Who we are: When we were founded in 2013, Facing Homelessness asked the community to lean into vulnerability and create caring human connections, literally, to Just Say Hello to people living unhoused. Thousands of you said, “yes,” and now we’re over 50,000 strong. Today, we imagine...
The Seattle Stand Down was founded as a response to the growing number of Veterans experiencing homelessness on the streets of Seattle and the Puget Sound region. Their mission is to serve vets experiencing homelessness, to prevent Veteran homelessness, and to build community amongst Veterans...
New Horizons partners with youth experiencing homelessness on their journey toward housing stability and independence. New Horizons provides comprehensive services annually for over 1,100 youth (ages 13-25) who are experiencing homelessness. The number of unstably housed persons in King County has steadily risen by roughly...
“You survived for a reason, and you deserve to be loved” We often have a tendency to view sex trafficking as something that happens only in impoverished countries; that it's not something we confront in the US. We often don’t understand the prevalence of human trafficking...
CHOOSE 180 transforms the lives of youth and young adults by partnering with institutional leaders, connecting them with community, empowering them with choice, and teaching them the skills necessary to avoid engagement with the criminal legal system. CHOOSE 180 envisions a future where youthful behavior...
YouthCare is a nonprofit organization serving homeless youth ages 12-26 in Seattle. YouthCare builds confidence and self-sufficiency for homeless youth by providing prevention, outreach, basic services, emergency shelter, housing, counseling, education and employment training. No one grows up wanting to be homeless. The young people we...
