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Mayor Durkan Announces Plan to Increase Seattle’s Bridge Housing and Shelter Capacity by 25% to Bring More People Inside and Into Safer Places

Seattle (May 30) – To help people experiencing homelessness get into safer places where they are more likely to access services, Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan today announced a new…

Public Hearing: Aging and Disability Services Area Plan

…Aging and Disability Services, visit www.agingkingcounty.org. Area Plan information is posted under Data & Reports. For questions regarding the plan, e-mail Aging and Disability Services planner Karen Winston at karen.winston@seattle.gov….

Human Services Department awards funding for 2018 Family Support RFP

The Human Services Department (HSD) will award over $3 million in funding to 23 agencies responding to the 2018 Family Support Request for Proposals (RFP). The activities funded through the…

Empowering Survivors: City of Seattle Launches Seek Then Speak Initiative  

…SPD’s Sexual Assault Unit (SAU). When received, Seek Then Speak reports are reviewed by the SAU and a Crime Survivor Services (CSS) victim advocate from the Human Services Department. The…

Seattle Human Services Releases 2019 Annual Report

…and before- and after-school programs serving low-income children and families in Seattle. Addressing Homelessness: Our ongoing strategic investments in homelessness helped shelter and house more people in 2019 than any…

HSD invests $6.4 Million in Supportive Services for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

services in the areas of mobile/flexible advocacy, shelter/housing and therapeutic services (See below for a list of funded programs). Advocacy programs received funding for flexible services that can meet…

HSD Announces Funding Awards for Youth Behavioral Health Services

…and LGBTQ+ youth via either clinical treatment and/or non-clinical, culturally specific behavioral health approaches: Southwest Youth and Family Services Southeast Youth and Family Services Neighborcare Health Therapeutic Health Services Northwest…

Making Progress: more people moved from homelessness to housing in 2018

…tiny house villages, rapid rehousing, and other homeless services programs that receive funds from the Human Services Department (HSD) are working together to help thousands of people everyday. As Seattle…

COVID-19 Update: Continuing Expansion of Hygiene Services for People Experiencing Homelessness

…continued expansion of hygiene services for people experiencing homelessness. Building on the previously announced resources, eight new hygiene stations will be deployed and two hygiene trailers will be positioned in areas where individuals experiencing homelessness can be best served. Seattle…

City of Seattle Opens Two Temporary Hotel-Based Shelters

…people experiencing homelessness on their path to housing. The temporary hotel shelter is operated by the Low Income Housing Institute with case management and housing navigation services designed to meet the needs of…