Housing Stability

Best Starts for Kids’ Youth & Family Homelessness Prevention Initiative is a King County program that quickly connects at‑risk youth and families to housing stability through intensive case management and other support so that families can maintain stable housing, preventing them from entering the homeless system.

The Arc of King County is a partner program. We provide screening and referral. For those then paired by the county program to us, we provide case management and other support.

Wondering who is eligible for this program? Here are the requirements:

• Someone in the household must be 24 years or younger
• Someone in the household must have an intellectual or other developmental disability
• Household members must be residents of King County
• The household must be at imminent risk of homelessness
• The household must not have received homelessness services through the King County Coordinated Entry System or from other Best Starts for Kids Homelessness Prevention Programs within the last six months.

Program participants might be individual young adults no longer living with their family, an adult with a developmental disability who has at least one child under the age of 24 living with them, or a family that includes a child with a developmental disability under age 24 living with them. 

Potential program participants must go through an intake interview with our housing stability specialist, which includes identifying any barriers to stable housing, possible solutions to achieve stable housing, and a mutually agreed-upon support plan that both The Arc of King County case manager and the family develop and implement together

For more information or to begin the intake process contact our Information & Resource Team:

• English: 206-829-7053 OR Ask@arcofkingcounty.org
  
• Spanish: 206-829-7030 OR Preguntas@arcofkingcounty.org