This training covers the following: Thank you to our presenters and co-facilitators from TeamChild. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act – the basics >> Join SchoolHouse Connection’s Mailing List Virtual Resource Fair Lutheran Community Services Website: https://lcsnw.org/ Legal Counsel for Youth and Children Website: https://lcycwa.org/ Kids’ Mental Health Washington Website: https://kidsmentalhealthwa.org/ Team Child Website: https://www.teamchild.org/ Open Doors …

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Stay tuned for a possible state-wide effort to ban junk fees for all Washington renters. We have a victory to celebrate! Thanks to everyone who wrote letters, testified, told your friends, made awesome signs (including Alison’s new baby chicken) and spoke up in other ways, the Seattle City Council unanimously* banned rental junk fees including …

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At our July 2026 General Membership Meeting, we heard from the Washington Health Care Authority and Northwest Health Law Advocates about changes to Medicaid for asylees, refugees, and other noncitizen adults coming October 2026. The Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence shared information about the latest Trans Resource Referral Guide, including how to submit information about resources. …

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Do you work or live in Tukwila? Your city councilmembers need to hear from you NOW to stop a bad bill that would punish and banish people experiencing homelessness. The city council is poised to vote on this dangerous bill this Monday, July 20 at 7 p.m. The proposed new ordinance would make it a crime to “camp” …

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For our June GMM, we learned about crisis care options in King County (including DESC’s Mobile Rapid Response Crisis Team), Washington’s summer EBT program (SUN Bucks), and talked about federal impacts on our local system of housing and care. King County Crisis Care Washington’s SUN Bucks program Time to Take Action Protect HUD’s Equal Access …

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