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Police chief: Crime, homelessness not necessarily connected in Port Angeles

The Port Angeles point-in-time count this year put the number of unhoused people at 337 while it was at 331 in 2024, Serenity House Executive Director Sharon Maggard told the Port Angeles City Council in March.

That’s less than a 2 percent increase in homelessness in the past two years.

Crime statistics from 2024 to 2025 show a decrease in many crimes that might be associated with the homeless population

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u/Wild-Sky-591 — 12 days ago

Free Y membership for all middle schoolers

A Place to Go. A Place to Belong.
https://www.olympicpeninsulaymca.org/MS-Initiative

Research shows that Middle School is a critical time in a young person's life when exposure to risk factors greatly increases. Risk factors are conditions or influences that have been shown to increase the likelihood for unhealthy behaviors including substance abuse, delinquency, teen pregnancy, school drop out and violence. It is also during the early teen years that youth begin to distance themselves from family and positive support. 

The Y will make accessible the support and opportunities that empower these youth to reach their personal potential. It will also provide youth with the knowledge, skills, character and passion to be more active in the community as adults.

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u/Post-Partisan — 13 days ago