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There’s a new opioid recovery center in Seattle, operating out of a location that’s been around for decades serving unhoused residents.
In mid-August, a new Opioid Recovery and Care Access (ORCA) Center opened through the nonprofit Downtown Emergency Service Center on the second floor of the Morrison Hotel in Downtown Seattle.
Starting in 1979, the DESC served as a homeless shelter for up to 200 people.
But the organization says the pandemic led to its closure as providers realized they could not safely keep people in crowded indoor spaces.
Reopening the space as the ORCA Center marks a change in the evolution of homelessness services and the challenges people face. The Center will provide space for overdose recovery, walk-in opioid treatment, counseling and long-term care. It will also provide 24/7 post-overdose stabilization services for up to eight people at a time.
Paris Jackson is the host of “The Newsfeed”. She’s an Emmy Award-winning journalist with 15+ years in TV news and public media. A former anchor/reporter at KOMO-TV in Seattle. She is an editor-at-large at Cascade PBS. Paris-jackson@cascadepbs.org
Paris Jackson is the host of “The Newsfeed”. She’s an Emmy Award-winning journalist with 15+ years in TV news and public media. A former anchor/reporter at KOMO-TV in Seattle. She is an editor-at-large at Cascade PBS. Paris-jackson@cascadepbs.org
Shannen Ortale is a news producer at Cascade PBS, working primarily on The Newsfeed. She's also produced various documentary projects, including Asahel: The Curtis Collection and Origins: Refuge After War.
Shannen Ortale is a news producer at Cascade PBS, working primarily on The Newsfeed. She's also produced various documentary projects, including Asahel: The Curtis Collection and Origins: Refuge After War.
