 Today, I announced that Snohomish County is expanding outreach efforts to people experiencing homelessness through a new pilot program, the SnoCo Agencies for Engagement (SAFE) team. The SAFE team is composed of physicians, community paramedics, social workers, and law enforcement officers. The SAFE team is visiting encampments and areas where people are known to congregate to assess individuals for COVID-19 symptoms and connect them to services as needed. These efforts are part of the coordinated efforts organized by the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our community and save lives.
Numerous agencies are participating in the SAFE team effort, including Snohomish County, Everett Police Department, Everett Fire Department, South County Fire, Snohomish County Fire District 7, Lynnwood Police Department, Washington State Patrol, and Sea Mar Community Health Centers, and Northwest Ambulance Transport. A big thank you to all of our partners.
The full press release is available HERE.
 The Volunteers of America, in partnership with local food banks, is helping coordinate community efforts to get homemade cloth face covers to people in need. Deliveries of face covers are now being accepted by VOA at 1230 Broadway, in Everett.
 Swedish Health Services, the largest nonprofit health care system in the Puget Sound region, is partnering with Bloodworks Northwest to expand the collection of plasma donations from recovered COVID-19 patients for use as a potential treatment for COVID-19.
Swedish is informing recovered COVID-19 patients about the opportunity to participate in plasma donation and has begun enrolling patients currently sick with COVID-19 in a clinical trial through the national Convalescent Plasma Expanded Access Program.
Patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and are interested in donating plasma are asked to contact Bloodworks Northwest atCOVID19Study@BloodworksNW.org or 206-689-6689.
For more information please read Swedish’s news release.
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