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Provides an array of advocacy and case management services to Nooksack children and families involving child welfare, domestic violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse. Programs include Indian Child Welfare Program and Independent Living, Extended Foster Care, Tl’ils Ta’á’altha Program, Men and Boys Outreach and Advocacy Program, Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Program, and Child Protection Team.
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Children
Families
Immediate Safety
Foster Youth
Adoption & Foster Care
Sexual Assault Survivors
Domestic Violence Survivors
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Physical Safety
Helps adults or adolescents who have been affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, assault & battery, survivor of homicide, and child abuse. Services include: crisis counseling, advocacy for domestic violence and sexual assault crimes, safety planning, legal advocacy, transportation to medical, legal, and therapy appointments, Domestic Violence shelter, traditional healing and emergency assistance.
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Emergency Shelter
Emergency
Domestic Violence Survivors
Sexual Assault Survivors
Health
Housing
Safe Housing
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Victim advocates support child victims of abuse and families throughout the entire process. They offer emotional support, victim's rights information, assist in finding resources, and provide help every step of the way.
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Support Network
Families
Teens
Children
Sexual Assault Survivors
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
WA State certified Domestic Violence Intervention Treatment (DVIT) provider. Intimate partner violence is addressed through programs that are mandated by the court, but provide a safe and nurturing place to grow and learn. Services include Domestic Violence Assessments, support group, and individual counseling.
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Support Groups
Counseling
Domestic Violence Survivors
Those who have lost someone to suicide can receive phone-based peer support from someone who has also experienced a suicide loss.
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Peer Support
Grieving
Individual Counseling
Survivors
Support Network
On-going therapy services provided for any child victim who has received services from Dawson Place, up to the age of 22 depending on the needs of the client. Group, individual, and family therapy sessions also available.
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Family Counseling
Individual Counseling
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Mental Health Care
Sexual Assault Survivors
Children
Group Therapy
Teens
Care
Counseling
Mental health assessments are provided to all child victims of abuse.
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Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Mental Health Care
Counseling
Mental Health Evaluation
Sexual Assault Survivors
Teens
Children
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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Mental Health Care
Veterans
Armed Forces
Counseling
Sexual Assault Survivors
Navigating the System
Family Counseling
Support groups for survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault. All DVSAS support groups are free and confidential.
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Support Groups
Domestic Violence Survivors
Sexual Assault Survivors
Support Network
Community Support Services
Advocacy counseling is available to clients who want to meet one-on-one with an advocacy counselor. Sessions are available on a walk-in or scheduled basis during business hours. These sessions are strength and empowerment-based and include emotional support, on-going safety planning, identifying coping skills, problem solving, information about the effects of domestic violence and sexual assault, and referrals to other community resources.
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Domestic Violence Survivors
Help Escape Violence
Immediate Safety
In Crisis
Support Network
Community Support Services
One-on-One Support
Sexual Assault Survivors
Free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 140 languages available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
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Help Hotlines
Help Escape Violence
In Crisis
Domestic Violence Survivors
Emergency
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Sexual Assault Survivors
Immediate Safety
A care package for those who are recently bereaved by a suicide. Included in this package are materials on grief after a suicide as well as comfort items found to be helpful by other survivors of suicide loss. These care packages are currently available for free to families living in Washington State.
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Grieving
Families
Care
Support Network
Survivors
Individuals
Provides community education and creates awareness for child abuse and neglect. The outreach team hosts events, engages with schools and local community organizations, and leads educational classes.
Categories
Families
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Education
Teens
Children
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
Families
Children
Sexual Assault Survivors
Navigating the System
Teens
Women’s health services to meet specific needs such as disease screenings, mental health treatment, recovery from military sexual trauma, maternity care and female-specific medical equipment.
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Women's Health
Sexual Assault Survivors
Sexual & Reproductive Health
STD/STI Treatment & Prevention
Fertility
Birth Control
Family Planning
Women
Health
Armed Forces
Veterans
Confidentially ask for support online. The Ask an Advocate page is monitored Monday-Friday, 9am - 5pm. You should receive a message back within 72-hours. If you need to speak with someone immediately, please call the helpline.
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Virtual Support
Sexual Assault Survivors
One-on-One Support
Support Network
Community Support Services
Help Escape Violence
Domestic Violence Survivors
Provides direct representation to immigrant survivors of violence seeking immigration benefits. While this unit handles several hundred immigration cases per year, the demand for assistance continues to be greater than the available resources meaning there is a long waitlist for clients seeking help.
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Sexual Assault Survivors
Survivors
Domestic Violence Survivors
Citizenship & Immigration
Human Trafficking Survivors
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Navigating the System
Immigrants
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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Teens
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Citizenship
Children
Advocacy & Legal Aid
Representation
Citizenship & Immigration
Immigrants
Benefits paid to widows, widowers, and dependents of eligible workers. This benefit is particularly important for young families with children. You and your family could be eligible for benefits based on the earnings of a worker who died. The deceased person must have worked long enough to qualify for benefits.
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Income
Money
Government Benefits
Survivors
Provides coordination and recovery services to individuals, families and entities adversely impacted by disaster in Whatcom County.
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Emergency
Natural Disaster Survivors
Disaster Preparedness & Response
Disaster Response
From small house fires to multi-state natural disasters, the American Red Cross goes wherever needed to provide clean water, safe shelter, and hot meals to those impacted by a disaster.
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Natural Disaster Survivors
Emergency
Physical Safety
Disaster Preparedness & Response
Disaster Response
Download copies of DVSAS handouts covering Community Resources, Protection Orders, Safety Planning, and Self-Care.
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Community Support Services
Domestic Violence Survivors
Sexual Assault Survivors
If a forensic interview is requested by law enforcement for a child ages 3 - 17 who is a victim of abuse, you will be interviewed by a Child Interview Specialist.
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Teens
Sexual Assault Survivors
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Children
Online chat for free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 140 languages available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
CAP provides services to children and adolescents from birth to 22 who have been sexually abused or witnessed a homicide or violent crime. The CAP team is specifically trained to work with victims of trauma.
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Counseling
Sexual Assault Survivors
Abuse or Neglect Survivors
Domestic Violence Survivors
Survivors
Children
Teens
Families
Support Network