COMMUNITY: Healthy agenda for this week’s North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting
Be there! Here’s what the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council will be hearing and talking about on Thursday:
North Highline Unincorporated Area Council Meeting
When: Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 7 pm
Where: North Highline Fire Station at 1243 SW 112th Street in White Center
(Parking and Entrance are in the Back of the Station)The Opportunity to Be Informed, Be Involved and Be Heard!
April’s meeting will focus on better health, both physical and emotional, in North Highline.
Health care professionals often tell us what we should be doing to live long, productive lives. The table will be turned at this month’s NHUAC meeting. Highline Medical Center wants to hear from us! Doug Baxter-Jenkins, CHI Franciscan’s Community Integration Program Manager, will present data from the latest Community Health Needs Assessment. We will have a chance to ask questions, provide comments, and suggest ideas for action to build a healthier community together. Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity to tell Highline Medical Center where it should focus its community health work over the next three years.
Seattle and King County are in crisis. The reasons include the trauma and effects of addiction, untreated mental health issues, and homelessness. The last month has been especially difficult in North Highline. Our first responders bear the heavy weight of dealing with the fallout. Lisa Daugaard and Kris Nyrop of the Public Defender Association will join NHUAC to discuss the LEAD® program, which King County plans to begin in North Highline. LEAD® stands for Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion. It will give KCSO a new option when dealing with low-level offenders. Officers will be able to direct low-level offenders to case-management and services such as drug treatment and housing – instead of prosecution and jail. Join us to learn more about how LEAD® may help make North Highline safer and healthier for everyone.
White Center Storefront Deputy Bill Kennamer will provide an update on what has been keeping KCSO busy in North Highline over the last month.
Then… the floor will be yours!
Knowledge is power.
Learn, share and help make North Highline a better place.
April 4, 2019 at 7 pm – Bring a Neighbor!
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April 3rd, 2019 at 3:48 pm
What are the consequences if the offenders refuse treatment?
April 3rd, 2019 at 5:20 pm
Go to the meeting and ask.