King County Council Pledges $120,000 to Keep Orion Center's Young Adult Shelter Open

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These morons are spending $1400 per month per person to have them live in a shelter!

For $1400 you could put them into a modern 3-bedroom in Kirkland!

on November 12, 2013 at 1:00 PM

Yeah Mayor Murray!

biffp on November 12, 2013 at 1:15 PM

Oh yes, @1. Those modern 3-bedrooms in Kirkland totally take under-18 runaways and provide wraparound services for sure in a place that's totally well-served by public transit. If only the service providers were as smart as you!

jt on November 12, 2013 at 1:23 PM

#3

They are spending $1400 per month per person to keep them in a derelict building in downtown.

That's $4200 a month for 3 people!

Not only could they afford a nice apartment (or buy a home), but they could all have their own car for that much money!

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on November 12, 2013 at 1:31 PM

Maybe if da yoots pulled those bull rings out of their noses, bolts through their lips and got rid of neon punk hair, they could be productive, hard working, tax paying members of society instead of self-indulgent little narcissists sucking on the government tit? Or do they just wipe their bottoms and teach them self-esteem at this center?

on November 12, 2013 at 1:41 PM

yeah ... why is the cost so high for only 20 people?

Gordon Werner on November 12, 2013 at 1:48 PM

Well, I'm obviously not the only one astounded by that price tag..

disintegrator on November 12, 2013 at 2:06 PM

i miss the timberline.

deepconcentration on November 12, 2013 at 3:10 PM

@most of the above

Providing shelter for homeless youths requires more than square feet of space. A youth shelter must also provide "parental" care and facilitate government services along with the requisite accountability for those entrusted to its care at the shelter.

Replacing the family and community with a publicly funded organization as a make-shift substitute doesn't come cheap, especially with all of the logistics that are required with being one.

When families fail and communities fail, the costs are many.

on November 18, 2013 at 1:10 AM