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The Safe Families dinner and Rob Henderson memoir I wrote about last month got me thinking more about “the relationship between foster care and homelessness”: That’s the title of a paper delivered at a 1996 conference hosted by the American Public Welfare Association and based on client files and case data from 21 homeless service organizations located in every region of the United States. Of the 1,134 homeless individuals covered by the study, 36 percent had a foster care history. The paper’s authors, Nan P. Roman and Phyllis B. Wolfe, determined that “the foster care system can fail to deal adequately with problems caused by sexual abuse, physical abuse, or troubled or dysfunctional families — that is to say, with Read More ›

Breaking Controversial homeless housing provider Plymouth Housing will now be running operations at the former Kirkland La Quinta Inn on 10530 Northup Way. Despite major opposition, the city council voted unanimously to allow it into the community. Concerns About Low Barrier Model Under King County’s “Health Through Housing,” neighbors expressed concerns about hardcore drug use and other problems spilling into the community. That’s because Plymouth subscribes to the low barrier “housing first” model where addicts are not required to get treatment. Councilmember Applauds Low Barrier Housing King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci is applauding this move in her district. Today’s press release did not indicate when the Kirkland location would open. Low Barrier Housing Doesn’t Work I spent a year investigating Read More ›

Dow Constantine Responds I confronted King County Executive Dow Constantine about the drug encampment he set up in Burien that’s now a revolving door for criminals. But Dow is denying he’s responsible for creating this blight on the city. Do you believe him? Burien No Longer Works with REACH Dow also made some erroneous statements. He thinks REACH is still the homeless outreach provider for Burien. I broke the story last March after the city announced its intent to cut ties. Dow didn’t know about this massive development? Rescued Last week, two kids were rescued from this dangerous encampment. But Dow claims he had no idea this incident happened and also says he was unaware of all the crime coming Read More ›

“Camping Is Prohibited” Right near the Interbay encampment fire, We Heart Seattle just discovered more tents in the NW Queen Anne Greenbelt. This area connects to the N. Kinnear Park hiking trail. Look at all the used drug needles scattered in the woods. This addiction crisis is out of control.

New Crews just put out a fire at a homeless encampment in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood. This is near the on-ramp for the Magnolia Bridge. We Heart Seattle is trying to help with outreach. But instead of finding people, volunteers found rats everywhere. What a disaster.

New Another troubling incident near Dow Constantine’s drug camp in Burien. Sunday evening, deputies responded to a robbery call at a gas station. A K9 led deputies up to the camp near SW 149th St & 6th Ave SW but could not find the suspect. Criminals now know where to hide. Rescued Last week, two kids were just rescued from Dow Constantine’s drug den near the courthouse. Even though he literally created this problem, the King County Executive is ignoring pleas from city leaders and neighbors to shut it down. King County Lets Treatment Beds Sit Empty Burien Councilmember Linda Akey says there are detox and treatment beds open right now in the area for the people staying in Dow Read More ›

Rescued Homeless children are suffering in Burien’s encampments. Two kids were just rescued from Dow Constantine’s drug den near the courthouse. Even though he literally created this problem, the King County Executive is ignoring pleas from city leaders and neighbors to shut it down. King County Lets Treatment Beds Sit Empty Burien Councilmember Linda Akey says there are detox and treatment beds open right now in the area for the people staying in Dow Constantine’s drug camp. But Akey says King County is refusing to move them and won’t tell her why. The More We Love Just a few months ago, Kristine Moreland and The More We Love secured a contract with Burien to do all the homeless outreach in Read More ›

Happening Now 8:41 pm — Friday night spectacle in downtown Seattle as dozens of law enforcement officers are engaged in a standoff with a homeless man who allegedly assaulted a cop. Witnesses say the fella went on a bender and also threw debris on I-5. He’s now hiding under the Boren Ave bridge. Taser Attempted and Failed 8:57 pm — Sun is setting and the homeless dude is hunkering down under the Boren Ave bridge. Unclear why all these officers aren’t going in there to smoke him out. But a cop on scene just told me dude showed a knife. Taser was deployed but that did not work either. Negotiations 9:20 pm — It appears we are getting closer. The Read More ›

Extremely troubling claim being made by Burien Councilmember Linda Akey. She says there are detox and treatment beds open right now in the area for the people staying in Dow Constantine’s drug camp. But Akey says King County is refusing to move them and won’t tell her why.

Global news outlet Daily Mail covering Dow Constantine’s failed policies that enable drug addiction. Moment woke Seattle ‘harm reduction’ worker tries to stop reporter filming taxpayer-funded meth pipes being handed out to vagrants in public | Daily Mail Online The Video Giving out meth pipes and needles to drug addicts without offering treatment options is what usually happens in King County. So the cycle of enablement continues. Who’s tracking results of people actually getting the help they need?