{"id":3531,"date":"2017-09-29T08:26:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T08:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2025-02-10T11:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T19:50:05","slug":"cocoon-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/29\/cocoon-house","title":{"rendered":"Partnership helps students, homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Douglas Esser<br>\nWith a dual major in community psychology and health studies, Angeilea Yancey-Watson knew she wanted a career in service to underrepresented and underserved people. Volunteering at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cocoonhouse.org\">Cocoon House<\/a>, an Everett teen shelter, helped the University of Washington Bothell senior sharpen the focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/cocoon-house-logo--1-.png\" alt=\"Cocoon House logo\" class=\"wp-image-26426\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis really narrowed the target audience I want to help,\u201d said Yancey-Watson. \u201cI was able to figure out how I want to help. I still wanted to remain with the homeless and provide community resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating in June, Yancey-Watson now works for Project Access Northwest, a Seattle-based agency that connects uninsured people in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties with Medicaid and Medicare services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the fieldwork requirement for the community psychology degree that led Yancey-Watson, left, to volunteer last winter quarter at Cocoon House. The nonprofit operates two shelters and long-term housing for teens and young adults as well as offering programs to prevent homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/angeilea-yancey-watson.jpg\" alt=\"Angeilea Yancey-Watson\" class=\"wp-image-26427\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cocoon House is fortunate to have student volunteers from UW Bothell who understand the mission and bring their talent and perspective, said Sophia Beltran, prevention manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yancey-Watson helped facilitate one of those programs call WayOUT. It bridges communications between parents and high-risk teens who have run away or had a run-in with police for a minor crime such as vandalism. Yancey-Watson engaged with nearly three-dozen families over two weekend seminars held at Everett Community College. Some of the participants had been diverted from Snohomish County juvenile detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing able to talk to kids who are high risk, with behavioral issues, and who don\u2019t have support prepared me to be sensitive to the homeless,\u201d said Yancey-Watson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work included submitting a report to Cocoon House with observations and feedback from parents and teens on what the program delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI felt well respected. My ideas were always valued,\u201d Yancy-Watson said. \u201cThey want to have this real-world use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other UW Bothell students have volunteered at the Cocoon House drop-in center for homeless youth. Students build trust as they play games or help with access to showers, laundry, meals or a bus ticket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUW Bothell has been an invaluable partnership for the outreach programs,\u201d said Elysa Hovard, director of outreach. \u201cThe students have been very professional and helpful to the program staff, and the youth have really enjoyed connecting with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiple students from various schools and majors work at Cocoon House on a variety of projects, said Kara Adams, UW Bothell director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/connected-learning\/celr\">community engagemen<\/a>t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCocoon House provides an excellent learning environment, in which many of our students go on to get part-time and full-time jobs with Cocoon House,\u201d Adams said at a partner recognition event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just thankful for our partnership with UW Bothell,\u201d said Beltran, left. \u201cWe\u2019ve had students who have a lot of critical thinking skills, care and compassion. Students not only contribute but gain something from the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sophia-beltran.jpg\" alt=\"Sophia Beltran\" class=\"wp-image-26428\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yancey-Watson agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCocoon House is really amazing. Even though it may not be something you want to do, take the opportunity. You can never know what it might bring out of you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW Bothell students connect their education to the community through the University&rsquo;s partnership with Cocoon House, an Everett teen shelter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[202,218,204],"tags":[230],"school":[],"class_list":["post-3531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-news","category-community-engagement","category-students","tag-community-based-learning"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":"","link_2":"","link_3":"","link_4":"","link_5":""},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":"","button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":true,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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