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Mary Bruno Jun 29, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Local homeless youth experts brief White House</h1>
                <h2><p>Don't bother calling Megan Gibbard today. Gibbard, the Homeless Youth and Young Adult Project manager on the Committee to End Homelessness in King County is in D.C. briefing the White House and an elite group of service providers, researchers, advocates and philanthropists from around the country on</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mary-bruno-crosscut-com/">Mary Bruno</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/megan-gibbard.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Megan Gibbard" loading="lazy" width="300" height="300"></figure><p>Don't bother calling Megan Gibbard today. Gibbard, the Homeless Youth and Young Adult Project manager on the Committee to End Homelessness in King County is in D.C. briefing the White House and an elite group of service providers, researchers, advocates and philanthropists from around the country on a subject she knows a lot about: youth homelessness.</p><p>It's all part of the federal government's plan to end youth homelessness by 2020. Today's briefing is a partnership among the nonprofit <a href="http://truecolorsfund.org/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">True Colors Fund</a>, the White House, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Reps from King County's Mockingbird Society, YouthCare, Raikes and Campion foundations are also on hand. So is True Colors co-founder Cyndi Lauper.</p><p>"I am not going to share with you what our local formula is to end youth homelessness, because we don't know yet," Gibbard told the group. What we do know is that homeless youth have to be part of the solution. "Young people’s ideas and strategies," said Gibbard, "are critical.</p>
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Megan Gibbard

Don't bother calling Megan Gibbard today. Gibbard, the Homeless Youth and Young Adult Project manager on the Committee to End Homelessness in King County is in D.C. briefing the White House and an elite group of service providers, researchers, advocates and philanthropists from around the country on a subject she knows a lot about: youth homelessness.

It's all part of the federal government's plan to end youth homelessness by 2020. Today's briefing is a partnership among the nonprofit True Colors Fund, the White House, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Reps from King County's Mockingbird Society, YouthCare, Raikes and Campion foundations are also on hand. So is True Colors co-founder Cyndi Lauper.

"I am not going to share with you what our local formula is to end youth homelessness, because we don't know yet," Gibbard told the group. What we do know is that homeless youth have to be part of the solution. "Young people’s ideas and strategies," said Gibbard, "are critical.

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Mary Bruno

By Mary Bruno

Mary was Crosscut's Editor-in-Chief and Interim Publisher. In more than 25 years as a journalist, she has worked as a writer, editor and editorial director for a variety of print and web publications,

Mary was Crosscut's Editor-in-Chief and Interim Publisher. In more than 25 years as a journalist, she has worked as a writer, editor and editorial director for a variety of print and web publications,