Between April 24, 2020 and March 30, 2021, the Fund raised $4.1 million in private donations and awarded $4.1 million in grants to 199 organizations, schools, school districts, and tribes serving 25 counties across the state.
In partnership with the Raikes Foundation, Building Changes created the Washington State Student and Youth Homelessness COVID-19 Response Fund to augment existing public dollars supporting students, youth, and young adults experiencing homelessness. Working with the state’s Office of Homeless Youth, youth and young adults with lived experience of homelessness, and our own network of school staff and housing providers, we considered the needs of students and young people during the pandemic. In response to these needs, we made the funds as flexible as possible, so they could be used in any way organizations, school districts, and local tribes saw fit in supporting students and youth and young adults experiencing homelessness. Prioritization of funding was guided by two key principles: equity and geographic diversity.
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