News and Updates from South Sound Outreach Services.
Disability Lifeline
August 2010: Executive Director Roberta Marsh in the Tacoma News Tribune on the replacement of the state GAU (General Assistance Unemployable) program with the stricter Disability Lifeline. Read the article here.
Connection Centers
April 2010: The Connection Centers project, a collaboration between FISH Food Banks of Pierce County and South Sound Outreach Services, was honored at the Nonprofit Center's Awards Luncheon with the Weyerhaeuser Company Innovation Award.
Connection Centers offer outreach services to food bank clients in a convenient location, transforming five area food banks into points of entry for all South Sound Outreach Services programs.
Congratulations to everyone who has been working hard to make this great idea a reality!
Resources for "McKinney-Vento" Students
If you know or work with homeless teens, learn more about Camp Fire USA’s Teen Outreach Program. The Teen Outreach Program offers outreach support necessary to connect homeless, street-involved and at-risk youth to academic, social, health and community resources.
Contact: Mary Grant, Teen Outreach Coordinator
(253) 597-6234 ext. 15
mgrant@campfireusaorca.org