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Pierce County's Plan to End Homelessness

A Plan to End Homelessness by Valorie Crout, Chief Program Officer The Continuum of Care (CoC), Pierce County’s Oversight Committee for the Homeless System, is currently developing a 5-year strategic…

Connecting 4 Students Event

In 2016, over 65 members of the community came together to share resources to help students throughout the Tacoma School District.  Through a partnership of Associated Ministries, Graduate! Tacoma, Communities…

Housing Community Pillar Award

Landlord Liaison Project Pillar Award by Alexis Agee-Cooper, Lead Family Permanent Housing Specialist We have the honor and privilege to present Landlord Liaison Project with our Community Pillar for the…

Join AM in Olympia – Advocate to End Homelessness – February 2nd

Every year the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance organizes “Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day,” an opportunity for our state lawmakers to hear the voices of their constituents on the pressing…

2016 AM Year in Review

We couldn’t wait to give you a sneak peak of our results in 2016 (This infographic covers through November). A full Impact Report with financial information will be published by…

How People of Faith & Goodwill Can Address Homelessness

The crisis is real: during the past 11 months, Associated Ministries interacted with 7,212 households that were experiencing some level of housing instability in Pierce County. These are struggling families…

Mark Your Calendars – Upcoming Associated Ministries' Events!

It is hard to believe that 2017 will be upon us in less than 2 weeks! As we look ahead to a new year, Associated Ministries is excited to share…

Racism and Disproportionality in Homeless Services

Racism and Disproportionality in Homeless Services by Klarissa Monteros, AM Program Manager, Diversion Services On December 6, Pierce County Community Connections brought in Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities at the…

You're Invited! Open house on Dec 9th.

Associated Ministries’ entire team is blessed by our amazing partners–like you! As we complete another year of working side-by-side to meet needs in our community, we’d like to take time…

An Unprecedented “Investment” Opportunity for Faith Communities

Associated Ministries is inviting faith communities throughout Pierce County to prayerfully consider participating in a special giving opportunity: the “Homeless No More Challenge Fund.” Every gift made to this fund…