Helping Families Move Beyond Homelessness
On any given night, more than 25,000 people in Washington state do not have a safe place to sleep. A growing percentage of the state's homeless are children and their parents.

We support nonprofit agencies' efforts to reduce homelessness through public-private partnerships like the Washington Families Fund and Sound Families. (Sound Families completed its last round of new funding in fall 2007.) Both partnerships incorporate a supportive housing approach—a combination of affordable housing and social services—which is a cost-effective way to break the cycle of homelessness.

Highlights

Life After Supportive Housing: How Children Fare

Children are more stable in school and home a year after leaving transitional housing programs for homeless families. A January 2007 report describes their progress. (690 KB PDF)