HomeMy Public PortalAbout03162021 Safe Place Proclamation_encrypted_ Safe Place Week
WHEREAS, Safe Place is a program that quickly connects runaway and homeless youth ages 12-17 to
services, either by reuniting them with their family or providing them with emergency shelter, with nearly
140 programs nationally, including King County; and
WHEREAS, more than 379,000 youth have been helped at a Safe Place location or received counseling as a
result of Safe Place information received at school; and
WHEREAS, since the program’s inception in 1983, more than 15 million youth have been educated t hrough
the National Safe Place network’s outreach efforts, familiarizing them with the Safe Place sign, and
providing them with information about how to seek help; and
WHEREAS, Safe Place maintains a 24-hour hotline, 1-800-422-TEEN (8336), where youth can directly
connect with Safe Place staff and within one hour, meet with a Safe Place coordinator who works with the
youth to place them at a shelter or reunite them with family; and
WHEREAS, Metro buses, local businesses, and non-profit organizations are among the over 2,100 places in
King County that have volunteered to serve as locations where youth can request assistance and staff
members are trained to respond and immediately contact Safe Place; and
WHEREAS, Friends of Youth and YouthCare have run in partnership since 2012 to provide Safe Place services
for youth in crisis across King County; and
WHEREAS, the success of Safe Place is based on public and private collaborations and increased awareness
will encourage more communities to establish Safe Place locations where youth can readily access the help
they need;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Liam Olsen, Mayor of Bothell do hereby declare the week of March 21st-27th, 2021 as
SAFE PLACE WEEK in the City of Bothell.
Signed this 16th day of March, 2021
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Liam Olsen, Mayor