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In August of 2022 Snohomish County announced it was increasing the capacity of Snohomish County to serve those needing bridge housing and behavioral health services by twenty-six percent with three programs. Here’s an excerpt from a press release issued August 17th, 2022. (you can see the full press release here) Over the last two weeks, […]

Received a little more information from Snohomish County on a change in their plans to purchase the Hope Church property at 4502 Rucker to use as an emergency shelter for 40 people currently sheltered at the United Church of Christ at 2624 Rockefeller Avenue in downtown Everett, Washington. The lease with Snohomish County and Everett […]

We’ve been covering the potential purchase of the Hope Church at 4502 Rucker in Everett, Washington for use as a replacement for a shelter currently housing 40 people in the 2600 block of Rockefeller in downtown Everett. Today Snohomish County sent us a copy of a memo sent to the City of Everett Administration and […]

Last week MyEverettNews.com was contacted by church members and business owners in the area of 4500 Rucker just north of the Everett YMCA regarding rumors that the Hope Church at 4502 Rucker was under consideration first by the City of Everett and now Snohomish County as a location that may provide shelter and services to […]

Citing a shortage of staff, Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney last year pulled deputies off the Office of Neighborhoods programs that paired social workers with deputies in contacting people with behavioral health, homelessness and public safety concerns. Those deputies went back to regular patrol. In January Fortney brought the program back. Today the Sheriff and […]

Last Friday Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin posted a letter on social media which said in part: Yesterday I learned that the Washington State Department of Transportation—as part of Washington’s Right of Way Safety Initiative, and in partnership with a local nonprofit service provider—is placing a large number of the unsheltered population, many of which currently […]