Spokane Community Resources and Events
Many individuals and organizations across Spokane County are doing vital work to improve the lives of our community members. This page will highlight upcoming events related to the Task Force’s areas of focus. We encourage you to participate in these events and to share information about other activities that may be of interest to Task Force members and the public.
Safe and Healthy Spokane Task Force Releases Community-Built Recommendations
On June 11, 2026, the Safe and Healthy Spokane Task Force released its recommendations, delivering a community-built roadmap to transform the Spokane region's approach to public safety and behavioral health.
The Task Force came together because a different kind of table was needed. Over nine months, more than 35 people representing law enforcement, the courts, behavioral health, healthcare, housing, business, labor, Tribal nations, faith communities, and people with lived experience worked through real disagreement to produce a shared roadmap — one that builds on years of hard work by people who have cared about these issues long before this Task Force convened.
The 14 recommendations span facilities, crisis response, diversion, treatment, workforce, and coordination. They are designed to work together. A safer community and a healthier one are not separate goals, and a system that treats them that way will keep producing the same results. These recommendations are built around an integrated approach where safety and health are interdependent.
The foundational recommendation is to create a Cross-Sector Coordinating Council. This council is at the heart of the region's ability to sustain collaboration and better integrate systems across jurisdictional boundaries, so progress can be made on the shared issues that no single government or community can solve alone.
This work does not end with the release of these recommendations. The Task Force members who produced this roadmap are committed to staying engaged as it moves toward implementation, and they are asking elected leaders across the region to meet this moment with the sustained commitment it requires.
SAFE AND HEALTHY SPOKANE ASSET ASSESSMENT REPORT
Spokane County, like many communities across the country, is facing growing challenges related to mental health, substance use, housing instability, and how people in crisis interact with public systems. To better understand these issues and how local systems work together, the Safe and Healthy Spokane Task Force commissioned this independent Asset Assessment by The Leifman Group. Informed by national expertise and extensive local input from people working across behavioral health, housing, justice, health care, advocacy, and lived experience, the assessment brings together what is already known to show what is working, where gaps exist, and where better coordination could help. This report is a starting point—not a final plan. The Task Force will continue to engage the community and draw on ongoing discussions to refine priorities and develop recommendations to be presented in the spring.