City reports street outreach has closed nearly 100 homeless encampments in 10 days

Published on October 17, 2025

Spokane’s new homelessness outreach teams, in collaboration with Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington, have closed nearly 100 encampments within the first 10 days of inception, the city announced Thursday.

Four teams were created in September as part of the H.O.M.E. Starts Here Initiative, the city’s new method to expand its homelessness response efforts that places those teams in Spokane’s police precincts. The outreach teams are made up of social workers from Catholic Charities.

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