King County homeless organization lays off one-third of its staff as pilot project expires

Known as Partnership for Zero, the goal was to get nearly everyone who was homeless in downtown Seattle off of the streets within a year.

. “Lessons learned through Partnership for Zero will be integrated into KCRHA’s work across the homeless response system as a whole. To apply the learnings of Partnership for Zero across the system, KCRHA is developing new limited-time positions that will be posted internally, with current staff encouraged to apply.”

KCRHA stated the departure of its leadership in CEO Marc Dones as another reason for the program to be sunsetted. “Since the departure of KCRHA’s first CEO, the agency has been conducting a full assessment of operations,” KCRHA wrote in its update on Partnership for Zero. “This work includes a review of our governance structure and a close look at our operations and programs, including Partnership for Zero.”

King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said in a statement that it was a “disappointing end result” for the Partnership for Zero program. Constantine said in the coming weeks, county leaders will be meeting with program leaders and financial supporters to “understand lessons learned and how best to move forward.

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