Lake City Partners’s mission is to end homelessness by providing shelter, respite care, work opportunities and other services, so that people living homeless have increased opportunities for stabilization, recovery, and permanent housing. The funds donated this month will go into LCP’s general fund for maximum flexibility. LCP currently operates a number of programs to support people living without shelter in North Seattle and North King County (Shoreline, Kenmore, and Bothell): 

• God’s L’il Acre Day Center offers laundry facilities, showers, a community kitchen, internet and phone, a caseworker, nursing care, and more. It is a safe and secure place to just “be” indoors for a while. During the third quarter of this year, staff helped 32 clients get off the streets into emergency shelter. 
• Outreach workers engage with people on the streets, develop ongoing relationships, and make referrals to shelter, housing, and other essential services. 
• The Oaks Shelter serves 60 single adults and couples in private rooms with meals. Pets are permitted. Caseworkers help each person develop a plan to meet their unique needs and support them along the path to permanent housing. During November alone, 17 people from The Oaks were placed into permanent supportive housing. A dozen more expect to move into a new building opening this month in North Seattle.