 We recently shifted one of our VSHSL program names from Vulnerable Populations to Resilient Communities to focus on communities’ ability to survive and thrive despite oppression and harm.
We are excited to make this name change to better represent the strength and resilience of the communities we serve.
Read more about why we changed our name
 Thousands of people across King County have lost jobs or seen wages sharply reduced in the devastating wake of COVID-19. Unable to pay rent, many are now at high risk of eviction and homelessness. The King County Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program recently launched to help individuals and families throughout King County dealing with COVID-related illness, lost wages and unemployment.
The program is reaching out to individual tenants, large and small property managers and landlords, and mobile home parks. Funding is prioritized for the highest-need areas and residents. Up to three months of rent may be awarded. In many cases, funding recipients will be chosen via a lottery system to ensure more applicants can access the fund, rather than just the first to sign up.
For eligibility and additional information
 Over the past year the King County Veterans Program (KCVP) has been laying the groundwork to extend service through new outreach-focused social service staff, enabling KCVP to support clients outside of office-based settings, as well as those who walk through KCVP’s doors. A piece of this new outreach, which launched in June, focuses on supporting geographic areas of King County that hold a high veteran population but have few veteran-specific services available.
Read about how KCVP outreach at the Maple Valley Food Bank helped Terry R., a 73-year-old veteran, connect to KCVP services.
 Ingersoll Gender Center, one of our VSHSL veteran pathfinding providers, and Path with Art, a Vets Engaged awardee, teamed up to offer a two-session free virtual workshop for trans veterans in King County. The art sessions will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 2 - 4pm and Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 2 - 4pm.
To RSVP contact So'le Celestial at so'le@ingersollgendercenter.org
For more information and a workshop description.
 A new King County funding opportunity is available for organizations to help provide digital access through technology, internet connectivity, and/or digital literacy support to adults who are seniors, limited-English proficient, unemployed, or experiencing homelessness and who face barriers to accessing digital services.
Applications are due on September 22, 2020 at 5:00pm.
For more information view the full Request for Applications.
With VSHSL funding the Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence is conducting a county-wide survey to gather public opinion and learn more about the resources people want and need to prevent domestic, sexual and family violence in their own communities. Survey responses will be used to create a map of community-led organizations or groups in King County that are working to keep people safe and prevent violence.
Give input on how communities can build knowledge and use resources to prevent violence by taking the survey: mappingprevention.org
For more information.
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