One of A Way Home Washington’s most impactful programs is our Homelessness Prevention & Diversion Fund (HPDF). We recently launched a new department that the HPDF is now integrated with called Training & Engagement (T&E). So not only can we share the success of the HPDF, but we can teach and train others on what we have found to work best when implementing flexible funds to prevent and end homelessness among young people. In this interview with Kiki Serantes, T&E Director, and Anjali Riddick, Prevention & Diversion Training Manager, they detail facts about the HPDF, highlight the successes we’ve seen with it, and explain why it’s critical to the effort to prevent and end homelessness.

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Join our Anchor Communities Initiative Project Director Ashley Barnes-Cocke as they unveil our 2022 holiday surge campaign, Housed By the Holidays: 25 Days of Yes! We've dared our Cohort 1 Anchor Communities and partners to house 25 young people in 25 days. Ashley discusses how Housed By the Holidays is working to prevent and end youth and young adult homelessness by prompting our communities to experiment with new methods. What can we learn from this that will make it easier for every community to end unsheltered homelessness?

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A Way Home Washington is working with counties like Walla Walla to end homelessness for youth and young adults using data, technology, and specialized community coaching. Hear directly from experts in Walla Walla about what has worked for them and how they were able to reduce youth and young adult homelessness by 60% within one year!

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As part of our Pride Month series, we feature Isaac Sanders, A Way Home Washington's ACI Coaching & Improvement Manager, as they explore how communities are addressing disproportionality, and what strategies they are using to prevent and end homelessness. We also discuss why it’s vital to center the voices of young people who are LGBTQ+ or Trans & Queer Black Indigenous People of Color (QTBIPOC), and how Anchor Communities are ensuring that they are included in decision making conversations.

As part of our Pride Month series, we feature Azia Ruff, A Way Home Washington's ACI Coaching & Improvement Manager, as they explore why youth voice is an important part of change work. We also discuss why it’s vital to center the voices of young people who are LGBTQ+ or Trans & Queer Black Indigenous People of Color (QTBIPOC), as they are disproportionality impacted by homelessness in Washington.

In the premiere episode of A Way Home Washington's podcast, guest Liz Harding Chao breaks down the vital role data collection has in our journey to end homelessness for young people in Washington. As we look through an equity lens for a special Pride Month series, we examine how data can tell us whether LGBTQ+ and QTBIPOC young people are proportionately able to access much-needed resources. And we get to understand how disaggregating data by race and orientation can illuminate hidden trends. Liz is Director of Data & Evaluation at A Way Home Washington.