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News and updates
4/18
Funding will expand community-led approaches to safety and wellbeing Seattle (April 17, 2024) – The City of Seattle is awarding $1.2 million to support community-led services that address domestic violence outside of the criminal legal [...]
4/17
Scot Nelson from the Seattle Human Services Department’s Youth and Family Empowerment Division Summer Food Service Program sits down with Derryn Anderson (pictured below), coordinator at Garfield Community Center, to discuss the impactful role of [...]
4/9
Do you regularly engage with youth during meal times over the summer in Seattle? If so, then good news! We are currently accepting applications to become a Summer Food Service Site through the SFSP (Summer Food Service Program), a USDA-funded [...]
4/4
New website reduces barriers for sexual assault survivors to connect to services and initiate the reporting process In response to the critical need for empowering sexual assault survivors with confidential and trauma-informed reporting [...]
About Human Services
The Seattle Human Services Department (HSD) is one of the largest contributors to Seattle's safety net. We advance our Vision and Mission by investing hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to more than 200 community-based organizations and programs that support strong and healthy communities.
We do this work in close collaboration with the Mayor's Office, the Seattle City Council, King County, United Way of King County, Public Health—Seattle & King County, and many, many other regional partners. Learn more about HSD...
1,229,539 emergency meals served to low‐income and vulnerable populations in 2022
- 35,382 households enrolled in Utility Discount Program
- 465,389 home-delivered meals served to 3,130 individuals
- 278,119 dental and/or medical visits provided to low-income and vulnerable populations
- 302 youth participated in paid opportunities through the Seattle Youth Employment Program
- 7,894 survivors received domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or commercial sexual exploitation advocacy services