julie Garcia

Jewel’s Helping Hands

jewelshelpinghandsspokane@gmail.com

509-263-5502

Jonathan Teeters

Empire Health Foundation

jonathan@empirehealthfoundation.org

509-309-3448