Coordinated Entry for All

Coordinated Entry for All (CEA) ensures that people experiencing homelessness in King County can get help finding stable housing by identifying, evaluating, and connecting them to housing support services and housing resources. CEA uses a standardized Housing Triage Tool that matches the right level of services and housing resources to the persons facing a housing crisis.

Learn more about CEA and read the frequently asked questions (FAQs). FAQs available in English, Russian, Amharic, Tigrinya, Somali, and Vietnamese and Spanish. See the interactive dashboard to get information on people experiencing homelessness.

*Families experiencing literal homelessness or fleeing domestic violence, who are in need of same day access to shelter, may call the Family Emergency Shelter Access Line every day they are in need of shelter at 9:00 am (no end time). If a shelter bed is available, families will be contacted by shelters providers throughout King County in the afternoon and evening. Please help us make sure eligible families in need of same day access to shelter are able to easily connect by limiting distribution of the intake line (206-245-1026) to only those who are eligible. If you are unsure if a family is eligible they can call 2-1-1. 

How CEA works

CEA serves all people (single adults, young adults, couples, families, and veterans) experiencing homelessness. Please contact CEA if you are:

• Living and sleeping outside
• Sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation
• Staying in a shelter 
• Fleeing/attempting to flee domestic violence 
• Exiting an institution where you resided for up to 90 days and were in shelter or a place not meant for human habitation immediately prior to entering that institution.

Young adults who are imminently at risk of homelessness within 14 days are also eligible for CEA.