Every year, more than 13,000 unaccompanied young
people under the age of 25 experience homelessness in the state of
Washington - 1,500 experience homelessness on any given night in Seattle
and King County alone.
Every person deserves a
safe and stable home. To achieve this goal, Pearl Jam is banding
together with two efforts -- working in coordination -- to end youth
homelessness in King County and across Washington State.
These
two initiatives will help prevent young people from becoming homeless
in the first place, making it significantly less likely that they will
ever experience homelessness as an adult.
The band will work with All Home on their initiative to ensure that every young person in Seattle and King County has a home by 2020.
All
Home is already executing this work. By using real-time data to see
which programs and methods are working--then scaling them up--they are
building a coordinated system that is flexible and adaptable. Their
efforts resulted in a 22% decrease in youth homelessness from 2017 to
2018.
Pearl Jam will also support A Way Home Washington’s “Anchor Community” initiative, a pilot program to end youth homelessness in four Washington communities by 2022.
"On
behalf of The Home Shows, we're excited to announce our support for
these two coordinated efforts to end youth homelessness in Seattle and
Washington State. This is the first major donation to come out of The
Home Shows Fund, and we're ready to continue our work with All Home and A
Way Home Washington to help make sure every young person in our
community has a home,” said Stone Gossard.
Just as
our community came together around The Home Shows, these initiatives
will bring together nonprofits, government agencies, businesses,
schools, families, and the community, to connect young people with the
services they need to exit homelessness quickly, and find permanent and
safe housing.
A huge thank you to all of our
partners and fans for making this possible. We look forward to
announcing more in the coming days.
1994 - Bridge School Benefit, Shoreline Mountain View CA *** 1995 - 2015 High School, College, Broke, Having Kids*** 2016 - Temple of the Dog, Bill Graham Civic Center Auditorium, San Francisco CA 2017 - Eddie Vedder, Bourbon and Beyond, Louisville KY 2018 - The Home Shows, Show 2, Seattle WA 2019 - Eddie Vedder, Ohana Fest, Dana Point CA 2020- Oakland Nights 1 and 2 2020 - Ohana Fest 2021 - Ohana Fest 2022 - Oakland 1 and 2
"Watch out for music. It should come with a health warning. It can be dangerous. It can make you feel so alive, so connected to the people around you, and connected to what you really are inside. And it can make you think that the world should, and could, be a much better place. And just occasionally, it can make you very, very happy." -Peter Gabriel
A month after holding two-sold out concerts at Seattle’s Safeco
Field to raise money to combat homelessness, Pearl Jam revealed that
some of the money would go toward ensuring no young people have to live
outside.
The initiative, announced at YouthCare’s Orion Center for homeless
youth, was the first major donation the band has awarded since the the Home Shows concerts
in early August. On hand for the announcement were Pearl Jam guitarists
Mike McCready and Stone Gossard, as well as Washington first lady Trudi
Inslee.
A
total of $1.3 million was awarded Thursday, but only $600,000 came from
the Home Shows initiative. The rest was from the Raikes Foundation and
glassybaby, a hand-blown glass company in Seattle that was a partner on
the Home Shows.
The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is
funded by BECU, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Campion
Foundation, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Raikes Foundation,
Schultz Family Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Seattle Mariners, and
Starbucks. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project
Homeless content.
Most of the donation — about $1.2 million — will go toward a Seattle
and King County effort to end youth homelessness by the year 2020,
overseen by All Home, the county’s regional homeless-coordinating
agency.
The
rest of the money will help fund the initial stages of a new Anchor
Community initiative by the nonprofit A Way Home Washington to end youth
homelessness in the Washington counties of Pierce, Spokane, Yakima and
Walla Walla by 2022. All four counties applied to be an Anchor
Community, but A Way Home officials hope to eventually expand the
program statewide, with support from other philanthropic organizations.
Pearl Jam determined how to allocate funds raised from the concerts,
as well as from philanthropic and individual donations, with the help of
an informal advisory board. The board is made up of homeless-service
providers and members of the philanthropic community, including the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, the Raikes Foundation, Schultz Family
Foundation, Seattle Foundation, all four of which help fund The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless.
Speaking at Thursday’s news conference, McCready, Pearl Jam’s lead
guitarist, reiterated his belief that Seattle has to lead the way on
ending homelessness if any progress is to be made.
“If we can’t do it here,” McCready said, “we can’t do it anywhere.”
An estimated 1,518 unaccompanied young people under age 25 were
considered homeless during this year’s King County one-night homeless
count, according to All Home. Three-quarters of them had no shelter on
the night of the January count and a third identified as LGBTQ.
A Way Home has said there are roughly 13,000 so-called unaccompanied
youth — kids who are not in the custody of a parent or guardian -who
access homeless services across the state.
In early August, Pearl Jam reported
they had raised around $11 million for homeless initiatives, a number
they planned to firm up next week, when they announce how the rest of
the money will be spent.
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Thanks, guys. You make us proud to be fans.
All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
I admire them immensely for this. They are sharing their good fortune with the people in their community and improving life for many people. I love that they are helping people!
1991- Hollywood Palladium, California with Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains -RIP Magazine Show Oct. 6th 1992- Lollapalooza, Irvine, California Nothing since then. I suck. 2016- Fenway Park, Boston - Both glorious nights 2022- Oakland Night 2
in a related area i read very recently seattle has a real bad hard drug problem so now the authorities/courts etc have taken the "local approach" to treat these humans the way they should be treated and that is to not lock them up in jail, only to have them come back next month with the exact same drug charge. they get them medical help and support instead !! so basically they are turning a blind eye to 1 gram or less hard drug possessions for addicts our world will finally get it one day and this is a definite sign of hope that we are all moving in the right direction
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Ending Youth Homelessness
Every year, more than 13,000 unaccompanied young people under the age of 25 experience homelessness in the state of Washington - 1,500 experience homelessness on any given night in Seattle and King County alone.
Every person deserves a safe and stable home. To achieve this goal, Pearl Jam is banding together with two efforts -- working in coordination -- to end youth homelessness in King County and across Washington State.
These two initiatives will help prevent young people from becoming homeless in the first place, making it significantly less likely that they will ever experience homelessness as an adult.
The band will work with All Home on their initiative to ensure that every young person in Seattle and King County has a home by 2020.
All Home is already executing this work. By using real-time data to see which programs and methods are working--then scaling them up--they are building a coordinated system that is flexible and adaptable. Their efforts resulted in a 22% decrease in youth homelessness from 2017 to 2018.
Pearl Jam will also support A Way Home Washington’s “Anchor Community” initiative, a pilot program to end youth homelessness in four Washington communities by 2022.
"On behalf of The Home Shows, we're excited to announce our support for these two coordinated efforts to end youth homelessness in Seattle and Washington State. This is the first major donation to come out of The Home Shows Fund, and we're ready to continue our work with All Home and A Way Home Washington to help make sure every young person in our community has a home,” said Stone Gossard.
Just as our community came together around The Home Shows, these initiatives will bring together nonprofits, government agencies, businesses, schools, families, and the community, to connect young people with the services they need to exit homelessness quickly, and find permanent and safe housing.
A huge thank you to all of our partners and fans for making this possible. We look forward to announcing more in the coming days.
Read All Home’s community plan and visit A Way Home’s Anchor Communities page for more info.
Photo Credit: Jim Bennett, YouthCare Seattle, September 27, 2018
1994 - Bridge School Benefit, Shoreline Mountain View CA
*** 1995 - 2015 High School, College, Broke, Having Kids***
2016 - Temple of the Dog, Bill Graham Civic Center Auditorium, San Francisco CA
2017 - Eddie Vedder, Bourbon and Beyond, Louisville KY
2018 - The Home Shows, Show 2, Seattle WA
2019 - Eddie Vedder, Ohana Fest, Dana Point CA
2020- Oakland Nights 1 and 2
2020 - Ohana Fest
2021 - Ohana Fest
2022 - Oakland 1 and 2
"Watch out for music. It should come with a health warning. It can be dangerous. It can make you feel so alive, so connected to the people around you, and connected to what you really are inside. And it can make you think that the world should, and could, be a much better place. And just occasionally, it can make you very, very happy." -Peter Gabriel
Pearl Jam announces donation to help end youth homelessness
A month after holding two-sold out concerts at Seattle’s Safeco Field to raise money to combat homelessness, Pearl Jam revealed that some of the money would go toward ensuring no young people have to live outside.
The initiative, announced at YouthCare’s Orion Center for homeless youth, was the first major donation the band has awarded since the the Home Shows concerts in early August. On hand for the announcement were Pearl Jam guitarists Mike McCready and Stone Gossard, as well as Washington first lady Trudi Inslee.
A total of $1.3 million was awarded Thursday, but only $600,000 came from the Home Shows initiative. The rest was from the Raikes Foundation and glassybaby, a hand-blown glass company in Seattle that was a partner on the Home Shows.
· Find out more about Project Homeless
Most of the donation — about $1.2 million — will go toward a Seattle and King County effort to end youth homelessness by the year 2020, overseen by All Home, the county’s regional homeless-coordinating agency.
The rest of the money will help fund the initial stages of a new Anchor Community initiative by the nonprofit A Way Home Washington to end youth homelessness in the Washington counties of Pierce, Spokane, Yakima and Walla Walla by 2022. All four counties applied to be an Anchor Community, but A Way Home officials hope to eventually expand the program statewide, with support from other philanthropic organizations.
Pearl Jam determined how to allocate funds raised from the concerts, as well as from philanthropic and individual donations, with the help of an informal advisory board. The board is made up of homeless-service providers and members of the philanthropic community, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Raikes Foundation, Schultz Family Foundation, Seattle Foundation, all four of which help fund The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless.
Speaking at Thursday’s news conference, McCready, Pearl Jam’s lead guitarist, reiterated his belief that Seattle has to lead the way on ending homelessness if any progress is to be made.
“If we can’t do it here,” McCready said, “we can’t do it anywhere.”
An estimated 1,518 unaccompanied young people under age 25 were considered homeless during this year’s King County one-night homeless count, according to All Home. Three-quarters of them had no shelter on the night of the January count and a third identified as LGBTQ.
A Way Home has said there are roughly 13,000 so-called unaccompanied youth — kids who are not in the custody of a parent or guardian -who access homeless services across the state.
In early August, Pearl Jam reported they had raised around $11 million for homeless initiatives, a number they planned to firm up next week, when they announce how the rest of the money will be spent.
The way they continue to use their positions of success for the betterment of others is so admirable.
I love that they are helping people!
1992- Lollapalooza, Irvine, California
Nothing since then. I suck.2016- Fenway Park, Boston - Both glorious nights
2022- Oakland Night 2
so now the authorities/courts etc have taken the "local approach" to treat these humans the way they should be treated and that is to not lock them up in jail, only to have them come back next month with the exact same drug charge. they get them medical help and support instead !!
so basically they are turning a blind eye to 1 gram or less hard drug possessions for addicts
our world will finally get it one day and this is a definite sign of hope that we are all moving in the right direction