Opinion
Western State: a broken place in a broken system
The last time I visited Western State Hospital was nearly two decades ago. I went there to see someone who’
Sinan Demirel
Sinan Demirel has been executive director of Rising Out of the Shadows (ROOTS), home to a popular all-ages feeding program and emergency shelter for young adults, and of Elizabeth Gregory Home, a home
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Equity
Best of 2016: The roots of Seattle's homeless crisis
This is the first in a three-part series about the region’s homelessness crisis. In the middle of the night
Equity
When we paid caseworkers in cookies: A brief history of serving homeless youth
How King County built an integrated - and pretty effective - system for helping homeless young folks. From scratch.