Judy Lightfoot writes about how the region's people confront a variety of challenges. She often draws on her weekly one-on-one coffees with individuals sharing our public spaces who are socially isola
The foundation builds strong relationships with each community so that gifts will leverage the community's strengths. Working with Native American groups highlights the importance of a sense of reciprocity.
A group of neighbors contested the location of the Crisis Solutions Center in the Jackson Place community. King County Superior Court ruled in DESC's favor, but the delay (and cost to taxpayers) continues.
A city-funded pilot program in Ballard will provide parking spaces, some amenities, and info on housing resources to families whose only home rides on four wheels.
A caring person can help in overcoming the emotional shutdown that often accompanies life on the streets. Then the next step is imaginable, at least: a place to live, no matter how humble.
Appropriate tactics with mentally ill people increase police officers' satisfaction with their work, steer the sick to needed care, save time and money, and boost citizen faith in the force. Training works, but police also need to have other kinds of public support in place.
