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A resource library for the Washington Homeownership Resource Center. Includes resources for Seniors, Veterans, people with a disability, Black homeowners, and renters.

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.

Hotline providing youth with on-call attorney consultations.

Serves to empower disabled advocates across the state of Washington to collaborate, strategize, and mobilize on Washington State legislation impacting individuals with disabilities.

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.

Hotline for Washingtonians to call to learn about rights, request legal assistance or accompaniment to court settings, receive community referrals, and verify reports of immigration enforcement.

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.

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.

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.

A local office of World Relief, a global faith-based humanitarian organization focused on helping refugees and immigrants in vulnerable situations rebuild their lives in a new country. Services include refugee resettlement, aid for Humanitarian Parolees, immigration legal services, English and cultural orientation classes, and family programs. Contact for more information about programs and eligibility.

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.

Family support centers that link school families with local resources and human services addressing the needs of the whole child in order to promote student success. Centers provide resources and referral for basic needs such as food, clothing, and house, as well as medical and mental health, legal assistance and more.

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.

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.

Contact a specialist by phone for pre-purchase housing counseling, homebuyer education classes, down-payment assistance programs, and alternative homeownership models such as community land trusts and self-help homeownership.

The Washington Homeownership Resource Center has partnered with the Black Home Initiative, with the goal to create 1,500 new Black homeowners within the next 5 years. The equity-focused program offers a personalized path to homeownership, education, and connection to resources.

Free legal representation for parents involved in proceedings with Child Protective Services.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Provides benefits to legal immigrants who are not eligible for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), called Basic Food in Washington, solely because of immigration status. Households that include a person eligible for FAP receive the same amount of food benefits they would receive for this person if they were eligible for SNAP.

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.