Local Advisory Teams (LATs) are groups of people from the community who help decide how Commerce invests some of its Community Reinvestment Program funding. For the 2025-2027 biennium, LATs will help oversee $7 million in violence prevention investments.
Commerce is keeping these decisions local because people who live in the community know best what their communities needs. When local voices lead the way, programs are more meaningful and effective.
There will be twelve local advisory teams across Washington.
- Pacific Mountain: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston Counties
- Southwest: Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum Counties
- Olympic: Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap Counties
- Pierce: Pierce County
- Seattle-King: King County
- Snohomish: Snohomish County
- Northwest: Whatcom, Skagit, Island, San Juan Counties
- North Central: Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan Counties
- South Central: Yakima, Kittitas, Klickitat, Skamania Counties
- Benton-Franklin: Benton, Franklin Counties
- Eastern: Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman Counties
- Spokane: Spokane County
Membership composition
Each LAT will include 8–12 members representing the diversity of its region. Membership may include:
- Grassroots and community-based organization leaders
- Faith-based and cultural organization representatives
- Young adult leaders
- Individuals with lived experience related to violence prevention, incarceration or reentry
- Representatives from education, workforce, behavioral health or victim services sectors
- Tribal community representatives
- Rural community representatives
Commitment to equity and transparency
Commerce is committed to ensuring that each LAT reflects the voices and lived experiences of communities most impacted by inequity and disinvestment. LATs serve as a cornerstone of accountability, transparency and shared governance in CRP implementation—helping to ensure that state investments are guided by community wisdom, cultural leadership, and lived experience.