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Temporary housing locations intended to provide a safe and stable place for homeless individuals to live while they actively seek permanent housing. This includes shared areas/resources for showers, laundry, kitchen/cooking, internet access, bathroom/porta-potty, and basic furnishings.

The American Red Cross goes wherever needed to provide clean water, safe shelter, and hot meals to those impacted by a disaster. Call for disaster shelter information or use site tool to find open shelters. Red Cross also provides and administrates financial assistance in recovering from disasters.

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).

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.

Free non-emergency medical transportation for Medicaid eligible recipients. At least two full business days' notice required. Assistance for bus passes and gas vouchers also available.

A temporary (8-12 months) but intensive support program designed to help foster youth with high-level service needs. These services address the normal behavioral responses to trauma and frequent relocations that many foster children experience. Wraparound supports include behavioral intervention, counseling, and stabilization services, all aimed at helping youth recover and thrive.

Specializes in family dentistry including preventive dental exams, emergency or urgent care, and referrals.

Provides temporary cash assistance for families in need. Some families participate in the WorkFirst Program which helps participants find and keep jobs. Persons who are eligible may also qualify for Diversion Cash Assistance, which can help with living expenses when a family needs short term assistance and meets program requirements.

Low barrier access to medication for opioid use disorder. Daily access to telehealth appointments with emergency medicine physicians who can prescribe buprenorphine (suboxone). Can write bridge prescriptions to ensure availability of medication.

Temporary income for people who have lost their job. Amount varies by previous income, requires weekly claims and ongoing job searching.

Temporary workforce hiring and professional recruiting solutions. Industries include construction, light industrial, healthcare, hospitality, CDL/non-CDL, disaster restoration, and more.

Hands-on programs focusing on K-12, such as classroom presentations, shelter tours and service projects. Classroom topics include: compassion and kindness towards animals, dog bite prevention and safety, spay/neuter education, animal cruelty and neglect, native wildlife safety, animal identification (i.e. dog licenses/cat id tags), and safety.

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.

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

Provides charitable, need-based commercial airline assistance for non-emergency medical transportation to on-going or critical treatment.

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.

Provides a full range of employment solutions that include full-time, temporary, and part-time employment in a wide range of positions, including Professional, Light Industrial, and Office Services.

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.

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.

Provides intensive case management paired with a variety of targeted interventions to homeless families with children, including but not limited to: emergency motel placements, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, and rapid rehousing services. Apply for housing programs at Opportunity Council.

A community-based effort to find solutions for individuals who are high utilizers of emergency and criminal justice systems. The aim is to offer intensive, coordinated services to those whose needs span beyond any single agency. The GRACE Program provides intensive case management, coordination of services, and ongoing support.

Faith-based relapse prevention program for homeless men with substance use and other self-destructive behaviors. In addition to shelter and relapse prevention, services include one-on-one case management, connections to resources, life skills classes, work therapy, behavioral health referrals, and more.

24-hour services include picking up stray, injured, aggressive, dangerous and dead animals; transportation and impoundment of stray animals to the shelter for impound, or in cases of emergency, to a veterinarian for medical treatment; and more. If you are aware of an animal being abused or neglected, please call the Animal Control Office.

People with disabilities or access and functional needs may need to take additional steps to prepare for emergencies. CFI can teach individuals how to put together an emergency preparedness plan.

Services include abortion, birth control, emergency contraception, gender-affirming care, HIV services, pregnancy testing and planning, STD testing and treatment, primary care, period and menstruation supplies, vaccines, and wellness/preventative care.