THE EAST PRECINCT GOTS (GET OFF THE STREETS) PROJECT

NEWS ALERT: Mayor cuts funding for GOTS, EPCPC asks city council for support

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Get Off the Streets (GOTS) is a partnership with the Seattle Police Department and POCAAN (People of Color Against Aids Network). Our goal is lowering crime in the Central Area by providing services to people involved in non-violent street crime who are drug or alcohol dependent and homeless.

93 individuals received services including housing, treatment, grocery vouchers and case management.

Bookings into jail were dramatically decreased while clients were receiving services.

The East Precinct GOTS (Get Off the Streets) project received funding for a pilot project for the 2000 Block of East Madison in June.

The vision is to reduce crime by providing services to those creating low-level crime problems in the neighborhood. View the flyer

Drop-in visitors were referred to numerous services, including treatment, dental care, health care, employment, etc.

At the end of 2006, 41 clients had been placed in housing and 43 assessed for chemical dependency treatment. 26 entered treatment.

News Articles about GOTS

Program aims to clean up busy drug area
Outreach workers try to help people get off the streets
By KERY MURAKAMI, Seattle Post Intelligencer

Amid the violence are hooks to lifelines
By ROBERT L. JAMIESON Jr.
P-I COLUMNIST
Published February 20, 2008, Seattle Post Intelligencer

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