Are you interested
in learning more about the barriers faced by homeless youth in the
U-District? Join Representative Nicole Macri, Monisha Harrell of
Equal Rights Washington, community activist Nancy Amidei, ROOTS Anti-Oppression
Team Co-Chair Karisa Morikawa, and ROOTS guests from 6:30pm-8pm on Wednesday,
May 10th at University Christian Church for ROOTS' Youth Homelessness
Community Forum. Learn from the direct experiences of homeless youth and hear
from advocates and experts about the intersections between youth
homelessness, queerness, and race. Bring your questions and participate in the
audience Q&A. RSVP to volunteer@rootsinfo.org.
Former Washington State Governor
Mike Lowry passed away on Monday, May 1. In addition to spending 21 years in elective offices in Washington -- 1976 to 1978
in the King County Council, 1979 to 1989 representing the 7th District in
Congress, and 1993 to 1997 as governor, Governor Lowry served as a
member of the formerly Committee to End Homelessness’ HomGoverning Board for many years and as a member of
the National Alliance to End Homelessness Board until this year. He was a true and
unwavering champion for the most vulnerable members of our community. Governor
Lowry will be dearly missed. We need more men and women like him today.
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One in every 27 K-12 students in our state is homeless and
about half are Grade 5 or younger. School districts across the state of Washington identified 39,671 K-12 students as having experienced
homelessness during the 2015-16 academic year, an 11.7 percent increase over
the previous year and more than double the number from just eight years ago. Schoolhouse
Washington has analyzed this
data, which is collected by individual school districts, gathered by the state
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and reported to the public. The analysis
provides a snapshot of student homelessness in K-12 schools, the demographics
of students experiencing homelessness, and how they are faring academically.
Infographics
produced by Schoolhouse Washington in partnership with Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness are available to use and share here.
Please RSVP to join the next King County HMIS User
Training on Data Quality on Friday, May 26 from 10:30am to 12:00pm
at WorkSource
Renton, Room A (500 SW 7th St #100, Renton, WA 98057).
Training to include:
- Data quality improvement efforts
- Key components of data quality
- Best practices for reviewing and improving your agency's
data quality
Registration:
via
in-person Eventbrite page here or via
listen online Eventbrite page here.
The Office of Homeless Youth has released a Request for
Proposals (RFP) to develop a statewide training on homeless youth for criminal
justice personnel via https://fortress.wa.gov/ga/webs/ as
well as their agency website via www.commerce.wa.gov/OHY .
The Office of Homeless Youth, per RCW 43.330.715, is
required to establish a statewide training which must include the following
elements:
- Identifying homeless youth
- Existing laws governing the
intersection of law and enforcement and homeless youth
- Best practices for engaging
homeless youth in services.
The award offers up
to $30,000 to support the development of the criminal justice training. Grants
awarded as a result of the RFP process will be effective July 2017 through June
2018. Interested applicants can register via the link provided in the
RFP for the bidder’s webinar, taking place on May 4th at 10:30am –
PST. All future inquires/questions related to this funding opportunity
should be sent to youthhomeless@commerce.wa.gov.
The deadline for submitting proposals is May 26, 2017 at 4pm
PST.
“Portraits
of Homelessness” offers a gritty and intimate perspective of life inside
the makeshift communities springing up across the Puget Sound region. In
conjunction with its publication, The Seattle Times Pacific NW Magazine is
hosting a “Portraits of Homelessness” launch event. Taking place Thursday, May
4 at the Seattle Central Public Library, it includes a panel discussion and
exhibit of select images from the project. The doors open at 6:30, and the
event begins at 7 p.m.
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 Annual Conference – Save the Date!
Wednesday, June 14
This year’s Annual Conference will mark the half-way point
of our Strategic Plan to make homelessness rare, brief and one-time in King
County. Join us as we reflect on our progress and recommit to our goals. The
conference will offer a variety of workshops for all members of our Continuum
of Care, as part of our larger training and technical assistance plan. Stay
tuned for more details.
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.
King County Housing Authority
Research
and Evaluation Intern
Evergreen Treatment Services
Harm
Reduction & Recovery Specialist
Housing
Case Manager – Scattered Sites
Outreach
Case Manager – MDOT/Navigation Team
Supervisor
– Scattered Sites
Neighborhood House
Housing and Employment Case Manager II
Accelerator YMCA
Program
Director
Resource
Specialist II
IL
Resource Specialist II
Low Income Housing Institute
Site
Coordinator II – Seattle
Case Manager – Ballard
Case Manager (two positions
available) – Seattle
Homeless
Outreach Case Manager Temporary – North Seattle
Shelter Case Manager – Seattle |