Impact
>80% Prevention Success
Of families we serve before CPS involvement, more than 80% avoid entering the system entirely. Early intervention makes all the difference.
>80% Reunification Rate
For families with open dependency cases, we help the vast majority reunify successfully—keeping children with their parents.
Homeward House made a measurable difference in Snohomish County: families staying together, parents achieving recovery, and children thriving. See the numbers, hear from clients and partners, and read families’ stories of transformation in our Impact Report, In Their Own Words: Quotes and Reflections from Families Served by Homeward House, and Homeward House: A Case for Investment.
Homeward House Collaborative Impact Report – PDF
In Their Own Words: Quotes and Reflections from Families Served by Homeward House – PDF
Homeward House: Case For Investment – PDF
When equitable, judgment-free support from peers who have walked a similar path is available, most families not only feel empowered — they access the resources they need and successfully achieve their goals.
Over seven years, more than 340 families chose to receive judgment-free support from parent ally mentors with wraparound support services from community partners. More than 1,000 lives have been touched. And the outcomes are good for children, parents, and the community.
For the families that were separated, the homelike environment Homeward House provides for parent-child visits has proven essential — because healing does not happen in fast food restaurants or institutional spaces. It happens at a kitchen table, on a familiar couch, in a place that feels like home.
The Homeward House model also makes financial sense. Supporting an entire family through the Homeward House program costs significantly less than placing a single child in foster care — and most of our families have more than one child.
‟Homeward House should honestly be viewed as a model program: one that can be refined and then implemented throughout Washington State.〞
– Community Partner
‟A program like this doesn’t just help families during visits — it strengthens the community as a whole by creating stability, reducing stress, and offering parents the guidance and support they often can’t find anywhere else.〞
– Community Partner
‟There is no other agency that provides the types of service that is sorely needed in the area.〞
– Community Partner