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// Read more...Rapid Re-Housing Making Strides in Washington State
Providers and state program representatives gathered on July 31 to share data, best practices, and innovation on rapid re-housing.
// Read more...$1.4M in New Grants Announced
Washington Families Fund grant awards target diversion services, legal aid, and access to education and career opportunities.
// Read more...It Takes McCarver to Raise a Child
The Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness highlights Tacoma’s McCarver Elementary Special Housing Program, which is keeping families housed and helping kids learn.
// Read more...Two Great Events in June
Mark your calendars for United Way's All-Star Softball Classic for Homeless Youth on June 15 and a free screening of the award-winning documentary "American Winter" on June 18.
// Read more...New Handbook Helps Homeless Youth
Columbia Legal Services has launched a groundbreaking tool to help Washington’s homeless youth find safety and stability, and understand their legal rights.
// Read more...Make an Impact: GiveBIG on May 15
Join thousands of others for our community's biggest day of giving, and your gift will go further!
// Read more...New Report on Homelessness in America
While homelessness has decreased in Washington State, median incomes have declined, fair market rental rates have soared, and more households are living "doubled up."
// Read more...The Music of Ending Homelessness
Impatient Optimists, 3/19/13
Kollin Min, Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reflects on how one young man's story and a piano remind him why our work of systems change really matters.
Tacoma's Workforce Central receives $360,000 grant to train workers in manufacturing
The News Tribune, 3/8/13
News release about Workforce Central receiving a grant from Building Changes for a two-year job training project.
