Seattle schools tap $2 million fund to help families with stable housing, basic needs

At Hawthorne Elementary in southeast Seattle, about 1 in 10 children lack stable housing. They either spend their nights in a shelter, at a hotel or motel, couch-surfing with friends and family or outdoors. Another 55% of the school’s approximately 400 students qualify for subsidized meals at school, a common barometer for household poverty and a […]