Investigations WA homeless youth program closes after contractor ‘misspent’ $330K Officials ordered a lobbying firm to pay back money meant for a state-funded Lifeline pilot hotline that connects at-risk young people to services. by Elizabeth Whitman / April 16, 2024
Investigations WA’s $5M youth homelessness effort is ramping up. Is it working? Though the funds helped dozens of young people secure housing, delays and slow spending stalled some programs in their first year. by Elizabeth Whitman Youth Today / August 15, 2023
Investigations ‘Home was never a place’: One woman’s life in WA foster care Now 30, Janell Braxton says she continues to reckon with the separations and instability stemming from her time in the foster system. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / November 21, 2023
Investigations Researchers team up with court staff to help WA homeless youth H-SYNC — Housing Stability for Youth in Courts — has piloted using evidence-based surveys to identify teenagers in need of support services. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / November 14, 2023
Investigations Washington’s new youth homelessness ‘Lifeline’ service lags The $750,000 pilot program has struggled to meet promises after state officials chose a lobbying firm to build the hotline service from scratch. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / October 25, 2023
Investigations Podcast | It’s a Youth Today News takeover The third episode of the investigative series co-produced with Crosscut focuses on one woman’s experience with foster care and homelessness in WA. by Elizabeth Whitman / January 3, 2024
Culture Things to do in Seattle: Feb. 6 - 12 Seattle Asian Art Museum’s grand reopening, Diane Rehm on a "good death," in praise of Kubota Gardens and more cultural happenings. by Brangien Davis & Margo Vansynghel & Agueda Pacheco Flores & Misha Berson / February 6, 2020
Culture Meet Your Maker: Artist Susan Lieu on motherhood, making money and medical malpractice After a national tour of her one-woman show, the Seattle performer has thoughts on how to support local artists. by Agueda Pacheco Flores / February 5, 2020
Culture Things to do in Seattle: Jan. 30 - Feb. 5 'Fleabag' presented live, Oscar-nominated shorts on the big screen, a revealing exhibit of tattoos and more cultural happenings. by Brangien Davis & Misha Berson & Margo Vansynghel & Agueda Pacheco Flores / January 30, 2020
Culture Things to do in Seattle: Jan. 23-29 Lunar New Year celebrations, a sci-fi take on reparations, a hip-hop orchestra and more cultural happenings. by Brangien Davis & Margo Vansynghel & Agueda Pacheco Flores & Misha Berson / January 23, 2020