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    Trash lines the hill of a former homeless camp just north of Dearborn St. in Seattle, shot Thursday, December 16, 2021.  The Seattle skyline can be seen in the background. 219134
    May 2, 2022 at 6:00 am

    What are your big questions about homelessness? The Seattle Times wants to know

    The Seattle Times' Project Homeless is asking readers and community members to share their unanswered questions around homelessness to help shape our reporting.

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    Almost done after 45-minutes, Randy Miller concentrates on the finishing touches to Joshua Cage’s hair.

Street barber Randy Miller on Third Avenue.

Seattle, Washington Saturday April 2, 2022



With Joshua Cage, Dwight, Robert Ching 219996
    April 17, 2022 at 6:00 am

    Seattle street barber gives out more than just free haircuts VIEW

    Randy Miller’s hair-cutting work, BetheBlessing206, doesn’t cost anything, because his clientele don't have much. Yet he treats it like a professional operation.

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    Josephine Ensign, author of “Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City.”
    April 13, 2022 at 6:00 am

    Watch a discussion on Seattle’s history of homelessness WATCH

    To learn more about Seattle's current homelessness crisis and how we got here, watch a discussion featuring local author and nurse practitioner Josephine Ensign.

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    Josephine Ensign, author of “Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City.”
    April 8, 2022 at 6:00 am

    History shows same homelessness strategies tried over and over, according to ‘Skid Road’ WATCH

    In her book, local author Josephine Ensign tracks Seattle and King County’s history of homelessness and health care from the mid-1800s to the present day.

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    Tents line the space underneath the Interstate 5 overpass in Chinatown International District in Seattle on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. 

Twice a week volunteers with Chinatown International District Community Watch walk through the International District at night. The volunteers hand out food people who are experiencing homelessness in the district. Founded by Matthew Toles — the group has been keeping eyes on the community since June of last year throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and throughout the civil unrest in Seattle. Their effort is one small attempt to address public safety challenges in the area and draw attention to those challenges.
    March 28, 2022 at 4:13 pm

    Seattleites may vote on whether to tackle homelessness by creating 'social housing'

    The effort is known as "social housing. It's essentially publicly owned housing that is insulated from private market forces and designed to be permanently affordable.

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    Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission in Pioneer Square on Friday, March 27, 2020.

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, a faith-based shelter and addiction recovery provider, announced a full lockdown of its recovery facilities for 14 days. That means 82 shelter residents and eight staff will be staying at UGM’s men’s shelter in Pioneer Square for the next 14 days, according to a UGM spokesperson. 213488
    March 21, 2022 at 2:26 pm

    U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission’s anti-LGBTQ+ hiring policies case

    The Seattle-based Christian organization asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide a case after the Washington Supreme Court ruled against it.

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    March 13, 2022 at 5:00 pm

    Police say Renton man shot twice over stolen cellphone

    After a confrontation over a stolen iPhone, one man was shot twice in Renton Saturday night, police said.

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    A Food Lifeline employee drives a forklift as he gets ready to move food from one part of the Boulevard Park warehouse to another so it can be distributed, shot Monday, March 7, 2022.  

Towards the end of 2021, Food Lifeline made a decision to increase its minimum wage to $25 an hour. It has increased the wages of around 40% of its staff by an average of $8,500. 219766
    March 8, 2022 at 6:00 am

    As nonprofits struggle, a big WA food bank provider boosts wages to $25 an hour

    Food Lifeline recently increased its minimum wage to $25 an hour. The decision comes at a time when other nonprofits face workforce fatigue, high turnover.

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    Every Tuesday at St Dunstan’s Episcopal Church on N 145th Street, Shoreline, they provide a food bank for needy individuals. Additionally Tuesday, February 22, 2022, they will provide indoor shelter for homeless persons. 219691
    February 22, 2022 at 6:26 pm

    Where to escape from cold weather in King County

    With freezing temperatures expected to continue, Seattle and other King County cities are opening cold-weather shelters for people living outside.

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    February 21, 2022 at 1:38 pm

    13-year-old boy shot, injured in White Center on Sunday

    A 13-year-old boy was shot in the arm outside the White Center Library on Sunday night, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.

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