A nice story out on Facebook from Everett Police about a successful effort by the Community Outreach and Enforcement Team (COET) which embeds a social worker within a special Everett Police Unit to assist people experiencing homelessness and other issues on the streets of Everett. Passing along for those who don’t follow Everett PD on […]
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Everett PD Adding Americorps Vista Staffer To Help With Opioid Epidemic, Applications Open
June 9, 2019
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The Everett Police Department has been selected to receive a grant to add another member to their COET (Community Outreach and Enforcement Team), to assist in helping people on the streets in Everett, Washington who are affected by the opioid epidemic. In this case the new person assigned to the team will be an Americorps […]
Staffing Remains A Challenge For Everett Police Embedded Social Worker Program
August 3, 2017
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Two years ago Everett began embedding a social worker within the police department to help officers better provide services to people living on the street. That first position was funded by Snohomish County and filled by Lauren Rainbow who left the Everett position after just nine months to work for Snohomish County. In June of […]
August 21, 2020
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