 Are you interested in learning about the programs VSHSL funded in 2019? Want to get to know our partners? Are you curious about VSHSL strategies' results?
You can find all of that and more in the 2019 VSHSL Annual Report. We are excited to share the report with you.
Thank you to all of our dedicated partners for your commitment to serving King County’s veterans, seniors and resilient communities.
Read the 2019 VSHSL Annual Report
 A new funding opportunity is available to provide supports to senior kinship caregivers who are 55 and older living in King County to help them be successful in their roles.
The Kinship Care Supports strategy seeks to provide supports through one or more of the following three primary services: kinship mentoring, flexible funding, and/or training to increase kinship caregivers’ ability to maintain good health and well-being while providing for the children in their care.
For more information and to apply.
 We are happy to announce the return of the Geriatric Regional Assessment Team, known in the community as GRAT, three years after the original program closed. With funding from both the Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy (VSHSL) and the MIDD Behavioral Health Sales Tax, our partner Sound Generations has built a team of geriatric behavioral health and aging experts who offer early behavioral or social service intervention to isolated older adults (age 55 and older) who are at risk for crisis. GRAT provides outreach, engagement, comprehensive behavioral, cognitive, or social assessments and short-term supports to help the individual stabilize. The team then uses their expertise to help the older adult get connected to essential community resources.
Learn more about Sound Generation’s recently launched GRAT program.
 On Friday, August 28th from 10 am – 12 pm a virtual community planning session will be held to gather community input and feedback on the upcoming funding opportunity: Caregiver Respite for Caregivers of Persons with Disabilities. This strategy will fund programs that provide respite supports to caregivers of persons with disabilities. While supportive and mutually beneficial, relationships can cause stress for the parents, friends, or family members providing care and for the individual receiving care. Programming to support caregivers is important for the whole unit to maintain selfcare, personal health and to sustain caregiver’s essential role for the loved ones for whom they provide care.
Join us on Zoom: https://kingcounty.zoom.us/j/96182224359
Meeting ID: 961 8222 4359
Passcode: 298778
We will be providing CART (communication access real-time translation) captioning for all participants and are working to ensure the event is as accessible as possible for the community. For any additional access needs, please contact Ally Jurkovich, ajurkovich@kingcounty.gov. Eventbrite invitation to follow.
 Congratulations to HeadStrong and Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA), our partners newly awarded under the Veteran and Military Family Counseling VSHSL strategy!
HeadStrong will offer veterans, servicemembers and their families access to cost-free, confidential, evidence-based treatment to heal the hidden wounds of war and ultimately eliminate veteran suicides in King County.
WDVA will provide servicemembers, veterans and their family members access to free, confidential, culturally competent counseling in PTSD, Military Sexual Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury and other concerns that arise from military service.
Learn more about HeadStrong and WDVA.
Learn more about other VSHSL partners by searching our new awards database.
 To support our community members during the COVID-19 crises, the King County Veterans Program (KCVP), supported with VSHSL funds, is now offering housing stabilization assistance for veterans and their family members who have been affected by COVID-19.
For more information about eligibility and how to apply.
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