White Center Community Development Association

2023-24 Award - Systems and Policy Change - $200,000

The partnership between the White Center Community Development Association (WCDA), Community Roots Housing, FEEST, Healthpoint, Southwest Youth and Family Services and YES Foundation, seeks to mobilize a community-wide policy advocacy effort to create a community preference housing ordinance for King County. The three key components WCDA seeks to implement to achieve its goal are research and multi-level education of community and elected officials; policy advocacy (research, media outreach etc.)with a focus on collaboration between King County leadership and community; and the adoption and enactment of policies in partnership with county staff and private and non-profit developers.