Program areas at Building Changes
We are in program is a community coalition of king county unhoused and housed neighbors, local advocacy organiziations and philanthropies, service providers, and businesses who are uniting to drive progress toward preventing and ending homelessness in king county.
Education: Building Changes works on improving academic and housing outcomes for students by securing adequate and sustainable resources and capacity for education and housing systems, facilitating leadership buy-in and cross-system collaboration, and holding those systems accountable to advance racially equitable and culturally responsive policies, practices, and community partnerships.
Housing crisis: through grantmaking, technical assistance and research and evaluation, Building Changes works on improving equitable access and experiences for children, youth, and families impacted by housing crises by securing adequate and sustainable resources for homeless and housing systems, facilitating cross-system collaboration, and holding those systems accountable to advance and adopt racially equitable and culturally responsive policies, practices, and prioritization.
Health services: Building Changes uses an interdisciplinary approach to advocate for change at the systems level. Working with a wide spectrum of partners, including health care providers, housing providers, schools, policymakers, advocates, and community members, we advocate for adequate and sustainable resources for health systems; share knowledge on addressing homelessness within the health context; hold health systems accountable to advance and adopt racially equitable and culturally responsive policies, practices and prioritization and eligibility criteria; and facilitate cross-systems collaboration.