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Human Services needs update: Bellevue sees rising child homelessness and strains from federal funding cuts
Summary
Human Services Manager Ruth Blau presented a 2025 needs update showing rising homelessness (651 Bellevue students identified in 2024–25), growing provider strain and language-access gaps; the report highlights food, financial assistance and shelter as urgent needs amid recent federal benefit changes.
Ruth Blau, manager of Human Services within the Parks and Community Services Department, presented the city's 2025 human services needs update, telling the Parks and Community Services Board that federal funding reductions during the report period exacerbated local needs and provider strain.
Blau said the needs update (data collected January–June 2025) identified four recurring themes: cultural and linguistic barriers, access barriers, provider strain and stigma or mistrust. She said the city's data show 651 Bellevue students experienced homelessness in…
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