LEAD Support Bureau Launches New Website, LEAD Community Toolkit
Aug. 8, 2023 Media Contact: Ashley Archibald ashley.archibald@wearepda.org Cell: (206) 600-9179 LEAD Support Bureau launches new website, LEAD Community ToolkitA guide for policymakers and...
View ArticlePDA RFP Calls for Service Providers
PDA seeks organizations to provide case management and outreach to clients eligible for LEAD, a harm-reduction based program for people in the criminal justice system with behavioral health conditions...
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ROW Initiative, PDA meet with Arrowhead residents after encampment cleared
Three months ago, PDA Co-Executive Director Lisa Daugaard and Nichole Alexander, the PDA director of Outreach & Special Initiatives, stood alongside other members of government and nonprofit...
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Find your passion – get involved
By Dezerae Rawlings, PDA Operations Associate Each month, we have the opportunity to remember historical moments, celebrate culture, and advocate for different causes we are passionate about. November...
View ArticleHuman services workers deserve a living wage
The Seattle City Council is poised to vote on a budget that includes pay increases for human services workers who take on the difficult job of helping people who have been failed by systems. These...
View ArticleSeattle’s Third Avenue Project Model Report
Katherine Beckett and Marco Brydolf-Horwitz of University of Washington review Seattle’s Third Avenue Project (TAP) and its accomplishments, challenges, and lessons learned. Read the full report here....
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PDA works to resolve U District encampment
How does an encampment get resolved, and resolved well, without displacement or chaos? Months of work. Hours of trudging up worn paths with bags of muffins and supplies. Smiling until the muscles in...
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Meet the Deputy Directors!
Purpose Dignity Action (PDA) has exciting news to share about an evolution in our leadership structure. Beginning last week, we will have two additional deputy directors: Tiarra Bryant and Brandi...
View ArticleThey’re Not Cops. They Don’t Have Guns. But They’re Responding to More 911...
LEAD looks beyond crises and emergencies and seeks to promote non-police responses to chronic, low-level criminal activity (like drug possession, prostitution and petty theft) that stems from unmet...
View ArticleState-funded boot camp trains formerly homeless people for construction
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View ArticleCenter for Policing Equity: Designing Public Safety, Substance Abuse
CPE paper recognizes LEAD as a strategy to address substance use through community-based harm reduction services rather than punishment. The post Center for Policing Equity: Designing Public Safety,...
View ArticleCity of Pittsburgh Office of Community Health and Safety celebrates launch of...
“Our vision with our LEAD initiative is to provide people with a client-based approach that provides those suffering from addiction or criminalization, mental health, and people we know really need...
View ArticleEnding homelessness in downtown Seattle may be harder than expected
The Third Avenue Project has been working to connect people with basic necessities, interim lodging, and even housing. But as this article outlines, success is directly related to the resources that...
View ArticlePDA expands outreach, case management capacity in Seattle
Two new service providers – POCAAN (People of Color Against AIDS Network), and Ideal Option – have joined REACH and CoLEAD in the LEAD service provider umbrella. Selected after a competitive RFP...
View ArticlePDA statement regarding proposal to re-introduce Stay Out of Drug Areas...
For Immediate Release: August 1, 2024 Contact: Brandi McNeil, brandi.mcneil@wearepda.org PDA statement regarding proposal to re-introduce Stay Out of Drug Areas (SODA) zones PDA has received multiple...
View ArticleOfficials spearheading Oregon drug recriminalization could learn a lot from...
“LEAD is intended to be a public safety, public order response,” said Tiarra Bryant, who helps cities and counties around the country stand up LEAD programs at a Seattle-based legal nonprofit. “We use...
View ArticleWhy Seattle’s idea for banishment in crime ‘hot spots’ won’t work
Drawing on extensive data from the Seattle area, we found that banishment was both futile and counterproductive. In interviews, most people who had been banished told us that they frequently returned...
View ArticleWashington found a better way to remove homeless encampments. Will it stick?
CoLEAD, a program created by Purpose Dignity Action, a Seattle nonprofit working with the state’s Encampment Resolution Program, drives people from encampments to temporary lodging, providing new...
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