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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.
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.
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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Terminal Illness
Disability
Legal
Seniors
Process for families experiencing separation or divorce to develop or modify parenting plans, negotiate property divisions, and address other issues.
Process for families experiencing separation or divorce to develop or modify parenting plans, negotiate property divisions, and address other issues.
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Navigating the System
Legal
Mediation
Support Network
Families
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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Understand Government Programs
Legal
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.
Categories
Legal
Discrimination & Civil Rights
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.
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.
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Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Mediation
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.
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.
Categories
Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Mediation
Helps family members work out a plan around an elder's healthcare, living arrangement, financial situation, communication and more.
Helps family members work out a plan around an elder's healthcare, living arrangement, financial situation, communication and more.
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Mediation
Legal
Seniors
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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Disability
Discrimination & Civil Rights
Advocacy & Legal Aid
A two-part initiative designed to provide comprehensive support to immigrants through informational sessions and personalized legal consultations. In the first part of the clinic, volunteer immigration attorneys conduct an informational session, offering valuable information on various immigration topics. In the second part, participants can meet with immigration attorneys for individual consultations to address specific concerns and receive tailored legal advice.
A two-part initiative designed to provide comprehensive support to immigrants through informational sessions and personalized legal consultations. In the first part of the clinic, volunteer immigration attorneys conduct an informational session, offering valuable information on various immigration topics. In the second part, participants can meet with immigration attorneys for individual consultations to address specific concerns and receive tailored legal advice.
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Immigrants
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Citizenship & Immigration
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
Adoption & Foster Care
Adoption & Foster Parenting
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Committed to protecting landlords' property rights and their ability to manage their rentals.
Committed to protecting landlords' property rights and their ability to manage their rentals.
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Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Provides do-it-yourself court forms on a variety of non-criminal legal issues.
Provides do-it-yourself court forms on a variety of non-criminal legal issues.
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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
A wellness and strength based advocacy program for Nooksack community members who have suffered domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and/or elder abuse. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, or elder abuse contact the 24-hour phone line.
A wellness and strength based advocacy program for Nooksack community members who have suffered domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and/or elder abuse. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, or elder abuse contact the 24-hour phone line.
https://nooksacktribe.org/departments/youth-family-services/tlils-taaaltha-victims-of-crime-program/
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Physical Safety
Immediate Safety
In Danger
Sexual Assault Survivors
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Help Escape Violence
Safe Housing
Support Network
Domestic Violence Survivors
In Crisis
Support Groups
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Tenants facing eviction can apply for free legal help from Northwest Justice Project and other local legal aid providers by calling the Eviction Defense line.
Tenants facing eviction can apply for free legal help from Northwest Justice Project and other local legal aid providers by calling the Eviction Defense line.
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Housing Advice
Housing
Representation
Mediation
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
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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Representation
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Citizenship
Citizenship & Immigration
Immigrants
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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Citizenship & Immigration
Immigrants
Citizenship
Navigating the System
Representation
Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Mediating a small claims case is an excellent choice for clients involved in Small Claims actions. In mediation, clients are able to consider remedies to satisfy their conflict that the court is not able to address.
Mediating a small claims case is an excellent choice for clients involved in Small Claims actions. In mediation, clients are able to consider remedies to satisfy their conflict that the court is not able to address.
Provides comprehensive legal assistance to help develop a secure parenting plan and navigate the process for obtaining Temporary Orders. Services are available to survivors of domestic violence, parents who need a parenting plan, individuals who have not yet filed anything in court, and participants who meet financial eligibility requirements
*Please note: Attorneys do not represent clients in court.
Provides comprehensive legal assistance to help develop a secure parenting plan and navigate the process for obtaining Temporary Orders. Services are available to survivors of domestic violence, parents who need a parenting plan, individuals who have not yet filed anything in court, and participants who meet financial eligibility requirements
*Please note: Attorneys do not represent clients in court.
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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Legal
Parents
Domestic Violence Survivors
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.
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.
Categories
Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Mediation
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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Legal
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
Citizenship
Citizenship & Immigration
Navigating the System
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.
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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Adults
Developmental Disability
Disability
Legal
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Children
Teens
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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Financial Assistance
Work
Active Duty
Armed Forces
Employment
National Guard
Veterans
Housing
Legal
Navigating the System
Health
Emergency Payments
Government Benefits
Transportation
Burial & Funeral Help
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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Representation
Teens
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Immigrants
Citizenship & Immigration
Children
Citizenship