Coordinated Entry for All
Housing, Homelessness and Community Development Division
The purpose of Coordinated Entry for All (CEA) is to ensure that all households experiencing homelessness have equitable access to housing resource connections to resolve their housing crisis. CEA aims to work with households to understand their strengths and needs, provide a tailored assessment process, and progressively engage households to connect to the housing and homeless assistance that will best support them. CEA incorporates the principles of a system-wide housing first approach and prioritizes those with highest service needs.
Currently, there are not sufficient housing resources available across the Continuum of Care to successfully house all households experiencing homelessness in King County. Coordinated Entry does not create new units or beds, but is a system implemented to ensure to ensure equitable access to limited resources. Please see our Regional Homelessness Data for more information.
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Coordinated Entry |
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Inclusive of all CoC providers and resources |
A program |
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Taking a Housing First approach to end homelessness |
A waitlist |
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An evolving process using best practices |
First-come, first-served |
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A data-driven approach to homeless service delivery |
Creating new units or beds |
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Help the CoC make the best use of scarce resources |
Reduce challenges of serving households with multiple barriers to obtaining or maintaining housing
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Succeed with a collective effort from our community |
Succeed without participation from all homeless service providers |
Experiencing homelessness?
About Coordinated Entry for All
Experiencing homelessness?
CEA Eligibility
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.
FAQ Documents in Different Languages
Learn more about CEA by reading the frequently asked questions (FAQs).
Amharic / አማርኛ የተቀናጀ አገባብ ለሁሉም አዘውትረውየተጠየቁጥያቄዎች
Russian / Руcский Координированный доступ для всех ЧАСТО ЗАДАВАЕМЫЕ ВОПРОСЫ
Spanish / Español Entrada Coordinada para Todos (CEA) PREGUNTAS FRECUENTES
Somali / Soomaali Isku-dubbaridka Hoyga ee loogu talagaly Dhammaan SU’AALAHA BADANAA LA WARSADO
Tigrinya / ዝተወሃሃደ ምዝገባ ንኹሉ ብተደጋጋሚ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt Chương trình CÁC CÂU HỎI THƯỜNG GẶP
Contact Us
If you have questions about CEA, please contact 206-328-5796 or cea@kingcounty.gov.
If you are looking for referral to housing and support services, contact one of the regional access points locations.