Senator Murray Announces New Legislation to Prevent Youth Homelessness at Visit to Young Adult Shelter in King County

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"I am laser focused on making sure the federal government is doing everything we can to support young people who are experiencing homelessness and to prevent youth homelessness, not only in Washington state but across our country. In the American Rescue Plan, I worked tirelessly to secure record federal investments in rental assistance and housing support that resulted in the largest eviction prevention effort in history, and I'm proud that I was also able to help secure millions of federal dollars in Congressionally Directed Spending for organizations like ROOTS Young Adult Shelter that are doing this really important work every day in our communities. I'm also really excited to be introducingnew legislation this fall that will build on these efforts by creating two new grant programs to help prevent youth homelessness in our communities in the first place. Everyone here knows that if we're serious about tackling the homelessness crisis in our communities, then we need to be doing more to prevent youth homelessness before it begins--and that's exactly what my bill is about."

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