As a founding member of the Committee to End Homelessness in King County, United Way of King County has helped put together a comprehensive 10-year plan to end homelessness.
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The plan lays out a series of specific strategies and actions, with clear goals and measurable outcomes, for local leaders and their organizations to pursue over the next decade. It guides investment of limited local resources to services that serve homeless people most effectively. The plan works to ensure alignment and coordination among all the entities in our community that are engaged in meeting the needs the homeless, and builds on local and national best practices for resolving homelessness.
The key strategies are to:
- Prevent homelessness
Work together to make sure an adequate supply of appropriate housing and supportive services are available to help people stay in their homes. These services include rent and utility assistance, job training, employment and education assistance, health care, mental health counseling, foster care and chemical dependency treatment.
- Move people rapidly from homelessness to housing
Place homeless people as quickly as possible in permanent housing and then help them to stabilize and function independently by providing them with the supportive services they need to be successful in their homes.
- Build the public and political will to end homelessness
Expand our community's commitment to ending homelessness by educating the public, tracking our successes and building on them, and establishing steady funding.
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