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  2. Downtown Emergency Service Center - Wikipedia

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    The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) is a non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington, providing services for that city's homeless population. [1] The organization was founded in 1979 to aid men and women living in a state of chronic homelessness who, due to their severe and persistent mental and addictive illnesses, were not being served by the existing shelters at the time.

  3. Homelessness in Seattle - Wikipedia

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    In a survey conducted in 2019, 84% of homeless people in Seattle/King County lived in Seattle/King County prior to losing their housing, 11% lived in another county in Washington prior to losing their housing, and 5% lived out of state prior to losing their housing. [2] Homelessness in Seattle is considered to be a crisis. [3]

  4. List of tent cities in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Santa Cruz, California: There are about 1,200 to 1,700 homeless in Santa Cruz, 3.5% of the city; many had lived or are living in Ross Camp [22] (200 people) and San Lorenzo Park (up to 300 people; closed in late 2022 [23]). Homeless tent city in Fremont Park, Santa Rosa, California, in August 2020. Tents of homeless people in San Francisco, 2017

  5. ACLU sues Washington state city over its anti-homeless laws ...

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    From 2022 to 2023, the number of homeless people living in Spokane city and county jumped 36%, from over 1,700 people to nearly 2,400, point-in-time counts show.

  6. Nearly $5M in new grant funding will go toward services for ...

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    Neighborhood House - King County - $199,520. Northeast Washington Educational Services District 101 - Spokane County - $200,000. Second Chance Outreach DBA Hope for Homies - Snohomish County ...

  7. ‘Helping them where they are.’ Mobile team soon to bring ...

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    During Pierce County’s annual survey of those living unhoused, 2,661 people were counted living in shelters, vehicles or outside on a single night in 2024. Of those surveyed, 22% reported a ...

  8. List of homeless encampment sweeps in the United States

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    In addition to "homeless and poor families" a number of protestors stayed at the encampment temporarily and participated in antipoverty protests led by the KWRU. [147] In August 2013, 20 homeless women and children slept outside a homeless intake building on Juniper Street to protest the lack of available shelter beds at the start of the school ...

  9. Homelessness in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    The Sacramento Bee notes that large cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco both attribute their increases in homeless to the housing shortage. [44] In 2017, homeless persons in California numbered 135,000 (a 15% increase from 2015). [45] In June 2019, Los Angeles County officials reported over 58,000 homeless in the county. [46] Many of LA's ...