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The Red Cross assists military families in communicating with loved ones in an emergency, deployment assistance, and emergency financial assistance.

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Emergency Payments
Disaster Preparedness & Response
National Guard
Active Duty
Veterans
Provides assistance to residents of Blaine, Birch Bay, Custer, and Point Roberts who have short-term emergency needs for financial assistance, including utility bills (shut-off impending), critical prescription needs, grocery vouchers (when other food assistance is not available), and emergency gasoline assistance.

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Emergency
Money
Emergency Payments
Help Pay for Food
Help Pay for Gas
Help Pay for Utilities
Financial Assistance
Prescription Assistance
In Crisis
A facility offering prompt assessment and brief-term treatment for individuals aged 18 and under facing mental or emotional health crises, including suicidal risks. The facility is designed for brief interventions, with a maximum stay of 23 hours and 59 minutes.

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In Crisis
Teens
Mental Health Care
Psychiatric Emergency Services
Helps Lynden community members with short-term, emergency assistance which may include utilities, rent, clothing, household goods, laundry, and transportation. Call to set up an appointment.

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Help Pay for Utilities
Emergency Payments
Help Pay for Housing
Help Pay for Gas
Help Pay for Transit
Bus Passes
Goods
Home Goods
Emergency
Clothing
Community-based food distributor with locations throughout Whatcom County. Food pick-up days/times vary by location. Schedule and phone numbers for each location are listed online.
Current Western Washington University students can receive comprehensive support for their essential needs including food, housing, student emergency funding, health and wellness, clothing, transportation, employment, child care, and more.

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Financial Aid & Loans
Navigating the System
Food Pantry
Emergency Food
Students
Short-Term Housing
Emergency Payments
Help Pay for Childcare
Help Find Work
Clothing
Emergency Shelter
Regional crisis line for anyone in crisis, those who want to know more about suicide prevention and further resources, and requests for local crisis outreach and response services.

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Psychiatric Emergency Services
Help Hotlines
In Crisis
Emergency
The Whatcom County Triage Center (WCTC) in Bellingham can accommodate up to 16 individuals at once who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Services include crisis stabilization, safety planning, and referrals for ongoing care. Individuals may self-refer or be referred by a community partner such as a behavioral health provider, hospital social worker, or medical provider. The facility can also accept drop-offs from law enforcement and emergency medical technicians as a diversion alternative to jail or the emergency room.

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Mental Illness
Adults
Psychiatric Emergency Services
Health
In Crisis
Mental Health Care
Provides food and energy assistance to low income households allowing the clients to maintain his or her dignity while applying for services. Commodity foods, nutrition education, energy assistance, lummi wood cutting, food bank, diapers and clothing, and holiday food baskets.
A day-use center for at-risk, runaway and homeless youth ages 24 and under. Youth can connect with supportive adults, receive basic needs items such as food, clothing and gear for sleeping outside, and connect with other resources that will help them end their experience of homelessness.

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Near Homeless
Personal Care Items
Homeless
Emergency Food
Personal Hygiene
Goods
Clothing
Teens
Adults
Recreation
Navigating the System
Community Support Services
Provides limited emergency financial assistance through vouchers for food, gas, and other basic needs. Call and leave a message to request assistance. Messages will be responded to on Tuesday mornings and Thursday afternoons.

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Emergency Payments
Help Pay for Food
Help Pay for Gas
Financial Assistance
Money
Toll-free national overdose prevention, detection, life-saving crisis response and medical intervention services for people who use drugs while alone. Never Use Alone’s peer operators are available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year

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Substance Dependency
Addiction & Recovery
In Crisis
Emergency
Help Hotlines
Peer Support
Assists families with resources, information and problem solving to help their children succeed in school. Family Services Coordinators are located at Acme Elementary School, Kendall Elementary School, and Harmony Elementary School/ERC Preschool. For Spanish or Russian interpretation, call (360) 383-2065 or email [email protected].

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Emergency Food
Community Support Services
Navigating the System
Goods
Clothes for School
Semi-regular free community meals provided. See event listings on social media for dates and availability.
A point of entry to local, state and federal benefits and services for veterans. Services include burial assistance, compensation and pension assistance, employment assistance, health services, housing assistance, legal assistance, social service programs, temporary financial assistance, and transportation.

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Employment
Housing
Legal
Work
Financial Assistance
Veterans
Navigating the System
Health
Emergency Payments
Government Benefits
Transportation
National Guard
Active Duty
Armed Forces
Burial & Funeral Help
Family support centers that link school families with local resources and human services addressing the needs of the whole child in order to promote student success. All families are welcome to visit the site nearest to them (Shuksan Middle School or Carl Cozier Elementary School).

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Emergency Food
Diapers & Formula
Supplies for School
Clothes for School
Community Support Services
Children
Personal Care Items
Families
Free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 140 languages available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

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Help Hotlines
Sexual Assault Survivors
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Emergency
Immediate Safety
Help Escape Violence
In Crisis
Domestic Violence Survivors
Help paying a PSE bill for people who have an urgent and/or shut off notice. Appointment with Opportunity Council Energy Assistance needs to be scheduled first (temporary assistance offered in the event appointment is scheduled far out).
YWCA Bellingham offers three different housing programs for women experiencing homelessness: Emergency Shelter, Senior Housing (specifically for women ages 55+), and Supported Rental Housing. Visit Opportunity Council's Community Resource Center to apply.

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Homeless
Women
Housing
Emergency Shelter
Temporary Shelter
Short-Term Housing
Around-the-clock care for serious illnesses and injuries. Conditions treated include behavioral health emergencies, brain & spine trauma, cerebrovascular emergencies, heart emergencies, orthopedic injuries, overdoses or poisonings, pregnancy complications, respiratory emergencies, and traumatic injuries.
Call to access a range of free services including confidential support from a trained staff member, support finding a local health facility with services like sexual assault forensic exams, someone to help you talk through what happened, local resources that can assist with your next steps toward healing and recovery, referrals for long term support in your area, information about the laws in your community, and basic information about medical concerns.

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Help Hotlines
Emergency
Support Network
Navigating the System
Sexual Assault Survivors
A point of entry to local, state and federal benefits and services for veterans. Services include burial assistance, compensation and pension assistance, employment assistance, health services, housing assistance, legal assistance, social service programs, temporary financial assistance, and transportation.

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Employment
Housing
Legal
Work
Financial Assistance
Veterans
Navigating the System
Health
Emergency Payments
Government Benefits
Transportation
National Guard
Active Duty
Armed Forces
Burial & Funeral Help
Provides limited financial assistance vouchers for people in need living in Whatcom County. Helps pay for gasoline, food, utilities, phone bills, bus passes, and ID and driver's licenses. Amounts range from $50 to $200. Available only once every twelve months.

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Emergency Payments
Financial Assistance
Help Pay for Transit
Help Pay for Internet or Phone
Help Pay for Utilities
Help Pay for Food
Help Pay for Gas
Assists in meeting the food needs for low-income elementary school students in the Mount Baker School District over Winter and Spring breaks. Students who participate in the program are provided with a supply of kid-friendly, easy-to-prepare snacks and meals. For more information, or to get your child involved in this program, please contact your school’s Family Resource Coordinator.
Emergency housing program that offers housing for minors, ages 13-17 years for up to 90 days. Emergency housing helps youth reprieve and recover from crises, access critical services, and begin to set future goals for safety and stability.

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LGBTQ
Near Homeless
Homeless
Temporary Shelter
Short-Term Housing
Emergency Shelter
Teens
Housing
Emergency

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