We are Eastside Pathways

Improving outcomes for youth by connecting organizations across East King County

The Mission

To empower community leaders, foster connections, and support East King County by collaborating, convening, researching, and providing training and resources to partners dedicated to improving systems intergenerationally.

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Big Changes to Health and Food Assistance: What You Need to Know

If you’ve been wondering, “What programs can non-citizens access?” or “How do these new federal changes affect our clients?”—you’re not alone. There’s a lot happening right now with health coverage and food assistance, and we want to break it down in plain language so you know your options.

Shout out to the Health Equity and Anti-Racism Community Advisory Group PHSKC meeting, November 6, 2025, for bringing community together to provide robust updates on these changes

📣 Community Food Resources for Eastside Families: Support as SNAP Benefits End

As of October 31, 2025, SNAP benefits have officially ended, leaving many families across our community facing increased food insecurity. Starting November 1, the demand for food support will grow exponentially. In response, the Eastside Pathways Backbone team has compiled a list of local food resources to share broadly with our community.

Budget Cuts: How Eastside Pathways and Our Community Is Responding

At Eastside Pathways, we’re leaning into what we do best: supporting systems-level solutions through collaboration, data, and relationship-building.

Here’s what that looks like right now:

Facilitation and Convening – We’re bringing partners together across education, health, housing, and advocacy to coordinate responses and amplify what’s working.
Data and Communications Support – Sharing real-time data to identify gaps and opportunities and keeping community partners informed and aligned.
Emergency Micro-Funding – Supporting events, classrooms, and partners experiencing acute need.
Rapid-Response Task Forces – Supporting teams working on short- and long-term solutions to reduce harm and prevent systemic collapse.

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“This moment calls for deep empathy and even deeper partnership. We cannot out-organize a broken funding structure alone, but we can outlast it together. We’re holding space for hard conversations. We’re advocating for students…”

Let’s keep showing up. Let’s keep building forward. Together.”

Kalika Curry

Executive Director, Eastside Pathways

Fostering Collaboration

We bring people together, facilitate connections, and mobilize communities, promoting knowledge-sharing and building strong networks for collective action.

Capacity Building

We empower individuals and organizations through training, mentoring, and providing tools and resources, ensuring they have what they need to make a difference.

Changing Systems

We advocate for lasting change by addressing systemic issues and creating a more equitable community for every child, youth, and young adult. We prioritize community, equity, and accountability.