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Building Changes 2025 Legislative Agenda

Building Changes advances equitable responses to housing crises that impact children, youth, and families, with...
  • Education
  • Housing Crisis
  • Families
  • Homeless Student Stability Program
  • Policy
  • Students
  • Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
  • Washington Youth & Families Fund
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: October 20, 2024
  • Report

Youth Diversion Infrastructure Project: Year 1 Evaluation Report

This report documents evaluation findings from the first year of the Youth Diversion Infrastructure Project...
  • Housing Crisis
  • Diversion
  • Evaluation
  • Youth Diversion Infrastructure Project
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: August 26, 2024
  • Article

No wrong door: How the Youth Diversion Infrastructure Project (YDIP) is helping young people find stability

Who do you turn to in times of crisis? For those fortunate enough, it’s a...
  • Housing Crisis
  • Diversion
  • Evaluation
  • Youth Diversion Infrastructure Project
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: August 26, 2024
  • Article

Transformative strategies guide new statewide grants

Building Changes is excited to announce transformative new strategies and partnerships to improve the well-being...
  • Health
  • Housing Crisis
  • Families
  • Flexible Funding
  • Racial Equity
  • Washington Youth & Families Fund
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: July 30, 2024
  • Article

Years of Progress: The Washington Youth & Families Fund in Yakima County

April marks the 20th anniversary of the Washington Youth & Families Fund (WYFF), a vital...
  • Health
  • Housing Crisis
  • Families
  • Washington Youth & Families Fund

Publish Date: April 29, 2024
  • Article

Community, Commitment, Change: Reflections on WYFF’s 20th Anniversary

Driving along Interstate 82, visitors to this fertile river valley are presented with a promise:...
  • Housing Crisis
  • Families
  • Washington Youth & Families Fund
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: April 29, 2024
  • Article

Homeless Student Stability Program: A new approach to grantmaking

The first program of its kind in the nation, the Homeless Student Stability Program (HSSP)...
  • Education
  • Housing Crisis
  • Homeless Student Stability Program
  • Students

Publish Date: March 27, 2024
  • Brief

Youth Diversion Infrastructure Project (YDIP) Brief

The Youth Diversion Infrastructure Project (YDIP) is a joint project of Building Changes and A...
  • Housing Crisis
  • Diversion
  • Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
  • Youth Diversion Infrastructure Project
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: March 22, 2024
  • Article

2024 Legislative Update: Making progress during the short session

We’ve been hard at work on our legislative priorities. Because it’s a short session, February...
  • Education
  • Health
  • Housing Crisis
  • Families
  • Homeless Student Stability Program
  • Maternal Health
  • Policy
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: February 23, 2024
  • Brief

Integrating Diversion into Maternal Health Programs in Yakima & Pierce Counties

Building Changes successfully worked with two communities in Washington State on projects that integrated Diversion...
  • Health
  • Housing Crisis
  • Families
  • Maternal Health
  • Policy

Publish Date: December 17, 2023
  • Other

Building Changes 2024 Legislative Agenda

Building Changes advances equitable responses to housing crises that impact children, youth, and families, with...
  • Education
  • Health
  • Housing Crisis
  • Families
  • Homeless Student Stability Program
  • Maternal Health
  • Policy
  • Students
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: December 8, 2023
  • Report

Students Experiencing Homelessness in Washington’s K–12 Public Schools: Trends, Characteristics, and Academic Outcomes, 2015-2022

  Imagine having a place to learn but no place to call home. According to...
  • Education
  • Housing Crisis
  • Data Analysis
  • Policy
  • Students
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: November 2, 2023
  • Brief

Washington Youth and Families Fund (WYFF): 2024 Policy Brief

Building Changes administers the Washington Youth & Families Fund (WYFF), awarding grants to nonprofit organizations...
  • Housing Crisis
  • Policy
  • Washington Youth & Families Fund
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: November 1, 2023
  • Article

Q&A: Building Changes’ health learnings so far

Exploring why integrating health care into housing support is so important, and what that means...
  • Health
  • Housing Crisis
  • Diversion
  • Families
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: August 29, 2023
  • Webinar

Landscape of Health & Housing Services Integration in Washington State

In this webinar, Building Changes’ Senior Health Strategy Specialist, Miranda Vargas, discusses statewide efforts to...
  • Health
  • Housing Crisis
  • Families
  • Youth/Young Adults

Publish Date: August 25, 2023

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