Hopelink, Empower Youth Network, Encompass NW, Mt. Si Senior Center, and the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank came together, assembling a working group with diverse community representation, to explore how to make human services more accessible in the Snoqualmie Valley. Their collaboration became known as “A Supportive Community For All” (SCFA) project.

The SCFA project commissioned a needs assessment to provide foundational information on the unique needs of valley residents to strengthen coordinated human services delivery. After reviewing the assessment, the working group decided that creating a central access point for human services could make human services more accessible in the Snoqualmie Valley.

Backbone staff supported the SCFA project in launching a multi-organization navigation program, establishing a searchable resource directory online, completing a nonprofit center feasibility study, and forming a Governance Board to oversee the SCFA project.

The SCFA project launched a legal non-profit to provide a home for the backbone staff and funding that supports the project. The Governance Board became the Board of Directors. With ”Equity for All” as the new organization’s vision, SCFA was set up to provide “backbone” support to community members implementing up-stream interventions in areas of health, housing, financial opportunity, and community connections.

SCFA convened an advisory committee to envision and recommend a community-led governance structure that provides oversight, structure, and guidance for the work SCFA supports, such as Snoqualmie Valley Human Services Coalition.