INCREASING OUR CAPACITY In 2018, KCHA was awarded one of the country’s largest allocations of new special-purpose housing vouchers, including 197 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers for homeless veterans, 61 Family Unification Program (FUP) vouchers for child welfare system-involved families, and 99 Mainstream vouchers for people with disabilities. Lease-up of these vouchers is currently underway. We also expanded our Student and Family Stability Initiative, which provides short-term rental assistance to school children experiencing homelessness and their families. The initiative grew from one school district, Highline, to two with the addition of the Tukwila School District. This expansion enabled KCHA to serve 39 schools in 2018 and successfully re-house the families of 129 students experiencing homelessness. COLLABORATING ACROSS SYSTEMS These housing and service investments support KCHA’s continued collaboration across sectors, including the child welfare, education, behavioral health, and criminal justice systems, in order to engage and support those most in need of housing and services. New initiatives included our partnership with Washington State’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Catholic Community Services, Building Changes, and others to implement Keeping Families Together, an innovative supportive housing model that serves families involved in both the child welfare and homeless systems. 12 2018 ANNUAL REPORT