Today, Mayor Ed Murray and
philanthropist Paul G. Allen announced a partnership to address the region’s
homelessness crisis through an innovative, permanent supportive housing and
onsite services community that will serve as a resource hub for Seattle-area
families with children who are experiencing homelessness. Under the
partnership, Mr. Allen will provide $30 million in capital toward the
development, with the City of Seattle committing $5 million in capital and
additional funds to support operation and maintenance of the center.
“Paul Allen understands the homelessness crisis requires
everyone in our community, particularly our business leaders, to help,” said
Mayor Murray. “This partnership with the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will
build permanent supportive housing for vulnerable homeless families with
children and help the City leverage our affordable housing funds 6-to-1. This
commitment is an example of the incredible difference our philanthropic and
business leaders can make in our community, as I called on others to do during
my State of the City speech this year. Thank you to Paul Allen, his family, and
the foundation for making this incredibly generous investment to address this
crisis.”
"We should all be alarmed by the growing crisis of
homelessness in our community, especially its impact on families,” said Bill
Hilf, CEO of Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. “Addressing this crisis requires the
commitment and creativity of business, government, and the human services
community. We approached the City of Seattle some months ago to get this
project going because we wanted to make a significant impact toward disrupting
the cycle of homelessness, and to give homeless families an opportunity to
thrive.”
Mercy Housing
Northwest, one of the nation’s largest non-profit developers of affordable
housing operating 48 properties in Washington state, will develop, own, and
operate the multi-family complex. It is anticipated that other nonprofit
providers will partner to provide services for children and families in the
community.
Additional details about the design, location, and target opening date for the community will be released in the coming months.
Last week, King, Pierce, and Spokane counties are launched
100-Day Challenges to accelerate efforts to prevent and end youth homelessness
in their communities. The 100-Day Challenges are part of a growing national
movement to prevent and end youth homelessness in America. In Austin,
Cleveland, and Los Angeles, similar challenges organized by A Way Home America and RRI helped
house 413 young people in just 100 days—exceeding their original Challenge.
“The 100-Day Challenge is all about taking action, now, to connect
youth and young adults experiencing homelessness in our community with a safe
and stable home,” said All Home Executive Director Mark Putnam. “I’m excited
to join leaders from government, nonprofits and philanthropy, as well as the
young people our works most impacts, to achieve an ambitious goal. Together we
can do this!”
King County will focus on accelerating housing placements
for young people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, and
reducing the number of unsheltered young people in our community.
“Ensuring that every youth and young adult in our region has
the opportunity to achieve their full potential starts with making sure they
have a safe, warm place to call home each night,” said King County Executive
Dow Constantine. “This partnership will build on the progress we’ve made to
help more youth get into permanent housing, and work to prevent them from ever
experiencing homelessness in the first place."
Schultz
Family Foundation and the Raikes
Foundation, two philanthropic leaders with a deep commitment to addressing
youth homelessness, are providing financial support for the Challenges. Rapid Results Institute will
provide coaching and support to all three regions, and will be facilitating key
workshops at the beginning and end of the 100-Day Challenges. RRI’s past
challenges around veteran and youth homelessness have shown that the limited
timeframe of 100 days provides the urgency needed to identify, innovate, and
fuel effective approaches for communities.
Over the course of the next 100 days, All Home and partners
will be sharing profiles on social media channels to highlight those affected
by and working to prevent and end youth homelessness. Follow along with the #WAChallengeAccepted
hashtag on Twitter and Facebook.
The
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and the Campaign for Housing and
Community Development Funding are holding a national call-in day TODAY to urge
members of Congress to pass final spending bills for fiscal year 2017 before
the Friday, April 28 deadline and to protect affordable housing investments.
Unless Congress extends the deadline or passes full spending bills, the federal
government will shut down and vital investments in affordable housing and
community development will be put at risk. More
information here.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has won a 2017 HUD
Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships for its generous support
of the Pacific Northwest Housing Authority-School Partnership. The award honors 10 innovative and impactful cross-sector
initiatives that have increased the quality of life for low- and
moderate-income Americans living in urban, suburban, and rural communities
across the nation. These initiatives focus on solving a broad range of issues,
from expanding affordable housing to promoting employment opportunities for
students, reducing substance abuse among young people, and improving
local infrastructure.
The Seattle Times Pacific NW Magazine will present
"Portraits of Homelessness" on May 4, 2017 at the Seattle Central Public Library’s Microsoft
Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m.
The exhibit will include stories
and concerns from people experiencing homelessness.
This event will also feature a panel of Seattle Times
journalists moderated by KUOW's Ross Reynolds. Panelists include Tyrone Beason,
project writer; Erika Schultz, project photographer; Daniel Beekman, Seattle
Times city government and local politics staff reporter; and Vernal Coleman,
Seattle Times staff reporter.
The event is free and registration is not required. More
information available here.
All Home Coordinating Board Meeting
Wednesday, May 3 | 2:00 – 4:00pm
All meeting dates, times and
locations as well as other related materials are available on the All Home
website. All Home Continuum of Care meetings are open to the public and
attendance is encouraged.
All Home is committed to support system transformation
efforts through relevant capacity building activities. The full Capacity
Building Plan can be found on our website, here
and all learning opportunities can be found on our calendar, here. If you are
offering a training and want to get the word out or have a specific training
need or recommendation for All Home, please contact Triina Van.
Partner Trainings
Equal Access and
Gender Identity Rules Training Webinar
The webinar recording is now available on the HUD Exchange
along with the presentation slides, speaker notes, and transcript. You can
access the materials under Related Materials and
Resources.
2017 Fair Housing Workshops for Housing
Providers: King County Office of Civil Rights
http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/civil-rights/fair-housing/providers-workshops.aspx
Bitfocus Clarity General Trainings
Register for specific dates and times at: http://kingcounty.hmis.cc/training/schedule-a-training/
Cross Agency Systems Training (CAST) for
Adults and Child/Youth Services: King County Behavioral Health Recovery
Division
Learn whom each system serves, goals of each program,
services available to consumers, and how to access these services.
Systems represented include: Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Crisis Services,
Child Welfare, Parent Supports, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health Courts, and
more. Register
here.
Neighborhood House
Youth Case Manager II - Bilingual in Spanish
Early Head Start Home Visitor - Bilingual
Prevention Coordinator - Minority AIDS Initiative
Plymouth Housing Group
Director of Social Services
Housing Case Manager - Recovery Focus
3 OPENINGS: Building Assistant (Live-Out)
Building Assistant (Live-Out) - Recovery Focus
Floating Building Assistant
Tenant Support Aide
Data Entry Assistant (Part-Time)
On-Call Building Assistant
On-Call Janitor
Compass Housing Alliance
IT
Administrative Assistant
Property
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