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3 novel programs help parents bring street youth back home
Sixteen-year-old Sarah ran away from home repeatedly. Her parents would call the police and Children's Administration, to no avail. Finally they called Friends of Youth, and when Sarah turned up she...
View ArticleHousing the homeless: Should mental illness trump hard work?
If you say something about homelessness where Bill Hobson can hear it, he’ll have something interesting to say back. The day after my story on homeless youth and young adults appeared in Crosscut a...
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How public-private collaboration built a home for those with mental illness
How did a tiny Seattle nonprofit convince, cajole, nag and inspire almost a dozen public and private organizations, including some very big ones, to join together to build Argonaut House? The housing...
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How to keep foster youth from becoming homeless youth
“Seven” grew up in a repressive authoritarian cult. She was so isolated from the world, she didn’t know what TV was until she was 12. After her father was kicked out of the cult, she attended public...
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From juvie to the streets
In their first year out, 26 percent of the young people released from juvenile detention facilities in Washington State wound up homeless or unstably housed. That's according to a DSHS study which...
View ArticleTHRIVE Washington wants to give our kids a good start in life
Adverse experiences in childhood constitute “the single greatest public health threat facing the nation today,” said renowned pediatrician Dr. Nadine Burke Harris. The founder and CEO of San...
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Charles Johnson: Subdue racism by ‘Taming the Ox’ of the self
In an ancient Buddhist parable, an ox runs away from a young herder. A series of ten drawings shows the boy searching everywhere for the beast, eventually finding it and taking charge, then climbing...
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Can science save abused, neglected kids – and money, too?
The homeless high school dropout now in juvenile detention started out as someone’s baby. That truth, obvious though it may be, has become a virtual mantra to leaders in Washington State these days....
View ArticleGetting ready for the Big One
My Roosevelt neighbors sleep with hard hats, boots, flashlights and emergency preparedness booklets under their beds. Some of us are members of our neighborhood First Aid team or our Search &...
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County’s proposed Best Starts for Kids levy, explained
According to neurologists, fully 85 percent of human brain growth is completed during the first three years of life. It’s a recognition that’s driving a new King County initiative, Best Starts for...
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