On April 8, Attain Housing invited our top donors and supporters to join our Executive Director Kathy Fleming on Zoom for an informative Q&A session to talk about how our organization has responded to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and how it is affecting the families living in our transitional housing program. See below for links to timestamps for highlighted topics....
The 7 Hills of Kirkland bike event, Attain Housing's classic spring fundraiser, is going online! Join the challenge from your home and then get pedaling for real for an entire month of cycling challenges, weekly mileage and climbing contests, and community! Perhaps you've never ridden 7 Hills before because you're more of a casual/leisure rider and those hills just don't appeal....
Magic happens when kids coming directly out of homelessness first arrive in an Attain Housing apartment. It happened recently when Carmen and her kids moved from their car to one of our 37 transitional housing apartment homes. On lease-signing day, the kids bounded through the apartment playing hide-n-seek. The joy of that moment is fuel for all of us at...
"What's your plan moving forward?" That's a standard question we ask during the intake process for people requesting Stable Home funds to avoid eviction. It's a question that's hard enough for many folks to answer during normal circumstances, but it feels nearly impossible to answer during the COVID-19 crisis. We continue to serve clients through our Stable Home eviction prevention program while...
[caption id="attachment_18330" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo credit: SPSCC.edu[/caption] As the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis continues to be felt by the low-income families living in our transitional housing program, acquiring food and supplies has become an increasingly more worrisome issue. "Those families with transportation can go pick up food from food banks," Greg, our Program Services Manager said. "But, those who don't...
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, we are shifting gears for our 2020 7 Hills of Kirkland fundraising bike ride. This major fundraiser generates funds critical to the support of vulnerable families transitioning from homelessness and those at risk of eviction in East King County. We are calling on you and all the cycling community to join us in “7 Hills...
During these stressful and anxiety-producing times, the families currently living in Attain Housing's Transitional Housing units are doing their best to stay calm and be supportive of one another. "Now that the spotlight has moved on geographically from Kirkland, clients are getting used to the situation and adjusting pretty well to social distancing and staying home," said Megan, one of our...
As we enter another week of operating Attain Housing remotely, here’s a look at how this crisis is affecting the families in our transitional housing program. Our very-low income transitional housing clients are experiencing severe financial distress. We are talking to every one of them regularly. So far, 2 out of 3 clients have had their hours cut, lost their jobs,...
Case managers calming their clients through regular touchpoints, all by phone or video chat. Staff answering “front desk” and Stable Home rental assistance phone calls to the Attain Housing office that ring through their cell phones at home. Juggling commitment to delivering on our mission while also responding to kids at home because their schools and day cares are closed....
In the interest of protecting the health of our community, staff, and volunteers, we have decided to suspend Attain Housing’s Community Supper program until further notice. We have been trying a meals to-go program for a couple weeks and are very grateful to the volunteers who went above and beyond to make this happen. The number of guests taking advantage...