A family first: high school graduate
On her way to being the first in her family to graduate high school, November credits United Way of King County's Reconnecting Youth program. See why. Read Article
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Parent-Child Home Program: Success Story
5-year-old Daniel looks up briefly when he hears… Read Article
The Many Causes of Homelessness, All In 1 RV
A devastating diagnosis. Job loss. No place with affordable rent. All causes of homelessness individually. But what if you faced all of them, and more? Read Article
GED Support With Reconnecting Youth
When your mom asks you to stay home from school, you do it. That's what Lee faced until he dropped out and hen became homeless. Learn how United Way's Reconnecting Youth program got Lee the GED support he needed to put his dreams back in sight. Read Article
28 Foster Care Moves For Seattle Poet Laureate
Moving once is plenty of work for most people. How would you fare through 28 foster care moves? That was the story for Angel, Seattle's Youth Poet Laureate, a determined young woman who had a book deal but no place to sleep. Check out how she got through it. Read Article
Lennette’s story from inside the Seattle homelessness crisis
The Community Resource Exchange is a first step in getting out of the Seattle homelessness crisis. Lennette found herself homeless, living under a freeway and in ill health. Read on for her story. Read Article
Education Through Poverty Barriers
Digging through garbage for food. Stealing clothes. Unplanned pregnancy. Ingrid faced an uphill battle in keeping up in school. See how she got back on track with Reconnecting Youth. Read Article
Overcoming Education Roadblocks
High school is a tough time for most. Peer pressure, fitting in...add living in different countries and keeping up with all the different education systems. Meet Nimco, who never gave up on herself. She completed high school through Reconnecting Youth and paved her own path toward her dreams. Read Article
Family of 5 Builds New Home
A husband and wife emigrate to Seattle from Ethiopia, seeking a better life for themselves and their three sons. They’ve just arrived in the country. They don’t know many people here, but they do have an old friend to stay with as they start their new life. Eleven people under one roof. Twenty days in, it’s too much and they have to leave. A family of five with nowhere to live. Read Article
Maikol and Ronald’s Immigration Story
When Maikol and Ronald left their house in Honduras one morning in 2014, the brothers had no idea they would never return. Their mother told them she was taking them and their younger siblings on a “field trip.” That field trip disguised a desperate attempt to flee violence in Honduras that killed their father and nearly forced Ronald into a gang. Read Article