Participate in a Population Committee
SKCCH's Population Committees also meet on a monthly basis:Single Adults Advocacy,Families with Children, and Youth and Young Adult. Each committee provides a venue for advocates, providers, and other committed individuals to share important information and resources, carry out projects, and mobilize around critical service, policy, or funding issues affecting these population groups. The committees also help educate and inform the Coalition as a whole about the particular experiences, needs, and concerns of these groups. Each Committee is lead by a volunteer chair or co-chairs elected by the committee members.
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Single Adults Advocacy Committee
The Single Adults Advocacy Committee meets every 2nd Thursday from Noon-1:30pm at Plymouth's Simons Senior Apartments: 2119 3rd Ave.
The Single Adults Advocacy Committee works on the challenges that affect men and women experiencing homelessness. We have engaged in key advocacy efforts such as changing how local governments treat homeless people camped on public property; expanding available shelter and transportation options; increasing funding for human services and housing; and mobilizing support for the critical state-wide Disability Lifeline program (formerly known as GAU).
Co-Chairs 2012:
Daniel Hubbell
Email: danielh [at] etsreach.org
Josh Hicks
Email: jhicks [at] plymouthhousing.org
Families with Children Committee
Families with Children Committee meets every 4th Wednesday from 9:30-11:00am at the E. Cherry YWCA: 2820 E. Cherry St.
The Families with Children Committee brings together advocates and providers working with homeless children and families. We have led several efforts to raise community awareness about issues of family homelessness, including developing the Family Turn Away Survey, a project that helps measure unmet need for family emergency shelter in King County, and educating service providers and school personnel about homeless students’ educational rights under the federal McKinney-Vento Act.
Co-Chairs 2012:
Tammy Money
Email: tammym [at] multi-servicecenter.com
Richelle Vawter
Email: rvawter [at] valleycities.org
Project Cool for Back to School:
This program operates as a subcommittee of the Families with Children Committee. Every year, Project Cool volunteers raise money, hold supply drives, and distribute backpacks filled with school supplies and other resources to hundreds of homeless children and youth across King County. Learn more here.
Program Coordinator:
Ally Seidel
Telephone: 206-357-3149
Email: ally [at] homelessinfo.org
Youth and Young Adults Committee
Youth and Young Adults Committee meets every 2nd Tuesday of the month. For meetings in March-May 2012, the committee will meet from 9:00-10:30am at Neighborcare Health Rainier Beach Medical and Dental Clinic – 9245 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle 98118. (We are experimenting with meeting times and locations this spring/summer, please confirm meeting time and location with a co-chair or SKCCH staff.)
We are a committed and experienced group of advocates, outreach workers, and other direct service providers devoted to tackling many of the issues relating to youth homelessness. Our annual Youth Advocacy Summit brings homeless and street-involved youth and young adults to Seattle City Hall to meet with city and county elected officials and policymakers, and practice advocacy around key youth-identified issues.
Co-Chairs 2012:
Kathleen Murphy
Email: kathleen [at] rootsinfo.org
Melissa King
Email: melissak [at] friendsofyouth.org
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For more information about SKCCH population committees, please contact a committee co-chair.
See all SKCCH 2012 general and committee meeting details.
