Title 10 Regulation of Activities
Division VII. City of Spokane Community Health Programs
Chapter 10.81 Community Health Impact Areas
Section 10.81.010 Scope and Purpose
- The City of Spokane recognizes the addiction crisis as a public health and community safety issue requiring an integrated crisis response that includes overdose prevention, access to additional behavioral health and treatment resources, law enforcement action against illegal drug traffickers and dealers, and the revitalization of neighborhoods decimated by the addiction crisis. The City of Spokane finds that residents within some neighborhoods suffer disproportionately from the impacts of the addiction crisis and seeks to implement public health programs and strategies to mitigate these impacts.
- The City of Spokane intends to use emergency medical services data, crime statistics, and public health information to establish a geographical area in the city of Spokane as a Community Health Impact Area to target policy and programmatic resources that mitigate the disproportionate public health and secondary neighborhood impacts of the addiction crisis.
Date Passed: Monday, February 3, 2025
Effective Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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