july 21, 2022

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

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. Read the full story on Commerce's Medium site.

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