King County has joined the Safe Place program. A young person who is scared, lost, or in trouble can approach any bus driver and request help or say, “I need a safe place.” Friends of Youth, on the Together Center campus, along with YouthCare and Auburn Youth Resources will respond 24 hours a day to calls from Safe Place partners. All three provide services and shelter beds for youth ages 12 to 17.  Read more.

Thank you to the Issaquah City Council which recently passed Resolution 2011-03 supporting Together Center in developing a human services campus in Issaquah. We are grateful for the partnership.

Together Center is happy to announce the addition of Dr. Tina Butt to its Board of Directors.  She has lived in Sammamish for over 30 years.  Since 2003, Butt has served as Executive Director of Teaching and Learning for the Mukilteo School District, which followed more than twenty years in the Issaquah School District in a variety of roles, including Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction.  Together Center Chair Barb de Michele noted, “We are very pleased to gain Tina’s involvement.  She is a community leader with superb experience and skills and knows well the importance of partnerships between the worlds of public education and human services.”