Solid Ground (Seattle)

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Solid Ground (founded in 1974 as the Fremont Public Association) is an anti-poverty and social service organization in Seattle, Washington. Originating in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood and now based in the adjacent Wallingford neighborhood, the organization is active throughout Seattle, King County and (for some programs) statewide. The organization's services include adult education, after-school programs, food delivery for seniors, homelessness prevention, financial counseling, and legal referrals. From 2008 to 2019, Solid Ground contracted directly with King County Metro to offer paratransit services as part of the Metro Access program. In 2019, MV Transportation took over the contracts to manage the dispatch center and bus drivers, with Solid Ground remaining involved as a subcontractor for MV Transportation. In October 2022, about 150 of Sound Ground's paratransit drivers, joined by supporters and members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587, demonstrated for better wages from MV Transportation, saying they had not received money that was distributed as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, despite being frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2018, Solid Ground faced criticism for it's management of a housing campus in the Sand Point neighborhood in North Seattle.…

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