WA homeless youth program closes after contractor ‘misspent’ $330k

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WA homeless youth program closes after contractor ‘misspent’ $330k

The money was intended for essentials like rent or groceries. A dedicated staff served to connect youth to that funding and to social services. Together, these resources could have helped hundreds of vulnerable teens and young adults who sought assistance from a new state-funded initiative called Lifeline WA. Instead, the state has ordered its contractor to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars as the $1.5 million Lifeline pilot program to s…