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Connects people with community resources to help meet basic needs such as food and housing.
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Community Support Services
Navigating the System
Housing
Help Find Housing
Homeless
Near Homeless
Food Benefits
Government Food Benefits
Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness—and their family members, friends and supporters—can make the call to or chat online with the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans, where trained counselors are ready to talk confidentially 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Veterans
Armed Forces
Homeless
Help Hotlines
Temporary housing program for young adults ages 18 to 24. Provides four beds at each location (Bellingham and Mt. Vernon) where young adults can stay for up to 90 days. Note: HUSLY is accessed through a main application process and is NOT first come, first served.
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Short-Term Housing
Emergency Shelter
Homeless
Adults
Teens
Housing
Housing programs for individuals and families experiencing unsheltered homelessness, including short-term and permanent housing options. Apply through the Community Resource Center.
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Short-Term Housing
Help Find Housing
Housing
Homeless
Long-Term Housing
Limited supply of laundry vouchers available each week at Opportunity Council. Vouchers are limited to one per person per month, and are distributed on a first come first served basis every Friday at 8:00 AM while supplies last. Vouchers can be redeemed at Bellingham Cleaning Center.
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Community Support Services
Homeless
Clothing
Personal Hygiene
Serves students experiencing homelessness. This program is designed to reduce isolation, maximize stability and maintain consistency for this population of children and youth. Contact the liaison in your school district for support.
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Homeless
Families
Children
Near Homeless
Housing
Community Support Services
Navigating the System
Provides crucial support to caregivers experiencing or recovering from homelessness. This program focuses on fostering healthy attachment, understanding child development, and promoting positive parenting. Provides support, coaching, developmental assessments, and connections to resources in the community.
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Homeless
Parents
Parenting Education
Children
Families
People experiencing homelessness can receive services including short-term and housing case management services, help establishing a primary care home, referrals to community resources, and basic needs such as water, snacks, socks, and hygiene kits.
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Case Management
Navigating the System
Help Find Housing
Help Fill out Forms
Community Support Services
Homeless
Serves students experiencing homelessness. This program is designed to reduce isolation, maximize stability and maintain consistency for this population of children and youth. Contact the liaison in your school district for support.
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Navigating the System
Community Support Services
Housing
Homeless
Near Homeless
Children
Families
Serves students experiencing homelessness. This program is designed to reduce isolation, maximize stability and maintain consistency for this population of children and youth. Contact the liaison in your school district for support.
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Housing
Families
Children
Near Homeless
Homeless
Navigating the System
Community Support Services
Connects people experiencing homelessness with services, and supports community members in working through issues surrounding homelessness.
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Community Support Services
Navigating the System
Housing
Homeless
Families experiencing homelessness are referred to Interfaith Coalition through local agencies. If your family or a family you know is battling homelessness in Whatcom County, contact Opportunity Council to take the first step toward finding housing.
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Families
Homeless
Housing
Primary health care services such as medical, preventive health and dental, substance abuse treatment and counseling, and mental health services for individuals who are experiencing homelessness, including migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
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Primary Care
Health
Medical Care
Dental Care
Homeless
Mental Health Care
A faith-based transitional living facility for homeless women and children who may be struggling from addiction, domestic violence, human trafficking, or a crisis pregnancy. Services include safe clean rooms and warm beds, 24 hour support staff, services for pregnant women, weekly case management, life skills classes, access to community resources, help with finding permanent housing, options for employment and continuing education, and more.
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Temporary Shelter
Short-Term Housing
Women
Children
Homeless
Pregnant
Certified Peer Specialists provide recovery support to adults who have an opiate and/or stimulant use disorder and experience or are at risk of homelessness. Peer specialists have lived experience of substance use and mental health recovery and are trained to provide support services.
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Support Network
Substance Abuse Counseling
Substance Dependency
Addiction & Recovery
Near Homeless
Homeless
Peer Support
Peer Recovery Coaching
Serves students experiencing homelessness. This program is designed to reduce isolation, maximize stability and maintain consistency for this population of children and youth. Contact the liaison in your school district for support.
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Navigating the System
Community Support Services
Housing
Homeless
Near Homeless
Children
Families
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.
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Temporary Shelter
Homeless
Housing
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.
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Temporary Shelter
Homeless
Men
Case Management
Substance Dependency
Substance Abuse Counseling
Addiction & Recovery
A 35-bed tiny home community that primarily serves individuals and couples experiencing homelessness who are 55+ and/or medically fragile. The village has on-site case management and 24/7 staff.
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Seniors
Homeless
Short-Term Housing
Housing
Provides housing and support services to those who have served in active military, naval or air service, and their families. The program aims to serve those who are at risk of homelessness or who are homeless.
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Housing
Veterans
Near Homeless
Armed Forces
Homeless
National Guard
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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Short-Term Housing
Temporary Shelter
Homeless
Emergency Shelter
LGBTQ
Teens
Housing
Emergency
Near Homeless
Serves students experiencing homelessness. This program is designed to reduce isolation, maximize stability and maintain consistency for this population of children and youth. Contact the liaison in your school district for support.
Categories
Community Support Services
Navigating the System
Children
Housing
Homeless
Near Homeless
Families
Provides low barrier and flexible, mobile clinical mental health services to individuals and families currently experiencing or exiting homelessness who have barriers to engaging in traditional mental health services. These services include individual therapy, family therapy, therapeutic groups, workshops, crisis intervention and support, and mental health case management.
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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Housing
Women
Homeless
Emergency Shelter
Temporary Shelter
Short-Term Housing
Serves students experiencing homelessness. This program is designed to reduce isolation, maximize stability and maintain consistency for this population of children and youth. Contact the liaison in your school district for support.
Categories
Navigating the System
Children
Community Support Services
Near Homeless
Homeless
Housing
Families