News & Updates from YouthCare
Yesterday morning the Seattle Times published an article regarding the City of Seattle’s performance standards for our homeless response system and emergency shelter services. The article referenced YouthCare’s CEO, Melinda… Read More of “YouthCare Responds to the Seattle Times”
Erin Chapman-Smith, YouthCare’s Director of Over-18 Housing Services, recently spoke to a reporter from the Washington State Wire about the unique challenges faced by homeless LGBTQ+ youth and YouthCare’s work… Read More of “Q&A About LGBTQ+ Homeless Youth”
YouthCare’s Casa de los Amigos Program (Casa) is a twenty-bed shelter for unaccompanied, undocumented youth ages 12-17. Casa is supported by the Division of Unaccompanied Minors at the Federal Office of… Read More of “YouthCare’s Casa de los Amigos Program Impacted by Family Separation Policy”
As people who are committed every day to ending youth homelessness, it has been excruciating to watch families at our nation’s borders being ripped apart. The trauma of fleeing unspeakable… Read More of “YouthCare Statement Regarding Family Separation at the Border”
Last week, King County released their 2018 Point-in-Time Count, including the number of homeless youth and young adults. Here’s the good news: the rates of youth and young adult homelessness… Read More of “YouthCare Responds to 2018 Count Us In Results”
YouthCare commends the Seattle City Council and Mayor for their commitment to ending homelessness and their investment in affordable housing. Seattle is in the midst of an economic boom, as… Read More of “YouthCare Endorses the Seattle Employee Hours Tax”
YouthCare is honored to have worked with Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands on a lawsuit to support teen health education. The trainings are provided to youth living at YouthCare, and Planned… Read More of “YouthCare Partners with Planned Parenthood to Provide Teen Health Education”
YouthCare’s Board has unanimously voted to endorse the Seattle Families, Education, Preschool and Promise (FEPP) Levy. We know that young people with less than a high school diploma or GED… Read More of “YouthCare Endorses Seattle Family, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy”
YouthCare is excited to share our new Mission, Vision, and Values statements. The last time these guiding statements were edited was 2010. Much has changed for YouthCare, the young people we… Read More of “YouthCare Adopts New Mission, Vision, and Values Statements”
The 33rd Annual YouthCare Luncheon was a huge success—and raised more than $765,000 for homeless youth. Read More of “YouthCare’s 2018 Luncheon a Rallying Cry to the Community!”
