Pioneer Human Services in Seattle was founded by Jack Dalton in 1963 as a single transitional house for formerly incarcerated individuals. In the 1970s, Pioneer was selected to manage the state's first community-based work release program in Seattle, and it later expanded to provide housing and services to people recovering from substance abuse and addiction. As of 2021, Pioneer Human Services still serves individuals released from jail or prison, and those in recovery “in need of treatment, housing, job skills training and employment.”
This photo shows a mother with her young son in an apartment at Chamberlain House at 1515 Belmont Ave. on Capitol Hill, one of five transitional living homes operated by Pioneer Human Services in the neighborhood in 1993. Chamberlain House provided furnished housing and support for recovering substance abusers.
Caption information source: “Pioneer Human Services” at the United Way of King County website, https://volunteer.uwkc.org/agency/detail/?agency_id=58833. Caption information source: Pioneer Human Services website at https://pioneerhumanservices.org/ Caption information source: “Group Homes: Godsends for Some, but Lightning Rods for Opposition,Fear” by Steven Goldsmith, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 26, 1993, p. A1
