There was a lot of skepticism when the $10 million Partnership for Zero plan to dramatically reduce homelessness in downtown Seattle was announced . A year later, over 150 people have been moved inside, another 214 people are in the process of doing so while over 500 more have taken tangible steps toward housing. On Thursday the public-private Partnership for Zero program offered these and other updates, including new and renewed commitments from the Ballmer Group, JPMorgan Chase and Starbucks. These cash and in-kind contributions have boosted Partnership for Zero’s total investment to $11 million. This is "real, clear progress," Marc Dones , CEO of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, said in a news release. Partnership for Zero is part of a longer-range effort to greatly reduce the number of homeless people in the county as spelled out in the recently released $12 billion, draft five-year action plan. Based out of the new Housing Command Center , 26 "systems advocates," or outreach workers, in the Partnership for Zero program have since September logged over 13,000 hours on the streets of downtown and the Chinatown International District (CID) since collecting data for a by-name list of unhoused people. When […]
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