Human Services

Human Services Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan

The City is in the process of assessing the human services needs in the community via outreach and engagement to a wide range of stakeholders. Through this engagement, the City can identify gaps, learn what is working well, improve quality and increase access to services. To begin the assessment, the City developed a Community Participation Plan which you can read by clicking below.

Human Services Overview

The City provides and supports a broad range of local human services to community members. The services are targeted to alleviate hardships and help individuals to access community resources. The City engages in this work in four (4) distinct ways:

  1. Direct social service outreach & clean-up response;
  2. Coordinated efforts with regional and community partners;
  3. Providing funding to support the work of non-profit and other governmental entities; and
  4. Advocacy for more comprehensive solutions to homelessness at the state and federal level.

Through this work, the goal of the City is to provide and support services in the community that are done with compassion, enhance public safety and wellbeing for all, and are legal.  The following provides a brief overview of the ways the City of Lacey is working on this issue in the community.

Direct Social Services & Clean-up Response

Coordinated Efforts with Regional & Community Partners

Human Service Funding for Non-profits & Other Governmental Entities

State & Federal Level Advocacy

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Department Contact
Michelle Chavez

Human Services Coordinator

TEL: 360-486-8746

EMAIL: michelle.chavez@cityoflacey.org

Department
City Manager

phone: 360-491-3214

Hours
Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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