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Ten years ago this month, King County made a bold promise to end homelessness in 10 years. The ranks of the homeless have declined in Washington state and…
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If you have an emergency, you call 911.If you need emergency shelter or housing, you can call 211 – but be prepared to wait six months or more.In the…
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A phone rings in a room full of busy operators at Seattle's Crisis Clinic. Alex Williams answers this one. “Good morning, thank you for calling King…
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Jessica Tossey is in the living room of her condo, getting herself and young son Blakely ready for their mile-long walk to church, where he goes to…
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When a homeless person needs help, they are often asked for a lot of personal information.For victims of domestic violence, that information could…
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In 2002, when the Bush administration started pushing cities to adopt 10-year plans to reduce homelessness, Seattle/King County was already on board.The…
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To complement our series Seattle’s Homeless: No End In Sight, we asked organizations who work with homeless people around King County to participate in an…
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00000181-fa79-da89-a38d-fb7f2ae90001March 2015 marks the anniversary of a bold promise: King County's 10-year plan to end homelessness. The Committee To End Homelessness, which created the plan, has been working to revise its strategy now that the 10-year plan is ending and local homelessness is worse than ever.Talk of ending homelessness is being replaced with less-lofty aspirations: making homelessness rare and brief when it does occur.This series is a collaboration with InvestigateWest and is edited by KUOW's Carol Smith. Join the conversation on Twitter using #NoEndInSight.
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