Otto’s Place was named in honor of Pastor Otto Karlstrom who founded Compass in Pioneer Square 100 years ago. He had a vision to care for those in need, and we are still carrying that vision forward today.
Jan & Peter’s Place is an enhanced shelter in Rainier Valley. It is close to stores, shopping, mass transit, and other services, but it is also quiet, out of the way, and calm.
Nikkole is the Program Manager at Compass at First Presbyterian (CFP) shelter and had called a team meeting. The team wanted a potluck.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new proposed rule allowing discrimination against trans people seeking shelter services is misguided and morally reprehensible.
Kira Zylstra, Acting Director of All Home, Dow Constantine, King County Executive, Janet Pope, Compass Housing Alliance CEO Just after midnight on Friday, January 25, volunteers were crowded around the entrance to the Compass Center in Pioneer Square—where Compass Housing Alliance's mail, banking, and hygiene centers operate. They were preparing to volunteer for King County's … Continue reading Counting Us In: the 2019 Homelessness Point-in-Time Count