Author: Justice Housing

The Rev. Ken Jones has been involved with Justice Housing for 3 years and has worked with homeless persons and issues for his entire adult life. A native of Michigan, he moved to Washington in 2000 and to Yakima in 2010. After serving on the JHY Board for several years, he was recently appointed the…

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Andrew Clapton is Market Manager for Solarity Credit Union in the Yakima area. Andrew has worked with Solarity for the past seven years and has been in financial services for twenty-five years. Andrew has served in several chambers of commerce, has been in Rotary International and has served in the Boy Scouts and Junior Achievement.…

Kelly Penfold was born and raised in Greeley, Colorado and traveled the United States throughout her adult life. Kelly advocated for Syringe Access Harm Reduction to the Nevada State Legislature, helping in the passing of a law that would facilitate the Northern Nevada Outreach Team to open a Safe Syringe Access Location. In 2013 Kelly…

Tim Sullivan has lived in the Yakima area since the age of four. Tim graduated from Davis High School and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Central Washington University. Tim started his career in social services in 1992 working for the Yakima County Gang Prevention Intervention Coalition. In 1995, he was hired by the…

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[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]Dr. Bob McLaughlin moved to Yakima in 1967. He earned a Masters Degree in Education from Central WA University and a Doctorate from Washington State University.  He served as a teacher, Vice-Principal and later Principal at Davis High School, and the first Director of Yakima Technical Skills Center. He opened up the high school…

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]David Helseth became involved in homeless issues as Pastor of Englewood Christian Church in Yakima. The church housed homeless men during the extreme weather shelter program. He became aware that shelters were important but that permanent housing was the eventual answer. In January 2016, David became aware of the…