All 39 of Washington’s counties have local sources of funding dedicated to providing homeless housing and assistance services. The counties have organized themselves into 37 single or multi-county crisis response systems. Five of the state’s biggest counties receive additional direct federal funding through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The other 34 work with Commerce to submit collaborative applications for HUD funding.
State Strategic Plan, Annual Reports and Audits
Commerce is responsible for a State Strategic Plan and Annual Report to the legislature on Washington state’s efforts to address homelessness. The plan is a […]
County Plans and Annual Reports
Washington state law (RCW 43.185C.050) requires that each county local homeless housing task force develop and recommend to its local government legislative authority a five-year […]
Annual Point in Time (PIT) Count
The Point-in-Time (PIT) Count is an annual count of people experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness carried out on one night in January. The Department of […]
