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This guide brings together some of the most reliable local, Indigenous-led, national, and provider-focused resources available today. Whether you’re a parent, provider, student, policymaker, or advocate, these links can help you connect with housing, food, health care, community support, and trauma-informed tools. Seattle & Western Washington Resources Family Support & Basic Needs Family Support – City of Seattle - Directory of family-centered human services across the city.

Most families experiencing homelessness are never seen on the street. They live in cars, motels, or crowded apartments, doing what they can to stay hidden from stigma and child-welfare systems. This “invisible homelessness” creates a dangerous illusion that the crisis is smaller than it truly is, and leaves thousands of children out of policy conversations. What invisibility looks like: In King County, WA, 16,868 people were counted as homeless in 2024 — a 26% jump since 2022