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A New Year Brings New Opportunities
By Michael Yoder, Executive Director Happy 2022! In all honesty, the new year has not started out the way I had hoped. The Omicron COVID variant required us to pivot,…
Read MoreNative American Justice: people of faith gather to learn
Tuesday evening, over 75 people gathered online for the first of a 4-part online series addressing aspects of Native American Justice from a faith-based perspective. This content has been developed…
Read MoreWeek of Prayer for Christian Unity
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an international Christian ecumenical observance kept annually around Pentecost in the Southern Hemisphere and between 18-25 January in the Northern Hemisphere. Each…
Read MoreShared Housing Services Supports Local Organizations in a Big Way!
In early November, it was announced that as a result of a merger agreement between Shared Housing Services (SHS) and Associated Ministries (AM), effective January 1, 2022, all programs, staff…
Read MoreInterfaith Opportunities in 2022!
As we all know and have felt, the past two years have been challenging, to say the least. Not being able to be together in community face-to-face has been difficult…
Read MorePierce County’s audacious plan to end homelessness
Pierce County has proposed a new plan that would take the numbers of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness to “functional zero.” If adopted, the comprehensive plan, released on Dec. 1, would…
Read MoreNext Community Quarterly Meeting All About Volunteer Outreach
Please register today (free but registration is required) and plan to join us online via Zoom for the next Community Quarterly Meeting to Solve Homelessness on Thursday, December 9, 5:00-6:00…
Read MoreMerger of Shared Housing and AM Will Spearhead Affordable Housing Options
We are delighted to announce that the programs, staff members, and assets of Shared Housing Services (SHS) will move to Associated Ministries (AM) as part of a merger agreement between…
Read MoreNew “Street Paper” Provides Economic Opportunity for Those in Need
The worst thing about being homeless isn’t living outside. It’s being treated like you are less than — or like you don’t even exist. A new local initiative, Dignity City, is…
Read MorePierce County faces highest eviction rate in Washington
Read the complete original article from KING-5 Seattle at this link. Time is running out for Pierce County residents to submit rental assistance applications before Washington state’s eviction bridge moratorium…
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