Spokane’s new homelessness outreach teams, in collaboration with Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington, have closed nearly 100 encampments within the first 10 days of inception, the city announced Thursday.

Four teams were created in September as part of the H.O.M.E. Starts Here Initiative, the city’s new method to expand its homelessness response efforts that places those teams in Spokane’s police precincts. The outreach teams are made up of social workers from Catholic Charities.

The encampment sites were discovered based on reports to Spokane’s code enforcement, or 311, where Spokane residents can call to report an unlawful campsite. Teams visited the sites of reports filed within the last 12 days, or ones known as “active,” according to a press release from the city of Spokane. A

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