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Skyrocketing homeless rates, a mounting economic crisis and a lack of nutritious food in the Seattle-Puget Sound area are negatively impacting health. To sustainably address food and housing insecurity, the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ is investing in Puget Sound-based organizations that are working to address social and economic barriers to healthy lives in under-resourced communities.

Housing Connector

 is a nonprofit business-to-business organization that partners with property owners, managers and service providers to remove barriers that prevent families from home access, ending the cycle of homelessness.

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Puget Sound Food Hub Cooperative

is a farmer-owned cooperative that markets, aggregates and distributes locally produced food from farms to regional institutions that are increasing access to healthy food.

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Weld Seattle

is a nonprofit organization that breaks down the barriers to housing and employment within the Seattle region by providing transitional housing to people reentering society from incarceration, overcoming homelessness and/or active substance addiction.

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Chief Seattle Club

 is a native-led human service agency that provides a continuum of indigenous-designed trauma-informed housing services integrated with wellness to reduce homelessness for American Indians/Alaska Natives in Seattle/King County. Its staff are equipped with the ancestral knowledge and skills to develop a level of trust that is proven to create positive housing outcomes for the American Indian/Alaska Native community.