Tag: Seniors

King County announces grand opening of Redmond Health Through Housing building

Categories Health Through Housing, Housing, Homelessness and Community Development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRTkiXmoRgU Video highlight from Health Through Housing's Redmond grand opening. Alongside Health Through Housing partners and Eastside community members, King County celebrated the grand opening of HTH Redmond. This latest building provides 100 units of housing and support services for people exiting chronic homelessness.   The Salvation Army, a longstanding regional provider of emergency shelter and long-term housing…

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Health Through Housing and Compass Housing Alliance celebrate the grand opening of Don’s Place in Auburn

Categories Health Through Housing, Housing, Homelessness and Community Development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvHqRYLsVg Video highlight from Health Through Housing's Don's Place grand opening. This week, King County celebrated the grand opening of Don’s Place, a Health Through Housing building providing 81 units of supportive housing for people exiting chronic homelessness, including veterans and seniors. Compass Housing Alliance, a long-time provider of supportive housing and services for people…

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King County’s first affordable housing complex for LGBTQIA+ seniors opens in Capitol Hill

Categories Housing, Homelessness and Community Development

GenPride Executive Director Judy Kinny, Community Roots Housing CEO Chris Persons, and Dr. Karen Fredriksen Goldsen share in the ribbon-cutting for Pride Place. Behind them are community members and Pride Place funding partners, including Sound Transit CEO Julie Trimm, Seattle Office of Housing Director Maiko Winkler Chin, King County Housing, Homelessness and Community Development Director…

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Executive Constantine proposes key investments in the Veterans, Seniors, and Human Services Levy Implementation Plan

Categories Adult Services, Department of Community and Human Services, Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy

This week, Executive Constantine proposed the Implementation Plan to the King County Council for the Veterans, Seniors, and Human Services Levy (VSHSL). The VSHSL Implementation Plan is a strategy-by-strategy plan that details how Executive Constantine intends to invest the 2024-2029 VSHSL proceeds in King County’s communities to improve overall health and well-being, help communities thrive, and reduce…

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Meet the faces behind the impact: 2022 VSHSL Annual Report

Categories Adult Services, Department of Community and Human Services, Veterans and Military Family Services, Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy

In 2022, the Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy (VSHSL) continued to build on previous investments and delivered programming to help people transition to affordable housing, get job training, find employment, access emergency financial assistance, connect with domestic violence advocacy, receive behavioral health treatment, and access other resources and services. The VSHSL has reached across a…

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The Social Connection Project: combating social isolation among seniors

Categories Adult Services, Department of Community and Human Services, Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy

The original version of this blog was posted on Agewise King County. The Greenwood Senior Center, a Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy (VSHSL) funded Senior Hub recently launched a project called the Social Connection Project. The project aims to increase social connection among older adults, spurred by statistics on the negative health impacts of social isolation.…

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