The Alliance’s monthly meetings are held the third Tuesday every month from 3:00-4:45pm at the Mercer View Community Center 8236 SE 24th Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040. Scroll down for directions.
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I-90 Eastbound from Seattle: take exit #7A, 77th Ave SE. Turn left across the freeway. At stop sign turn right onto North Mercer Way. Go one long block to the stop light. Go straight though the stop light. Turn left onto 81st Avenue SE. Turn right onto SE 24th Street. The Community Center is two blocks up on your left.
I-90 Westbound from Bellevue: take exit #7, Island Crest Way. Continue straight ahead. Turn right on 81st Avenue SE. Turn right on SE 24th Street. The Community Center is two blocks up on your left.
In the past year, our food banks have seen a remarkable increase in the number of people who need help to make ends meet. King County has proposed completely eliminating its investment in food support for 2010.
That means a loss of eight hundred thousand meals.
Senior Services
Services such as hot meals programs, adult day health centers, and senior centers ensure that our elders are able to meet their health, nutritional, and social needs.
But in 2010, 25,000 King County seniors will be facing closed doors where they used to find a smiling face and helping hand. Just when these seniors—and their families—need services the most, King County has proposed drastic cuts in their investment in these effective programs.
Domestic Violence
During difficult economic times, we know that incidents of domestic violence increase. At the same time, women being abused by their partners have fewer options to safely break free.
Domestic violence programs help women understand their options, and obtain safe shelter for themselves and their children.
Instead ensuring that there are adequate safe shelters and counseling services in our communities, King County has proposed cutting its investment in domestic violence services by 80% in 2010.
This means crisis calls will go unanswered, and emergency shelters will have to turn away women who do not have a safe place to go. More mothers and their children will be trapped in cycles of abuse, and will not have access to the emotional supports that help them move forward.
Youth Services
We often say that young people are our future. But youth centers in King County turn those words into action by providing counseling, education, and support services to young people and their families.
Often youth programs help guide young people through substance abuse, mental health challenges, and other serious life challenges, towards new possibilities.
But King County is considering drastic cuts to youth programs and other human services systems that help young people—and their families—find stability and success.
A community that does not provide for its youth has no future. Without a strong system of youth centers and services for young people, where will kids and families in need turn?
