Shelter and Housing

McKinney-Vento Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program

Each year more than $19 million of McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act funds flow from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) into King County to provide housing, supportive services and rental assistance to homeless people.

McKinney funding is critical to our region’s implementation of the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in King County. These funds help homeless persons meet three goals:

• achieve residential stability;
• increase their skill levels and/or incomes; and
• strengthen their ability to influence decisions that affect their lives.

Since 1995, the City of Seattle and King County have applied for these funds on behalf of a regional consortium of service providers, and administered distribution of the money to about 70 programs operating throughout the county. Each program has a focus on a specific audience -- families, single adults, single women and single men, victims of domestic violence, veterans or persons with severe mental illness.

The Supportive Housing Program component of McKinney specifically helps people make the transition from homelessness to independent living. Other McKinney programs are the Emergency Shelter Grants Program for emergency shelter; Shelter Plus Care for permanent supportive housing and Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation for Single Room Occupancy Dwellings for Homeless Individuals, another permanent housing option.

To receive McKinney funding, HUD requires applicants to work through a local “Continuum of Care.” For Seattle and King County, the Continuum of Care encompasses programs and activities within the borders of King County including Seattle. Each continuum sets funding priorities and need for its community. The Seattle-King County Continuum of Care priorities are set by the Committee to End Homelessness in King County.

In 2008, the King County Continuum of Care is receiving approximately $20 million of McKinney funding. Of that amount, $13.2 million is going to programs located in Seattle; the remainder to agencies in King County. Below is a full list of 2008 McKinney-funded agencies and programs in Seattle.

2008 Funded Agencies and Programs

• AIDS Housing of WA - Lyon Building
• Archdiocesan Housing Authority - Aloha Inn
• Archdiocesan Housing Authority - Dorothy Day House
• Archdiocesan Housing Authority - Rose of Lima
• Archdiocesan Housing Authority - St. Martin's on Westlake
• Archdiocesan Housing Authority - Westlake II Housing
• Auburn Youth Services - Severson House
• Child Care Resources - Regional Homeless Child Care
• Church Council of Greater Seattle - The Homelessness Project
• Church Council of Greater Seattle - Transitions Program
• Community Psychiatric Clinic - Cedar House
• Community Psychiatric Clinic - El Rey
• Community Psychiatric Clinic - Harbor House Safe Haven
• Compass Cascade - Women’s Program
• Compass Center - Mary Witt/Rosa Parks
• Consejo Mi Casa
• Downtown Emergency Service Center - 1811 Eastlake
• Downtown Emergency Service Center - Kerner-Scott Safe Haven
• Eastside Domestic Violence Program - My Friends Place
• El Centro de la Raza Transitional Housing
• Fremont Public Association - Broadview
• Friends of Youth - Arbor House
• Goodwill Baptist Development Association - Aridell Mitchell Home
• Goodwill Baptist Development Association - Teen Parent Home
• Hopelink Family Transitional Housing
• Kent Youth and Family Services - Watson Manor
• King County Department of Community and Human Services - Sobering Support Center
• Low Income Housing Institute - Martin Court
• Low Income Housing Institute - One Heart Project
• Low Income Housing Institute - Sand Point Family Housing
• Low Income Housing Institute - Scattered Site Housing
• Multi Service Center - Homeless Family Transitional Housing
• New Beginnings Transitional Housing
• Plymouth Housing Group - Coming Home
• PRO Youth
• Public Health-Seattle & King County Medical Case Management/Pathways
• Public Health-Seattle & King County Medical Respite
• Salvation Army - Hickman House
• Salvation Army - William Booth House
• Seattle Housing Authority - Beacon House
• Solid Ground - Broadview
• Solid Ground - Washington Journey Home
• United Indians of All Tribes - Indian Youth Home
• Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle - Harder House
• Vietnam Veterans Leadership Project - Burien House
• Workforce Development Council Homeless Intervention Project
• Youth and Outreach Services - Dove House
• YouthCare - Home of Hope
• YouthCare - Ravenna House
• YouthCare - Sand Point Youth Home
• YouthCare - Straley House
• YWCA - Auburn Transitional
• YWCA - Family Village
• YWCA - Three Agency Demonstration Project
• YWCA - Transition into Permanent Project

If you are a homeless person needing assistance, please contact the
211 Information Line by dialing 211 or 1-800-621-4636.

If you are an agency interested in seeking McKinney funding for transitional or permanent supportive housing (emergency shelters are not eligible for this fund source), please call Eileen Denham at 206-684-0915.

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