Daniel Malone
Executive Director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC), Seattle's largest provider of shelter, supportive housing, and behavioral health services for people experiencing homelessness.
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PODCASTS
Sep 11, 2026
Daniel MaloneGUEST
So OrcaPod takes these same kinds of services out in the community and delivers them to people where they are.
Daniel MaloneGUEST
A lot of that is focused on permanent supportive housing sites where people with these kinds of conditions live, but also on the streets.
Daniel MaloneGUEST
And so we've got overall data for how many visits we're conducting how many encounters we have with people through these ORCA programs.
Daniel MaloneGUEST
But what I don't have in front of me is how many of those are at the ORCA center of people who were brought in or walked in versus how many happened in the field with ORCA pod.
Daniel MaloneGUEST
And so... given that it's a, it's a 365 day a year program, that's 27 average of 27 encounters a day.
Erica C. BarnettHOST
So can you just talk to us a little bit about this new facility and sort of how it differs from the Navigation Center, if at all, and what kind of services are available there to people?