Using a community-centered and culturally informed framework, Together We Heal will grow their capacity to build an alternative to the carceral system and disrupt cycles of incarceration by deepening capacity to provide intensive restorative justice training and skill building, and provide healing spaces for the healers within organizations, while providing material resources including housing for communities impacted by violence and incarceration.

Partners: Freedom Project and Collective Justice

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The Burien Collaborative will strengthen partnerships between Burien based agencies, leveraging the strength of community connections to mobilize and grow the collective towards a cohesive service network to create a permanent collective space for agencies while filling the gaps that currently exist in the social service net and provide a model for a community-care centered ecosystem.

Partnership members: Southwest Youth and Family Services, Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, YES! Foundation, Alimentando Al Pueblo and BLKBRY

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The Coalition will continue to grow and operate the shared Referral & Navigation program to improve access to key resources in the Snoqualmie Valley and to address the systemic inequities that hinder the effectiveness of a coordinated nonprofit ecosystem, and to support more residents in accessing the services they need and help shift the culture of participating organizations to increase equity and reduce staff burnout.

Partnership members: A Supportive Community for All, Acres of Diamonds, Empower Youth Network, Encompass NW, Holy Innocents Food Pantry, Helping Hands, Hopelink, Huntington Learning Center, Mt Si Senior Center, Mamma’s Hands, Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank, Snoqualmie Valley Shelter Services, Sno-Valley Senior Center and Tolt Congregational UCC Community Connections Program

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The R.I.C.H collective will address the mental health access disparities in the Cham, Somali, and Oromo communities in the Rainier Valley and South King County through community engagement, culturally appropriate mental health support, and engaging youth to address the root causes of disparities.

Partnership members: Cham Refugees Community, Omar Bin Al-Khattab Islamic Center, and Somali Cultural Center

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The Collaborative will build a sustainable network of LGBTQ+ led organizations that uses an equity-centered, collective impact framework to advance systems and policy changes toward housing, health, economic, and racial equity for LGBTQ+ communities in South King County.

Partnership members: Queer Power Alliance (formerly LGBTQ Allyship), Entre Hermanos, and POCAAN

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The Initiative will address the healthcare disparities faced by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities in Kent through education reform, stakeholder/community mobilization, and advocacy.

Partnership members: Kent Community Development Collaborative (KCDC), Community Network Council, Communities of Rooted Brilliance, Mother Africa, Communities In Schools of Kent and Being Empowered Through Supportive Transitions (BEST)

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The Center project will establish a physical space that serves as a hub for organizing, mutual aid, resource access, cultural and wellness events, political education, and the incubation of public safety alternatives to policing.

Partnership members: Massage Parlor Outreach Project, Chinatown International District Coalition

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The Council will create community-based collaborative committees to design the B2L Legacy and Wellness Center hub in partnership with community, health, and wellness partners.

Partnership members: Build 2 Lead, Momentum Belonging Group, King County Public Health Department, Livia Behavioral Health Services, UW Medicine Physicians Clinic, Morehouse School and Medicine, Leadership Tomorrow and Federal Way Public Schools

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