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Join us to solve poverty!

Each person Solid Ground works with has an individual story that deserves personalized care and attention. Thanks for helping us meet people where they are to build a healthier community for ALL.

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Tailoring services for success

Solid Ground staff collaborate creatively to meet people where they are on their journeys to thrive. Read on to find out how.

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Tune in to hear some community solutions!

At our recent Social Justice Salon, we heard from people with lived experience and those advocating alongside them in a community conversation on making our safety net accessible to all who need it.

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Community Needs Assessment 2022

Every three years, Solid Ground conducts a CNA to gather input from the communities we serve to ensure our programs and services support people to create the lives they want to live.

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We #StandWithTheDuwamish

Read our blog posts for a deep dive into the Duwamish people's 167-year fight for dignity and the right to self-governance, and how Solid Ground supports their efforts.

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Our 2021 Community Report

Peek through the windows for snapshots of how Solid Ground listens deeply to ensure that people most impacted by poverty have both a megaphone and a seat at our decision-making table.

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Volunteer, donate, advocate or just spread the word. Learn about the many ways you can join us to build community to end poverty. »

Solid Ground believes poverty is solvable.

Our approach combines direct services with community-based advocacy. We support individuals and work to undo racism and other oppressions that create barriers – so everyone can achieve their full potential.

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Growing healthier communities with farm-to-clinic fruits and vegetables

A handful of people are already lined up in the lobby with paper sacks and plastic bags in hand when Solid Ground Farm Market Assistant Charlotte Minor pulls up in front of the White Center Sea Mar Community Health Center on a rainy fall morning. Her van is packed almost to the ceiling with crates brimming with tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, peas, peppers, radishes, squash, and more – all picked just a few hours earlier at …

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Sqʷsəb and the people of the big lake

Before white colonizers chopped down the alder, ash, and towering Douglas fir to make way for farmland, before the military paved over the earth to build airstrips and hangars, and before Solid Ground converted some of those naval buildings into homes for people escaping homelessness, the land we now know as Sand Point was called Sqʷsəb, meaning “fog,” by the people who inhabited this land since time immemorial.

This was the land of the “people …

A Downtown Circulator sign on 1st Ave. It reads "Fare free bus every 30 minutes. For route information, text 'inform' to 206.753.4801"

Riding Solid Ground’s Downtown Circulator is now easier than ever!

The Downtown Circulator is a free Solid Ground shuttle that runs between a variety of key health and human service providers in downtown Seattle, providing vital transportation access for people living on low incomes. Riding the Circulator is super easy: Just climb on board! No ticket required! But actually finding the bus hasn’t always been.

That’s because in the past, the seven stops along the Circulator route were marked by a sticker on bus stop …

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Upcoming Events

Dec

¡Inquilinos Inteligentes!: Información General: Aprender los conceptos básicos

¡INQUILINOS INTELIGENTES! en ESPAÑOL Aprender los conceptos básicos/ General Information – Learning... Read More »

Dec

Rent Smart: General Information for Residential Tenants

RENT SMART WEBINAR in ENGLISH: General Information for Residential Tenants Learn... Read More »

Feb

Info Session for Volunteers 55 and Older

Passionate about making a difference? We need YOU to share your... Read More »

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Social Justice Salons Series

Join us for intimate, in-person community conversations that bring together Solid Ground staff, participants, partners, and leaders to discuss innovative solutions to community challenges. Visit our Salons webpage to see upcoming events and check out past event recordings!

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