About the Collaborative
Developing an integrated strategy with shared responsibility is best achieved when all local elected officials work collaboratively.
One initiative we will be assessing, modeled after successful campaigns in Houston and Atlanta, is an effort to establish an independent authority tasked with making strategic, coordinated decisions and investments, to achieve the best outcomes. The Spokane region is ready to work to establish our own model, one that best fits our community’s needs and desires.
We recognize that our many providers and other professionals throughout the homeless response system have worked diligently for many years, but often without the regional planning and support they’ve needed to achieve greater success.
Three community leaders, Gavin Cooley, Rick Romero, and Theresa Sanders have volunteered to help organize and guide this effort.
Each has a variety of business and public sector experience, and together have worked on numerous successful regional collaborations.
