This is why I've made LEAD a top priority for my 2020 budget proposals! There are ~300 people on the wait list and they need a caseworker. Bringing LEAD to scale will help people access services they need while addressing public safety concerns. #BudgetingWithLorena
The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) arrest diversion program is a collaborative effort that gives @SeattlePD officers an alternative to booking people into jail for criminal activity that stems from unmet behavioral health needs or poverty.
@SeattlePD Officers divert people engaged in low-level drug crime, prostitution, and crimes of poverty away from the criminal legal system to connect them w/intensive case managers who can provide crisis response, immediate psychosocial assessment, and long term wrap-around services.
@SeattlePD The services available to these LEAD-engaged individuals includes substance use disorder treatment and housing options.
@SeattlePD Officers channel people into community-based interventions at the point of arrest or pre-arrest disrupt the cycling of people with behavioral health issues through our criminal legal system.
@SeattlePD As a region, we should continue to invest in this low barrier, harm-reduction based model of care to help LEAD participants work toward achieving stability in the community.
@SeattlePD You can read more about LEAD, and our City-County partnership here: kingcounty.gov/depts/communit…
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