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CoLEAD, a program created by Purpose Dignity Action, a Seattle nonprofit working with the state’s…

Drawing on extensive data from the Seattle area, we found that banishment was both futile…

“LEAD is intended to be a public safety, public order response,” said Tiarra Bryant, who…

For Immediate Release: August 1, 2024 Contact: Brandi McNeil, [email protected] PDA statement regarding proposal to…

The Third Avenue Project has been working to connect people with basic necessities, interim lodging,…

CPE paper recognizes LEAD as a strategy to address substance use through community-based harm reduction…

LEAD looks beyond crises and emergencies and seeks to promote non-police responses to chronic, low-level…

Purpose Dignity Action (PDA) has exciting news to share about an evolution in our leadership…

How does an encampment get resolved, and resolved well, without displacement or chaos? Months of…

Katherine Beckett and Marco Brydolf-Horwitz of University of Washington review Seattle’s Third Avenue Project (TAP)…

The Seattle City Council is poised to vote on a budget that includes pay increases…

By Dezerae Rawlings, PDA Operations Associate Each month, we have the opportunity to remember historical…