Community Boat Project: "The people I love the best jump into work head first." There is a poem is written above the entrance to Community Board Project’s workshop. It is byfeminist, science fiction writer, and social activist Marge Piercy, called To be of use. The...

JCF serves as a platform for people who care about the same issues to come together to workon solving community challenges. Here are some examples from Q1 2023: Jefferson County Human Services Collaborators Quarterly MeetingPartnering with the YMCA, JCF hosts a...

The year started with a small group of housing advocates who came to JCF for help. They hadidentified a 17-acre parcel of land in Port Hadlock that seemed ideal for building affordableworkforce housing. They knew that fast action was needed to vet the opportunity and...

This next story is about youth mental health and tells of the magic that happens when generosity ofspirit, inventive ideas, connection and collaboration unexpectedly evolve into something greater thananyone expected when it all started. Let’s start with the happy...

Lastly, we have a story in early stages about people coming together to increase childcare. JeffersonCounty is considered a “childcare desert,” which is defined as “any census tract with more than 50children under age five that contains either no childcare providers...