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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.
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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Discrimination & Civil Rights
All Disabilities
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Hotline providing youth with on-call attorney consultations.
Hotline providing youth with on-call attorney consultations.
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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Teens (13-19 years old)
Children (2-12 years old)
A youth-led diversion service focusing on healing and accountability through Restorative Justice. Teen Court serves 12-17 year olds in partnership with Whatcom County Superior Court and several high schools throughout Whatcom County. Student volunteers act as judges, jurors and attorneys (referred to as advocates), to both learn how a courtroom setting works and to offer an alternative to the standard criminal justice system.
A youth-led diversion service focusing on healing and accountability through Restorative Justice. Teen Court serves 12-17 year olds in partnership with Whatcom County Superior Court and several high schools throughout Whatcom County. Student volunteers act as judges, jurors and attorneys (referred to as advocates), to both learn how a courtroom setting works and to offer an alternative to the standard criminal justice system.
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Teens (13-19 years old)
Legal
Free legal representation for parents involved in proceedings with Child Protective Services.
Free legal representation for parents involved in proceedings with Child Protective Services.
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Representation
Parents
Advocacy & Legal Aid
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.
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.
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.
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 Network
Adults (31-54 years old)
Help Find Missing Persons
Peer Support
Support Groups
Advocacy & Legal Aid
General information and resources about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) including important updates and renewal clinics.
General information and resources about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) including important updates and renewal clinics.
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Immigrants
Undocumented
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Navigating the System
Citizenship & Immigration
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.
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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Active Duty
Veterans
Burial & Funeral Help
Financial Assistance
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Government Benefits
National Guard
Navigating the System
Help Find Healthcare
Housing
Help Find Work
Transportation
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.
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.
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Navigating the System
Legal
Representation
Immigrants
Citizenship & Immigration
Advocacy & Legal Aid
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.
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.
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All Disabilities
Discrimination & Civil Rights
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.
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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Immigrants
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Citizenship & Immigration
Representation
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.
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.
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Legal
Understand Government Programs
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.
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.
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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. Generally one Saturday a month starting at 10:30AM.
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. Generally one Saturday a month starting at 10:30AM.
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Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Mediation
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.
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.
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Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Help Hotlines
Seniors (55+ years old)
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.\nPlease note, legal advice on criminal matters is not provided.
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.\nPlease note, legal advice on criminal matters is not provided.
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Teens (13-19 years old)
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
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.
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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Children (2-12 years old)
Adults (31-54 years old)
Development Disability
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Teens (13-19 years old)
Legal
All Disabilities
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.
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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Guardianship
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Adoption & Foster Parenting
Legal
Adoption & Foster Care
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.
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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All Disabilities
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Works to end the abuse and neglect of people with disabilities who are currently incarcerated in Washington State, while also supporting long-term efforts toward disability justice.
Works to end the abuse and neglect of people with disabilities who are currently incarcerated in Washington State, while also supporting long-term efforts toward disability justice.
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Discrimination & Civil Rights
All Disabilities
Guarantees access to life-altering forms of immigration relief to children and youth who have been abandoned, abused or neglected by their parents.
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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Children (2-12 years old)
Citizenship & Immigration
Teens (13-19 years old)
Representation
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Immigrants
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Serves to empower disabled advocates across the state of Washington to collaborate, strategize, and mobilize on Washington State legislation impacting individuals with disabilities.
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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Discrimination & Civil Rights
Advocacy & Legal Aid
All Disabilities
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.
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
Addiction and Recovery
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.
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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Immigrants
Naturalization
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Navigating the System
Legal
Representation
Provides consumer protection for identity theft and scams, education, labor and industries, licensing, social and health services.
Provides consumer protection for identity theft and scams, education, labor and industries, licensing, social and health services.
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Legal
Discrimination & Civil Rights