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This post contains information that was accurate at time of publication – January 2021 – but is now outdated. For current information regarding COVID Testing, please visit .

A new, free COVID-19 testing site is now available to the public in the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s E1 parking lot off Montlake Blvd NE just south of University Village.

To schedule a test at the E1 site and view details, click .

Testing location:
Montlake Blvd NE & Walla Walla Rd
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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, faculty or staff already enrolled in the Husky Coronavirus Testing program should continue to use access to testing through HCT rather than the new E1 site so that HCT enrollee testing data remain part of that program.

For more resources and additional COVID-19 testing locations offered by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medicine, visit

For more resources and additional COVID-19 testing locations in King County, visit: 

Despite rainy, gray weather this past Saturday and Sunday, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff and faculty turned out to help residents of Tent City 3 move from Trinity United Methodist Church in Seattle’s Crown Hill neighborhood to their new, three-month home in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s W35 parking lot near NE Pacific St. and Brooklyn Ave. In addition to the normal lifting, lugging, packing and unpacking involved in moving 40 people, COVID-19 precautions were incorporated. Volunteers watched their distance, wore their masks and washed their hands frequently.

For those unfamiliar with its history, TC3 is a long-time self-governed community of homeless individuals and families. The camp moves every 90 days in the greater Seattle area utilizing invitations to church parking lots and other properties. TC3 screens potential residents for sex offender status and does not allow drugs, alcohol, harassment or violence. The average time someone lives at TC3 varies from a few days to several months.

TC3’s residency at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø this quarter follows the first TC3 residency at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in winter quarter of 2017, the first hosting of a sanctioned community of homeless people by a public university.  ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø grounded the decision to host in 2017 on the University’s academic mission. More than a dozen classroom and clinical courses connected students and TC3 residents in 2017.

The decision by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø to host again came as a result of advocacy by Tent City Collective, a group of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, alumni and Tent City 3 residents looking to repeat the success of 2017. However, the pandemic changed ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s instructional approach after the commitment to host TC3 had been made. This year’s academic interactions with Tent City 3 are likely to be largely virtual with the exception of clinical courses.

Pandemic precautions added more to the planning. TC3 will have a lower cap on maximum resident numbers while at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in order to ensure adequate camp spacing. The camp will have extra hand-washing stations. Public Health Seattle & King County has had and will retain responsibility for regular coronavirus testing at TC3 and will provide contact tracing if required.

To learn more about the TC3 at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s broader work on homelessness, visit ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Addressing Homelessness webpage.

Contact the Tent City Collective if you’re interested in volunteering. Visit them on  or email tentcity@uw.edu.

To donate food or supplies to TC3, visit their webpage.

For questions about the hosting decision and logistics, email regional@uw.edu.

Homelessness continues to be a crisis in our region as well as the nation. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff and faculty continue to respond in a variety of ways including by welcoming back Tent City 3 to the Seattle campus for 90 days during winter quarter 2021. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø hosted TC3 for the first time in winter 2017.

Tent City 3 is a self-managed community providing safe, secure temporary housing to individuals, couples and families, rotating locations every three months. While not a solution to homelessness, organized encampments provide safe spaces for people to sleep, eat and live. Many TC3 residents work. Often the camp includes families with children who have no other place to turn.

Tent City 3 will be hosted in the same location as it was in 2017, parking lot W35, situated between Wallace Hall and the Fishery Sciences buildings off NE Pacific St. near Brooklyn Ave. NE.

The request to bring Tent City 3 back came from the Tent City Collective—a group of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students and faculty working with Tent City 3 residents. TCC’s proposal for hosting TC3 centers on academic, clinical and service learning opportunities in line with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s educational mission.

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s TC3 residency will be different. Tent City 3 already works with King County Public Health to access to testing and contact tracing for the TC3 community. As part of the agreement with ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø regarding the residency, TC3 will provide a COVID-19 prevention plan. It’s likely that ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø course connections with TC3 will be virtual, utilizing iPads, except for clinical courses like those from MEDEX.

If you would like to learn more, please visit . The site includes an FAQ. As with the previous residency in 2017, the memorandum of agreement between ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Tent City 3 and the project operations and safety plan will be posted there.

The Tent City Collective is always looking for students staff and faculty who want to help. You can connect with TCC via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tentcitycollective/

If you’d like to contribute food or supplies during TC3’s stay, please visit the TC3 website here .

Around 4,000 students are moving into the residence halls at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø this week. A number of special precautions are being taken to ensure minimal contact and proper physical distancing during the move-in process. View details and a glimpse of the student experience here: