“It was just like a big weight off my shoulders, when I heard about the unit here at Compass.”
The Compass Blog
At Compass Housing Alliance, we believe that everyone deserves a home, and we are invested in supporting solutions and strategies to addressing homelessness that are funded appropriately, inclusive in their design, and complement the current effort being made to unite the region in the fight to address homelessness. Compass is a member of the Seattle … Continue reading Concerns about “Compassion Seattle”
Veterans who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability need a distinct set of services from the general population. They also need people around them who are specifically skilled and trained to give them the care they need. That is exactly what they get at Compass Veterans Center: Shoreline known as SVC.
This month was Pride month, a month to celebrate and recognize the challenges and triumphs of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Another amazing example of how our partnerships benefit the people we serve happened when the HEART Team reached out to us about providing some additional COVID-related supplies early this spring
Our Centennial Celebration was an inspiring night of hope and you can catch it in its entirety on demand!
In honor of our Centennial Celebration, we’re introducing a new day of action to share about the amazing work of our team members and highlight ways that you can “Spring into Action” with us.
One of main reasons we can provide the services we do in such an efficient way is because we make the extra effort to ensure our staff and management positions are filled by the right people. Anne Jannetti, Carol Mizoguchi, and Ken Short are the right people.
“I wish that I lived in a place like Compass on Dexter, or Ronald Commons, or at Broadview as a kid,” said Tawnie Fransen Director of Housing Operations. “If I had, I wouldn’t have been embarrassed and I would have been able to do the normal kid things like have friends over afterschool. What we do at Compass for children and families is so important, we help them overcome barriers and break the cycle of poverty.”
While the 1960s were filled with civil unrest, countless murders and assassinations of civil rights activists, and changes on a global scale, Compass remained a constant in Pioneer Square. Additional recreational and job training activities were added to the daily activities to help give men things to keep busy. This list is of course a … Continue reading Compass in the 1960s