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Improve your quality of life with helpful information about a variety of basic needs and community resources including employment, education, housing, health access, and food.

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Food
Housing
Health
Navigating the System
Education
Online resource center for LGBTQ young people. Get answers about everything LGBTQ including sexual orientation, mental health, gender identity, community, talking about suicide, and more.

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Virtual Support
Teens (13-19 years old)
Navigating the System
Understand Mental Health
LGBTQIA+
A statewide toll-free help line available to parents, caregivers, and anyone who has questions about a child in their community. The Family Help Line can help you find resources, parenting classes, and community events, and can provide you with someone to talk to and problem solve with.

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Navigating the System
Children (2-12 years old)
Help Hotlines
Community Support Services
Support Network
Families
Parenting Education
Parents
Information about child advocacy, support, and more. Referrals given as needed to help child victims and families receive the services they need.

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Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Children (2-12 years old)
Teens (13-19 years old)
Sexual Assault Survivor
Families
Navigating the System
Online library of resource guides, educational videos, and informational posters created by Opportunity Council's Community Resource Center in partnership with WABC. Find resource guides for food, clothing, hygiene, housing, and more in PDF format.

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Navigating the System
Long-Term Care services in the comfort of your own home. Caregiving services, assistance with activities of daily living, nursing services, assistive technology, and even modifications to your house are aspects of in-home care. If you are needing assistance to live safely in your own home and meet income qualifications, you could be eligible to receive in-home care.

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All Disabilities
Case Management
Navigating the System
Caregivers
Seniors (55+ years old)
Home Health Care
Free annual summer camp program to prepare rising high school seniors for college.

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Help Find School
Navigating the System
Education
College Readiness
Day Camp
Help Pay for School
Financial Aid & Loans
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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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Government Benefits
Veterans
Housing
Transportation
Burial & Funeral Help
Financial Assistance
Active Duty
Help Find Healthcare
Navigating the System
Help Find Work
National Guard
If you do not have health insurance, an Outreach and Enrollment Specialist can tell you what you may qualify for and walk you through the application process.

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Health Insurance
Navigating the System
Help Pay for Healthcare
Insurance
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
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Citizenship & Immigration
Representation
Immigrants
Provides housing search and application support, help developing a renter's portfolio, renter education, referrals to community resources, and tools for housing retention. This program is intended to assist with housing search only; no financial assistance of any kind is provided. \nDrop-in hours Monday - Friday, 1 - 4 PM (check-in by 3:30 PM), or by appointment.

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Help Find Housing
Navigating the System
Housing Advice
Housing
Services provided onsite include clothing and household items, hygiene supplies, transportation assistance, shower and laundry referrals, help with City of Ferndale water and sewer bills, computer and phone use, housing and job search, community resource navigation and referrals, and more.

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Computer or Internet Access
Bus Passes
Help Find Work
Clothing
Resume Development
Interview Training
Community Support Services
Home Goods
Navigating the System
General information and resources about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) including important updates and renewal clinics.

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Citizenship & Immigration
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Navigating the System
Immigrants
Undocumented
Provides outreach, information, Kinship Care training, telephone reassurance, and friendly visiting to Elders in the six federally recognized tribes in the region.

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Seniors (55+ years old)
Care
Support Network
Navigating the System
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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Advocacy & Legal Aid
Burial & Funeral Help
Active Duty
Housing
Help Find Healthcare
Help Find Work
Navigating the System
Financial Assistance
Transportation
Veterans
Government Benefits
National Guard
Dial 2-1-1 from anywhere in Washington State to get connected to local services.

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Navigating the System
Community Support Services
A resource platform to help students in Whatcom County decide their next step in education or career training, learn where to attain it, and how to get support along their path.

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Navigating the System
Education
College Readiness
Teens (13-19 years old)
Social workers are able to help Veterans, families and caregivers with almost any need, from help with finances or housing to questions about treatment to just feeling overwhelmed.
Navigating the legal system can be challenging. DVSAS advocates can help with protection orders, court preparation and accompaniment, and law enforcement reporting.

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Navigating the System
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Help Escape Violence
One-on-One Support
Community Support Services
Legal
Domestic Violence Survivors
Sexual Assault Survivor
Eligible families can receive assistance with employment and housing, benefit navigation and application assistance, affordable Internet connectivity, and more.

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Case Management
Families
Navigating the System
Connects people experiencing homelessness with services, and supports community members in working through issues surrounding homelessness.

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Homeless
Housing
Navigating the System
Community Support Services
Assists families with resources, information and problem solving to help their children succeed in school. Family Services Coordinators are located at Acme Elementary School, Kendall Elementary School, and Harmony Elementary School/ERC Preschool. \nFor Spanish or Russian interpretation, call (360) 383-2065 or email [email protected].

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Goods
Clothes for School
Emergency Food
Navigating the System
Community Support Services
Confidential help for Veterans, service members, and their families at no cost in a non-medical setting. Services include counseling for needs such as depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the psychological effects of military sexual trauma (MST). Referrals to other community and VA support services also provided.

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Family Counseling
Veterans
Mental Health Care
Counseling
Sexual Assault Survivor
Navigating the System
Connects Ferndale School District families and students with local resources that address the needs of the whole child to promote student success.

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Families
Community Support Services
Navigating the System
Teens (13-19 years old)
Children (2-12 years old)
Provides resources and support for families and medical professionals looking for services for children birth to 21 in Whatcom County with known or suspected special health care needs.

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All Disabilities
Navigating the System
Children (2-12 years old)
Development Disability
Health

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