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Helping Reduce Family Homelessness: The Washington Families Fund

Date Published: August 7, 2006

With $2 million in seed money from the Legislature and $2 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the fund has grown with additional public investments and other private matching funds from thirteen corporations, foundations, and individuals throughout the state. 


FUNDER INTEREST GROUPS

Connect with other funders interested in specific populations or aspects of the fight to end long-term homelessness: complete our interest group sign-up here . We will share names and contact information among those with shared interests.

BLOOMBERG QUOTE JULY 2006

"To rid our society of homelessness, we must first liberate ourselves from the chains of conventional wisdom, from the fetters of political correctness, from the tyranny of the advocates and their unwillingness to admit that we're ever making progress, and from the opportunism of those who employ divisive and politically charged rhetoric to score easy points. We've got to be willing to do what's right, and let the chips fall where they may."

-- Mayor Michael Bloomberg, July 17, 2006 giving the keynote address at the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Annual Conference