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Provides a range of advocacy services to help adults, youth, and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities gain access to health and educational services and supports. These services include family resource and insurance navigation, and legal advocacy on issues related to access to healthcare and education.

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Adults
Teens
Developmental Disability
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Children
Disability
Advocates for the provision of accommodations, services, treatment, and technology necessary to support the choices of people with disabilities to safely and meaningfully participate as equal citizens in any social, economic, or political aspect of community life.

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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Disability
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Committed to protecting landlords' property rights and their ability to manage their rentals.
Whatcom County Recovery Court (formerly Drug Court) is to reduce crime and improve the quality of life and safety in our community by fostering long-term change in individuals living with a substance use disorder. Whatcom County Recovery Court provides intensive case management services to individuals living with a substance use disorder.

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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Substance Dependency
Addiction & Recovery
If you want to talk to an attorney about filing for bankruptcy, call CLEAR to talk to an attorney who will screen you for eligibility, may be able to offer you initial legal advice, and may refer you to LAW Advocates for assistance from a volunteer attorney.

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Financial Education
Mediation
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Advocates for effective, humane, and therapeutic treatment in institutional settings. Facilities may include hospitals, assisted living facilities, nursing facilities, Residential Habilitation Centers, enhanced services facilities, and immigration detention facilities.

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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Disability
Criminal justice system advocacy, resources, referrals, educational and support groups for victims of crime and their families. Services are free of charge. Please note that VSS is located in Washington State and serves Snohomish county with limited services in other WA counties (King, Island, Skagit and Whatcom) on a case-by-case basis.

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Support Groups
Support Network
Help Find Missing Persons
Adults
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Peer Support
Investigates the extent to which individuals with disabilities retain their basic rights to make personal and financial decisions and how people in positions to assist them in exercising those rights respect, protect, and facilitate the individual’s expressed interests.

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Disability
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Family Recovery Court (FRC) is a voluntary & non-adversarial program offered as an alternative to the standard dependency case process. The collaborative FRC team serves each participant's individual needs. The team speeds access to substance use and mental health treatment services, parenting support, and other needed services. FRC increases the participants' accountability by holding frequent compliance hearings, dependency review hearings and requiring candor with the Court. The FRC Commissioner regularly review participant progress, talks with the participants regarding their struggles and successes, and provides rewards for progress and responses for rule infractions.
In partnership with Northwest Youth Services, LAW Advocates provides crucial legal support to the young people at the Ground Floor drop-in center. Weekly walk-in legal consultations can address housing issues, child custody matters, education-related concerns, and sealing criminal records. Please note, legal advice on criminal matters is not provided.
Library of free "know your rights" articles, videos, court forms and do-it-yourself packets covering many common legal issues such as family law, eviction/housing, public benefits and money/debt problems.

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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Volunteer lawyers provide free, brief legal consultations. Come prepared with any papers related to your case. Call for more information about upcoming clinics, or view calendar online.
Serves to empower disabled advocates across the state of Washington to collaborate, strategize, and mobilize on Washington State legislation impacting individuals with disabilities.

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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Disability
General information and resources about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) including important updates and renewal clinics.

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Citizenship & Immigration
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Citizenship
Immigrants
Navigating the System
A toll-free legal hotline for people with low incomes. Services are targeted to problems that affect basic needs such as housing, income, medical care and family safety. Due to limited resources, lawyers and paralegals are not able to assist every caller.

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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Help Hotlines
Operates statewide to investigate, advocate, and report on services to people with developmental disabilities. The program provides a range of services, including monitoring, information on rights and responsibilities, informal advocacy, and recommendations for changes in policy and procedures.

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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Disability
Provides comprehensive legal assistance to help develop a secure parenting plan and navigate the process for obtaining Temporary Orders. Services are available to survivors of domestic violence, parents who need a parenting plan, individuals who have not yet filed anything in court, and participants who meet financial eligibility requirements *Please note: Attorneys do not represent clients in court.
NWIRP takes on a variety of cases, representing people who are recent arrivals to the United States as well as those who have been in the country for many years.

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Representation
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Citizenship
Citizenship & Immigration
Immigrants
Legal
Helps immigrants obtain United States Citizenship. NWIRP ensures that people with disabilities can attain U.S. citizenship, fights wrongful citizenship denials, represents people with criminal records who are still eligible for U.S. citizenship, and defends U.S. citizens who have been wrongfully placed in removal proceedings.

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Citizenship & Immigration
Navigating the System
Legal
Citizenship
Immigrants
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Representation
Provides information about the procedures and issues involved with obtaining a non-parental custody order for a relative or unrelated person (often grandparents, aunts/uncles, or family friends). A family law lawyer will assist clients with court documents and instruct them in representing themselves in court to obtain a non-parental custody order. Call for more information and to register.

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Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Guardianship
Adoption & Foster Care
Adoption & Foster Parenting
Volunteer lawyers provide free, brief legal consultations. Come prepared with any papers related to your case. Call for more information about upcoming clinics, or view calendar online.
Clinic for residents of Whatcom County who are seniors, people with disabilities, and/or people with terminal illnesses who require assistance with simple will documents or need referral to a pro bono attorney.

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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Seniors
Disability
Legal
Terminal Illness
Free legal representation for parents involved in proceedings with Child Protective Services.

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Representation
Parents
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Guarantees access to life-altering forms of immigration relief to children and youth who have been abandoned, abused or neglected by their parents.

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Immigrants
Citizenship & Immigration
Citizenship
Children
Teens
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Representation
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Apply online for free legal help from NJP and other legal aid providers in your county, or call the CLEAR Hotline. Seniors (age 60 and over) can call CLEAR*Sr.

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Mediation
Representation
Low-Income
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal

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