1-25 of 44
Keeps families together by assisting with family visa applications and representing family members facing deportation. Call to sign up for a Family Visa Workshop and intake.
Categories
Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Citizenship
Citizenship & Immigration
Immigrants
Navigating the System
Representation
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.
Categories
Financial Assistance
Veterans
Work
Employment
Housing
Legal
Navigating the System
Health
Active Duty
National Guard
Armed Forces
Burial & Funeral Help
Transportation
Government Benefits
Emergency Payments
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.
Categories
Representation
Mediation
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Low-Income
Provides legal assistance and advocacy to victims of discrimination and civil rights abuse in Whatcom County.
Categories
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Ongoing legal process to prioritize water usage along the Nooksack River Watershed and Bellingham Bay. Relevant to individuals or businesses who draw water from wells or waterbodies like lakes and rivers. These resources provide more information and document how to submit a claim when applicable.
Categories
Understand Government Programs
Legal
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.
Categories
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Disability
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.
Categories
Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
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.
Categories
Developmental Disability
Children
Teens
Adults
Disability
Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
If you are a victim of a scam or have been taken advantage of by a lender, 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.
Categories
Mediation
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Veterans with a legal problem related to housing may talk to a lawyer for free. Call for more information.
Categories
Housing Advice
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Armed Forces
Veterans
Near Homeless
Homeless
Helps family members work out a plan around an elder's healthcare, living arrangement, financial situation, communication and more.
Categories
Mediation
Legal
Seniors
Produces videos and social media campaigns exclusively on disability rights issues. These platforms are for people with disabilities, disability rights advocates, and their allies to learn, connect, and organize for change.
Categories
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Disability
Guarantees access to life-altering forms of immigration relief to children and youth who have been abandoned, abused or neglected by their parents.
Categories
Teens
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Citizenship
Children
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Representation
Citizenship & Immigration
Immigrants
Third space for Black, Indigenous, and Brown (BIB) youth to build community and skills. Offers digital media courses as well as healing groups.
Categories
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Peer Support
Tutoring
Specialized Training
Computer Class
A toll-free legal hotline for seniors (age 60 and over). 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.
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.
Categories
Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Seniors
Disability
Terminal Illness
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.
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.
Categories
Financial Assistance
Veterans
Work
Employment
Housing
Legal
Navigating the System
Health
Active Duty
National Guard
Armed Forces
Burial & Funeral Help
Transportation
Government Benefits
Emergency Payments
Volunteer lawyers provide free, brief legal consultations. Come prepared with any papers related to your case. Call for more information about upcoming clinics.
Categories
Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Mediation
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.
Categories
Representation
Legal
Citizenship & Immigration
Immigrants
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Citizenship
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.
Categories
Disability
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Advocacy & Legal Aid
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.
Categories
Guardianship
Adoption & Foster Care
Adoption & Foster Parenting
Advocacy & Legal Aid
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.
Categories
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Immigrants
Citizenship
Citizenship & Immigration
Legal
Representation
Navigating the System
Provides consumer protection for identity theft and scams, education, labor and industries, licensing, social and health services.
Categories
Legal
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Committed to protecting landlords' property rights and their ability to manage their rentals.
Categories
Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid