To empower people and strengthen communities in need.
What is the VOAWW mission statement?
In 1896, they founded VOA.
Who are Ballington and Maud Booth?
What is the Snohomish County Food Coalition?
Anyone experiencing a substance use or mental health crisis can call, 24/7.
What is 988?
75 clients in this program are supported up to 24/7, in-person, in their homes.
What is Personal Support Services?
Once constructed and open in 2026, this project will provide 42 units of affordable housing and support households existing homelessness.
What is VOA North?
A celebrity donor who is supporting our expansion in south Snohomish County.
Who is Rick Steves?
This program has two sites that are co-located with food banks.
What is the Community Resource Centers (Sky Valley and Lake Stevens)?
What is the North Sound Region (Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, Island, Skagit)?
A resource dedicated to conencting members of any of the 29 tribes in WA State to services they need.
What is the Native Resource Hub?
Each week, an average of 70 refugees from Ukraine are connected to resource navigators, basic needs resources, employment support and cultural services.
What is the Welcome Center/Refugee Resettlement Program?
Collectively, they contributed more than 19,000 hours toward our mission, valued at $356,060.
Who are volunteers?
This jurisdiction provides some level funding to the majority of VOAWW programs and is our largest provider of government funding.
What is Snohomish County?
In this program, you can only qualify for shelter or housing subsidies if you were encamped here.
What is WSDOT right-of-way (HS and CRCs)?
A program that offers people experiencing chronic homelessness with rental subsidies that decrease gradually over a 12-month period.
What is Rapid Rehousing (HS)?
A credential held by Community Resource Centers attesting to the program's alignment with best practices that are proven to increase family strengths and decrease child maltreatment.
What is the WA State Family Resource Center certification?
There are more than 200 VOAWW staff that hold this position.
What is a crisis counselor?
If you're looking for a job, you can come to either of these VOA sites to meet with WorkForce Snohomish staff.
What is ACRC and the Welcome Center/Carl Gipson Center?
Even if you're over-income, you might still qualify for ECEAP services.
What is an Individualized Education Program (IEP)?
In partnership with 13 Everett based churches, this program serves an average of 1,800 plates per week.
What is the Everett Hot Meals Coalition?
Up to 50 pre-schoolers are able to ECEAP everyday because of this service that no other local non-profit pre-k program provides.
What is transportation services?
Our Everett Senior Center was named after this public official who served 24 years and was the first African American to serve on City Council.
A coalition multiple VOAWW programs participate in that seeks to improve service delivery and end homelessness in Snohomish County.
What is the Partnership to End Homelessness?
To qualify for eviction prevention support, clients must have received this type of notice.
What is a pay-or-vacate notice?
A program that seeks to improve communication and repair relationships through social and emotional skill building.
What is restorative practices (DRC)?