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  2. Quixote Village - Wikipedia

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    Quixote Village is a two-acre community of 30 tiny homes for single homeless adults in Olympia, Washington. It is located in an industrial area, zoned as permanent supportive housing and leased from Thurston County for $1 per year. It was built in 2013 for a construction cost of $3.1 million, and includes a clubhouse with laundry and showers.

  3. List of homeless relocation programs in the United States

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    For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...

  4. A city-hired firm is working in homeless services scene. But ...

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    Commonstreet acts as the homelessness response management team for the City of Fife and for WSDOT’s Gateway program on Highway 167, which runs from Puyallup north into King County.

  5. Homeless contracting blunder leads to new oversight of county ...

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    The Pierce County Council seems to be increasing its oversight on the Human Services Department after a blunder that nearly caused the collapse of a system that serves as the county’s “front ...

  6. Community Services Block Grant - Wikipedia

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    The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) provides federal funding for Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and other programs that seek to address poverty at the community level. Like other block grants, CSBG funds are allocated to the states and other jurisdictions (including tribes, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and ...

  7. Thurston County joins nationwide 'Justice Counts Initiative'

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    Nov. 10—The Thurston County Board of Commissioners signed a resolution on Tuesday, Nov. 7, to join the Justice Counts Initiative, a nationwide movement funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's ...

  8. Homelessness in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    Mental illness in Alaska is a current epidemic that the state struggles to manage. The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness stated that as of January 2018, Alaska had an estimated 2,016 citizens experiencing homelessness on any given day while around 3,784 public school students experienced homelessness over the course of the year as well. [10]

  9. New emergency shelter opens for homeless families. It’s first ...

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    Family Promise of Pierce County co-founder Jessica Pair said the new shelter was made possible by over $500,000 in combined grant funding from the county and the state, as well as donations.