Washington State ranks 25 out 50 states in our efforts to end family homelessness according to a comprehensive study, America's Youngest Outcasts, released yesterday by the National Center on Family Homelessness. I admit it - I am competitive by nature and ranking 25th out of 50 isn't good enough. We can do better. Fortunately, the report has enough details that we can understand our strengths and look more deeply into our weaknesses.

Our strengths:

• Political will to end homelessness is very high. We have done extensive planning to end homelessness, as demonstrated by plans to end homelessness being adopted at the State, county, and city levels. Washington State was one of the first states to include families in their 10 year planning efforts.
  
• The number of homeless children experiencing

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