Our goal is to provide safe and stable housing for youth in order to get them off the streets of Whatcom County.

Whatcom County’s 2011 Point in Time Count found 57 unaccompanied homeless minors living on the street. (Experts estimate that this number is only 30% of the actual number of adolescents in need of housing and wrap-around services). Young people run away from home for a variety of reasons. Due to unhealthy issues in their homes, living on the street is often a better choice than remaining at home. Lack of parenting skills and support, as well as parents who reach a point where they are no longer able to provide for their children, leave vulnerable adolescents without a place to turn.

Renovations of the NWYS facilities will create safe housing and drop-in services essential to ending youth homelessness in Whatcom County:

• $260,000 in renovations
• Completed January 2012

The project will provide:

• Thirteen beds of emergency housing
• Three beds of transitional housing
• Drop-in services to 70 unduplicated youth
• Vocational services (education and employment readiness)
• Family reunification and/or permanent connections
• Laundry services
• Showers
• Meals
• Clothing

Thank you to our current partners:

• Moceri Construction, Inc.
• Verret Design + Building Solutions, LLC
• IMCO General Construction
• Cascade Drywall
• Seegers Painting Company

To become a partner visit www.nwys.org/pad

What does the PAD Project still need?

• Washer & Dryer
• Stoves
• Refrigerator
• Kitchen Cabinets
• Hot Water Heater
• Light Fixtures
• Drywall
• Lumber
• Paint
• Toilets (3)
• Bathroom Sinks (3)

Thanks again for your support!  To download the PAD PDF brochure, click here!