Room One

Mission

At Room One, we recognize and use the power of community to create connections and work toward positive change.

Description

Room One is a social services and advocacy organization based in the remote Methow Valley of Okanogan County. To achieve our vision of a connected community in which all people have the opportunity to thrive, we work toward violence and poverty response and prevention. We also offer robust youth-centered programming and support for parents in our prevention work. Our resources are created with our community and focus on the strengths and voices of those who are most marginalized. In our rural valley, our neighbors show up for each other in times of need.

Our community-driven approach includes: 1) direct individual and family services, 2) prevention programming, and 3) advocacy for meaningful change in collaboration with many partners.

Specifically, our Twisp-based One-Stop Support Center provides access to direct services like health insurance navigators, food access, domestic violence support, youth and family advocates; and mental health counseling. Our prevention programming includes teaching healthy relationships and comprehensive sexual health education and implementing empowerment groups for young women in our schools. In our advocacy work, we lead and collaborate on community initiatives that fundamentally influence well-being and health equity, such as affordable housing, childcare, disaster recovery, and access to reproductive and youth-friendly health care.

Founded in 1998, we are committed to a bold, responsive and strategic vision for a healthy Methow Valley and beyond. We welcome you to learn about Room One programs through our website or a conversation with our Room One team anytime.

Recognition

Community support fuels Room One. Families, friends and neighbors have stood together with this powerful community-led organization since 1998 to build a healthier Methow Valley, and beyond. Thank you for joining us in working toward a rural community where everyone can live, work, and play freely.