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The outgoing director of the state Office of Homeless Youth noted that staff departures and the closure of A Way Home Washington caused “a tidal wave of change.”

In a specially crucial election, political activists have worked to translate the county voter guide into Spanish and combat disenfranchisement.

“Clubs shutting down may not immediately lead to trafficking,” says one advocate. “But it immediately leads to all sorts of other vulnerable situations.”

The city-funded rainbow flag has been a frequent vandalism target, but allies have raised $15K to repaint it.

Officials ordered a lobbying firm to pay back money meant for a state-funded Lifeline pilot hotline that connects at-risk young people to services.

A bill calls for state review of consolidation, as abortions and gender-affirming procedures could be cut by religiously affiliated health systems.

The third episode of the investigative series co-produced with Crosscut focuses on one woman’s experience with foster care and homelessness in WA.

The Liberty Lake proposal would usurp the library board of trustees’ policy-making control, including decisions about which titles to stock.

Now 30, Janell Braxton says she continues to reckon with the separations and instability stemming from her time in the foster system.

H-SYNC — Housing Stability for Youth in Courts — has piloted using evidence-based surveys to identify teenagers in need of support services.