Jan & Peter’s Place is an enhanced shelter in Rainier Valley. It is close to stores, shopping, mass transit, and other services, but it is also quiet, out of the way, and calm.
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Compass Housing Alliance will be making a series of positive changes to our 24/7 enhanced emergency shelter programs over the next several months.
Nikkole is the Program Manager at Compass at First Presbyterian (CFP) shelter and had called a team meeting. The team wanted a potluck.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new proposed rule allowing discrimination against trans people seeking shelter services is misguided and morally reprehensible.
During the Flu Pandemic of 1918, Seattle had to mask up. You may know that Compass Housing Alliance began in 1920 on the heels of the Spanish Flu pandemic which claimed the lives of over 1,500 people in Seattle. The effects of a pandemic on a community are all too familiar nowadays. As Seattle suffered … Continue reading Compass Centennial: 100 years of service
A message from our Interim Executive Director, Mary Steele.
During the COVID-19 crisis, Compass Housing Alliances made a series of changes to better protect our guests, residents, and staff. One of those steps was de-intensifying our emergency shelters.
Mary Steele, our Interim Executive Director, sent this letter to our staff regarding the killing of George Floyd. We wanted to share it with you, our greater Compass community, as this is such an important issue that touches all of us.
Compass program manager organizes impromptu food drive for school children – and receives an overwhelming community response in a matter of days.
Every dollar donated to the Emergency Response fund will be used directly to support our COVID-19 response.