Mobile methadone treatment
Methadone has been used for decades to treat opioid addiction. It is also difficult to come by, a problem health providers hope to ease with a new fleet of vans that can provide the drug. Read more....
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Treatment in Motion: Healing in Community
In July, ETS announced that a third vehicle would join the Treatment in Motion (TIM) program. The newest addition to the TIM fleet will serve people in the Pioneer Square neighborhood with essential...
View ArticleSeattle’s waterfront is safer than before
A year ago, Seattle Center expanded to provide maintenance and public safety at the 20-acre Waterfront Park. It’s a partnership with Friends of Waterfront Park, a group led by civic and business...
View ArticleChange to Regional Homelessness Authority
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and King County Executive Dow Constantine want to change who calls the shots for the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. Read more. The post Change to Regional...
View ArticleRecognizing Overdose Awareness Day in our community
International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) is the world’s largest annual campaign to raise awareness of overdoses, reduce stigma, and acknowledge grief felt by friends and families of those lost or...
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Recovery Month: The Art of Recovery
September is National Recovery Month. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) theme for this year is the Art of Recovery, which recognizes the transformative impact of art...
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Together We Can
Saturday, August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD). IOAD is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember those we’ve lost, and acknowledge the grief of the family and...
View ArticleKing County’s recent drop in fatal overdoses
King County’s steep curve of fatal fentanyl overdoses, propelled by record-breaking death counts last year, has at last started to bend. Read more. The post King County’s recent drop in fatal overdoses...
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“One Death by Overdose Is Too Many”
In honor of International Overdose Awareness Day, ETS hosted “Together We Can,” a remembrance event for those who’ve died by overdose. Together, our community called for collective action to improve...
View ArticleMethadone Saved My Life
No one’s path to substance use, recurrence of use, or recovery looks the same. People take many paths to healing, and, at Evergreen Treatment Services, we seek to walk alongside those we serve as they...
View ArticleGaps in treatment for teens
A vast majority of adults who were admitted to substance use treatment started using before their 18th birthdays. Read more. The post Gaps in treatment for teens appeared first on Evergreen Treatment...
View ArticleSeattle City Council considers 7 ‘stay out’ drug or prostitution zones
The Seattle City Council looks poised to establish six “stay out” zones for drug crimes and one for prostitution, authorizing judges to bar people from the zones once they’ve been charged with or...
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Seventh Annual Roots of Recovery!
Thank you for joining us at the 7th annual Roots of Recovery! ETS welcomed nearly 300 members of our community to celebrate the 7th Annual Roots of Recovery luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 26 at Block 41...
View ArticleAuburn shifts shelter requirements
Less than three months after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to remove homeless people without having to offer them shelter in return, the city of Auburn moved quickly to cement the...
View ArticleWashington unveils five-year plan to ease record-high homelessness
The Department of Commerce plan outlines securing new funding to improve response coordination and provide new housing units and emergency beds. Read more. The post Washington unveils five-year plan to...
View ArticleOverdose deaths are down nationally, but up in west
Despite an encouraging national dip in the past year, overdose deaths are still on the rise in many Western states as the epicenter of the nation’s continuing crisis shifts toward the Pacific Coast,...
View ArticleWhat cities really take when they sweep encampments
As homelessness has surged to record levels in the U.S., cities are increasingly removing or “sweeping” tents or entire encampments of people living outdoors. Read more. The post What cities really...
View ArticlePipeline of fentanyl into the U.S. may be drying up
When street fentanyl began spreading in the American street drug supply beginning in 2012, most experts believed the deadly synthetic opioid was unstoppable. Read more. The post Pipeline of fentanyl...
View ArticleMobile methadone clinics bring treatment to the streets
To bring methadone to this population, the federal government needed to lower barriers for treatment providers, and local investments helped put more trucks on the street. Washington now has 11 units...
View ArticleNational Homelessness Awareness Month
November is National Homelessness Awareness Month. In King County, homelessness is at a record high with more than 16,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given day. Despite what long-held...
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