Ramping up homeless efforts

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Pointing to a sharp increase in the number of people sleeping on the street or in vehicles, United Way of King County said Thursday that it and other groups are increasing their efforts to get people into housing. United Way is putting some $550,000 of "crisis response"</p></h2>
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            <p>Pointing to a sharp increase in the number of people sleeping on the street or in vehicles, United Way of King County said Thursday that it and other groups are increasing their efforts to get people into housing. United Way is putting some $550,000 of "crisis response" money into efforts to use shelters more effectively, increase the number of shelter beds (especially in some parts of King County outside Seattle) and move homeless people into permanent housing much more rapidly. United Way said the city of Seattle, King County and other groups are also spending more money to help the homeless. The One Night Count in late January found 3,123 people on the streets. That's up 14 percent since last year. — J.C.</p>
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Pointing to a sharp increase in the number of people sleeping on the street or in vehicles, United Way of King County said Thursday that it and other groups are increasing their efforts to get people into housing. United Way is putting some $550,000 of "crisis response" money into efforts to use shelters more effectively, increase the number of shelter beds (especially in some parts of King County outside Seattle) and move homeless people into permanent housing much more rapidly. United Way said the city of Seattle, King County and other groups are also spending more money to help the homeless. The One Night Count in late January found 3,123 people on the streets. That's up 14 percent since last year. — J.C.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi