40 young people play lead role in reviewing grant applications



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july 21, 2022

Valuing lived experience: Young people?guide nearly $7 million in state grants through Washington?s Office of Homeless?Youth

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By car, bus, Amtrak train, ferry and airplane they came. Young people with lived experience of homelessness gathered in SeaTac from all over the state to participate in a day-long summit and evaluate dozens of applications for grants from the state?s Office of Homeless Youth.

These young people took a lead role in reviewing over $15 million in funding requests. They analyzed proposals through the lens of their own personal experience struggling with housing instability and accessing services and programs for support.

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