Washington’s legislative session ended on March 8th, and there’s no other way to say this: 2018 has been an incredible year for affordable housing and homelessness advocacy. Last year, a critical special election resulted in the Washington State Senate having
More ›Passage of Capital Budget Keeps Hope Alive for Federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits Last week, the Washington State Legislature passed the state’s Capital Budget, ending several months of gridlock that began during last year’s legislative session. Included in the Capital
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This week was the start of Washington’s 2018 legislative session, and already our lawmakers have an opportunity to save millions of dollars that will help people experiencing homelessness. Passage of the Capital Budget, which includes $106 million in funding to
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By Sheila Babb Anderson One of the long-standing problems with fighting youth homelessness is the lack of reliable data about the scale of the problem. While earlier studies have indicated that we have around 13,000 homeless youth and young adults
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For the past two years, the Campion Foundation and Campion Advocacy Fund has been proud to partner with a broad group of stakeholders across Washington state to prevent and end youth homelessness. We have been especially proud to help launch
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The Campion Advocacy Fund works to address the upstream causes of homelessness in Washington state through advocacy. Partnering with our statewide advocacy networks, we work to advance policy solutions and government funding opportunities to ensure that homelessness becomes a rare
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