# King County Suspends Skyway Peacekeepers Contract

King County suspended Urban Family’s Regional Peacekeepers Collective contract, effective October 5, 2026, after an outside review found approximately **$261,000 in likely duplicate salary and rent billing** and identified other financial-control and compliance concerns. The county froze payments and is auditing records from 2023–2025. Urban Family must reconcile its records, address any repayment obligations, and meet tax and reporting requirements before the suspension may be lifted; Seattle is separately reviewing concerns about the organization’s city billing.

- The contract suspension affects publicly funded gun-violence-prevention services in Skyway. The contract’s total value was not stated; contract number 15045 is identified in the extracted records.
- Procurement and grants managers can use the case to review controls for duplicate charges, salary allocation, rent costs, tax documentation, and contractor reporting across publicly funded work.
- Contractors serving multiple public agencies should be prepared to reconcile shared costs and maintain records that support each charge. The parallel Seattle review means Urban Family’s billing is under scrutiny by more than one government entity.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Public Safety
**Topics:** Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** October 05, 2026

### Government Entities
- King County
- Public Health Seattle & King County
- City of Seattle
- King County Auditor

### Vendors
- Urban Family (prime contractor)
- Clark Nuber (external financial reviewer)

### Key Quotes
> Public Health understands that good stewardship of public resources is the foundation of maintaining public trust, and we remain committed to fiscal accountability and strong oversight of all our contracted work.
> — Joy Carpine-Cazzanti, Government Relations Officer

### Sources
- [King County halts Skyway gun violence contract over billing](https://seattlered.com/jason-rantz/king-county-urban-family-regional-peacekeepers-contract-suspended-double-billing/4120512) - Seattle Red