CHCC - See You Oct 21 at the CHCC Meeting

Next CHCC Meeting - Oct 21

Come join the Capitol Hill Community Council for their October meeting.

This meeting will have a speaker talk about the Seattle Transit Measure – (City of Seattle Explainer).

If you’d like to see or not see CHCC endorse please attend and share your support or vote here.

Note: Since ballots are due November 3rd we are moving the meeting to the 3rd Wednesday to provide people time to fill out their ballots and get educated.)

The meeting will be in Seattle Central College Room 1111/1110.

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911, CARE, LEAD, SPD, SFD - How Does it All Work?

Seattle Public Safety Partners - Who are they? Who do I call? How do they interact? What’s the story?

CARE (Community Assisted Response & Engagement)
Dispatches calls from 911 & the non-emergency line
Sends Community Crisis Responders (CCRs) for non-violent, non-emergency situations
SPD (Seattle Police Department)
Police officers for crime, violence, and enforcement
Crisis Response Team (mental health/crisis co-response with non-officer specialists)
Community Service Officers (CSOs): unarmed, non-enforcement outreach and support
Crime Prevention Team
SFD (Seattle Fire Department)
Fire/medical emergency response
Health One: mobile unit with firefighters + case manager for non-emergency medical, behavioral health, and frequent 911 callers

Who to call

911 → CARE operators dispatch SPD, SFD, or CARE mobile responders.
Dispatchers can also divert calls to 988 suicide line
Call to 911 can be made to request welfare checks and/or CSO response
206-625-5011 (non-emergency) → Routed through CARE for non-urgent issues
988 (Suicide line) or 866-427-4747 (Crisis line) →Crisis Connections manages the mental health crisis and suicide lines (CC may also dispatch mobile crisis teams ie DESC)
211 → information and resources for food, housing, transportation, etc.

How they work together

911 determines and dispatches the appropriate response based on rules/agreements
CARE and SPD Crisis teams coordinate on shared cases depending on situation
SPD required for violence, weapons, or active drug use situations
CARE responds to low-risk, non-violent situations
CARE cannot respond on private property in some cases

Other partners

LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion)
SPD refers individuals with low-level offenses for case management instead of jail
Focus on housing, treatment, and support services
Direct outreach is available in limited areas (We have a pretty amazing LEAD team here in Capitol Hill and they do direct outreach whenever they can!)
Mobile Rapid Crisis Response Teams- i.e. DESC, CCORS (Youth specific)
On-site crisis response, de-escalation, and service referrals
Salvation Army Street Level -Outreach on streets connecting people to services
Community Passageways -Youth-focused restorative alternatives to incarceration
Emergency Response Services (ERS), a mobile unit, has also recently started outreach to people in Capitol Hill. In the past 6 weeks, 200 contacts were made and 3 people accepted referrals to services.

The bottom line...

Seattle’s system is designed as a tiered response:

911 → dispatch hub
CARE → non-violent/community crises
SPD → crime/violence/enforcement
Partner orgs → long-term support and diversion services
988 → crisis response and suicide line

Did You Know...

The Find It/Fix It app is more than just a handy way to notify the city of things that need attention. It is an important piece of the city resource allocation puzzle! The city uses data, including submissions via the FInd It/Fix It app, to allocate city resources between neighborhoods. Help ensure Capitol Hill is receiving the resource allocations it needs by reporting things you see via the app! Clogged storm drain? Lost pet? Light is out? Abandoned vehicle? All these things and many more can be efficiently reported via the Find It/Fix It app!

General Election Ballots Mail Next Week

Ballots for the November general election will be mailed next Wednesday, Oct 14. You should receive your ballot by Monday Oct 19. If you don't contact King County Elections if you don't have your ballot - 206-296-VOTE (8683) or elections@kingcounty.gov

Can't wait? You can use the King County Online Ballot Marking website to look at your ballot and even fill it out. Here is the website.

Get Educated about what is on the Ballot

Here are various candidate forum and other events coming up.

Oct 15 - Delta Sigma Theta Candidate Forum - Federal, judges and more - Plymouth Church - 10/15 6-8pm - More Info
Oct 15 - QACC/MCC/Uptown Alliance King County Assessor Debate - Oct 15 6-7:45 pm Queen Anne Lutheran Church - More Info
Oct 15 - Delta Sigma Theta Candidate Forum - 37th LD - Mt Zion Baptist Church 10/17 - 9-11am - More Info
Oct 21 - CHCC General meeting with speaker about Seattle Transit Measure
Oct 24 - Building Bridges Candidate Forum at Byrd Barr Place - Oct 24 11-4pm
Oct 27 - Hillman City Candidate Forum Oct 27 6-7:30 - Rainier South Church

Help the CHCC Find Meeting Space

At the last CHCC meeting it was mentioned about the challenges the CHCC has in finding meeting space for various events. If you would like to help the CHCC find meeting space please contact us at chcc.officers@gmail.com

Seattle Central College has been great at helping the CHCC with meeting space. For different types of events it would be great to have a handy list of places.