City of Seattle Policy Work
SHSC members, community leaders and concerned residents work together on the following key actions:
Educating policy-makers on current issues within the human services community.
Writing and publishing op-eds on issues and actions affecting the achievement of basic human needs in the Seattle community.
SHSC monitors and analyzes City of Seattle policies that affect resident’s abilities to meet their basic human needs. This information is used to help build awareness in the general public, provide guidance on budget priorities to elected officials of Seattle.
Distribute information and gather feedback on city, county, state and federal policies which affect meeting basic human needs.
Build upon partnership with the City of Seattle Departments, Mayor’s Office and City Council.
SHSC INFLUENCES PUBLIC POLICY TO HELP PEOPLE MEET THEIR BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
Since coming together in 1987, coalition members and community leaders have brought their voices together to create a shared policy agenda to help people in our communities meet their basic human needs.
Over the years, members and collaborative partners have urged our government officials to invest in community health and human services that alleviate hunger, homelessness, domestic violence, youth violence, institutional racism and economic inequality, and to change policies in order to reduce the need for emergency services.
Our work together includes educating policy makers on current issues within the human services community, writing and publishing op-eds on issues affecting the well-being of our communities, monitoring and analyzing City and County policies that affect residents, distributing information and mobilizing community members as well as building partnerships with City and County governmental leaders to help bridge our goals.
