News & Updates from YouthCare
All Home King County released its January 2020 Point-in-Time count results last week and there is cause for both hope and concern. While the count’s methodology has multiple limitations—such as… Read More of “YouthCare Responds to 2020 Count Us In Results”
“We grow up in a world where we’ve been institutionalized to not celebrate our Blackness.” – Cole, YouthCare staff On Juneteenth, YouthCare staff held a beautiful virtual and in-person celebration… Read More of “Celebrating Black Excellence on Juneteenth and Every Day”
Five years ago, King County and the City of Seattle declared a state of emergency on homelessness. Nevertheless, despite modest declines in subpopulations like families and youth, homelessness rates continued… Read More of “YouthCare Endorses JumpStart Seattle Payroll Tax”
Our world is hurting and hungry for change. Black people in this country are leading a fight for justice—a fight against four hundred years of racism and violence that continues to threaten… Read More of “YouthCare’s CEO: Reflections on Courage & Change”
As peaceful protestors across this city have demanded justice against racism and brutality, they’ve faced police clad in military-grade riot gear. Sound grenades. Tear gas. Rubber bullets. Our streets look… Read More of “Mayor Durkan: Defund. Reform. Redistribute. Reinvest.”
There is an undeniable link between youth homelessness and institutionalized racism. We are a country that has disenfranchised communities of color, limiting their economic viability and access to opportunity through… Read More of “YouthCare Stands in Solidarity: Say Their Names. Protest. Educate. Give. Vote.”
It has been over two months since Washington State began its shelter-place-order and YouthCare reconfigured our program models and services. Through this time, YouthCare worked on contingency planning for how… Read More of “COVID-19 Update: Resilience Abounds”
“What I have in the back of my head is we can’t do everything. So for the twenty-five people we do have and are helping, that’s a win,” said YouthCare’s… Read More of “Coronavirus brings ‘a whole other layer of trauma’ for workers who serve homeless people”
I wanted to take a quick moment to recognize today as International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. Today was created in 2004 to draw attention to the violence and… Read More of “International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biophobia”
This has been an incredibly challenging and emotional time for our country and our world. Last week, our nation saw, yet again, video footage of a gruesome and traumatic murder… Read More of “YouthCare CEO: Responding to the Murder of Ahmaud Abery”
