In response to Seattle’s staffing crisis among social service workers, the city council passed a resolution to increase the pay for those within the industry.
is a non-profit that provides education and housing, health, and disability services for low-income residents.
Deguchi addressed the council before they voted to support exploring ways to increase pay for human service workers, including more money for agencies hired by the city that employs them. “Ironically, one of our housing stability coordinators left King County to live with her parents in Georgia because she could no longer afford to live here,” Deguchi continued.
A 2022 King County Regional Homelessness Authority survey found the five largest homelessness service providers in King County had more than 300 vacant positions they could not fill. The staffing shortage is so severe it has restricted our region’s ability to get people experiencing homelessness off the streets even after we have created new housing for them to live in, according to the Seattle City Council.
“Wherever we send them for housing or other services, there’s a long wait — this is directly related to low staffing and high turnover at human services agencies,” Amy Lee Derenthal with the
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