Participating communities receive intensive support to inform, grow, and sustain efforts to prevent and end homelessness among youth and young adults.
Recognizing that the circumstances that lead young people to experience homelessness can vary greatly, Anchor Communities work to develop solutions that are tailored both to their community and to the circumstances of each young person without a safe, stable place to call home.
In each Anchor Community, a diverse coalition works across systems and silos until they have functionally ended homelessness for all young people.
We provide coaching and tailored assistance to communities, encouraging creative approaches to reach their collective goals.
The Centralized Diversion Fund is an important tool to remove small barriers and end a young person’s housing crisis.
By-Name Lists identify each unaccompanied young person, making it possible to connect young people with the resources that are right for them.
We advocate statewide, provide a platform for young people’s voices and work side-by-side to prevent and end youth homelessness.
The Anchor Communities of Clallam, Clark, Jefferson, Pierce, Skagit, Spokane, Thurston, Walla Walla, Whatcom and Yakima counties are working intensively to prevent and end youth and young adult homelessness in Washington.
