Housing Hope's service enriched housing continuum includes 87 emergency shelter and transitional apartments for homeless families, a childcare center, employment assistance and home ownership opportunities. Counties Served: Snohomish

5830 Evergreen Way Everett, WA 98203

206-242-1860

http://housinghope.org

The YWCA of Seattle · King County · Snohomish County serves nearly 60,000 women and families every year with programs to end homelessness, create jobs, care for children and youth, and prevent violence. Without a home, it's difficult for employers to reach job seekers for an interview. Without a job, it's nearly impossible to get a home. Not having both is a crisis for women and families. The YWCA works with women in need to address multiple challenges and move toward independence, self-sufficiency, safety and dignity for them their families. Its programs focus on these key areas: Clothing Services, Children, Youth & Families, Domestic Violence & Violence Prevention, Employment & Self-Sufficiency, Health Care Access and Housing & Shelter.

World Relief Seattle is a Christian agency that, alongside church partners, helps refugees & immigrants begin new lives. The services that World relief provides include hosting a newly arrived family in a volunteer’s home for a week, assistance in practicing English, driving a family to medical appointments, showing a refugee how to use the bus, teaching a family member how to cook, and helping a child with homework. World Relief in also involved in job training and assistance in finding employment.

316 Maynard Ave S. #103 Seattle, WA 98104

The Salvation Army may have employment opportunities. The Social Services Department of the Salvation Army provides emergency assistance for families and individuals with basic subsistence needs. The department is can be found at several locations. The assistance includes rent assistance or help with move-in costs, utility assistance, emergency food bags, diapers when available, The Social Services Department of the Salvation Army provides emergency assistance for families and individuals with basic subsistence needs. The department is can be found at several locations.

The Refugee Federation Service Center provides employment services. It provides a variety of job training and employment services at no cost to refugee and immigrant clients. As a Multi-Service Center, the Refugee Federation offers programs designed to move refugees and immigrants from unemployment, underemployment and welfare into self-sufficiency. It offers programs including bi-lingual case management services, services for adults that address immigration assistance, bilingual counseling, housing assistance, referral services and employment services, and services for youth who need counseling to reduce potentially harmful behavior.

The Refugee Assistance Program (RAP) is a special ministry of the Archdiocesan Housing Authority (AHA), an agency of Catholic Community Services (CCS) of Western Washington. The mission of the Refugee Assistance Program is "To assist refugees, immigrants and their families in attaining self-sufficiency through advocacy, education and employment. This is achieved through resettlement services, employment assistance, English language instruction referral, citizenship preparation, and youth and family support." The Refugee Assistance Program is located at St. Edward Parish in Seattle’s Rainier Valley.

The Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) is a non-profit community organization that provides and promotes programs, services and activities aimed at encouraging connections between neighbors and fostering civic involvement in our diverse community. Headquartered in a restored elementary school building, the PNA has developed an active community center that not only serves as a focus of Seattle's Phinney/Greenwood neighborhood, but offers a wide variety of programs and activities open to anyone in the Puget Sound region.

Technology Center

The PNA runs a Technology Center that includes two public access computers, a computer lab and a variety of computer-related classes, and an Education Program that offers or provides space for over 80 regularly scheduled classes. The facilities can also be rented.

Lutheran Community Services (LCS) offers multiple programs to provide assistance to refugees through its Multicultural Community Services Seattle Office. These programs include a Reception & Placement Program to welcome refugees at the airport, arrange accommodations, provide food and furniture, and orient the refugees to daily life in their new home. Case managers—able to speak the refugee’s language—help newly-arrived refugees process paperwork and secure governmental assistance, enter employment programs, attend ESL classes, and generally find solutions to any problems that arise in the resettlement process; an Immigration Counseling and Advocacy Program (ICAP) to provide low-cost immigration counseling to Seattle’s refugee and immigrant populations. ICAP counsels refugees and immigrants about their rights and responsibilities pertaining to their immigration status, helps clients with all immigration forms and applications, and represents clients before the INS. ICAP staff also provides translation and interpretation services; public notary services; attorney referrals; immigration and passport photos; and fingerprinting services. In addition, ICAP engages in advocacy for the preservation of immigrants’ rights in the legal system at all levels of government; the Social Services Project provides social services to refugees who have resettled in the Puget Sound region. These services include free immigration assistance (especially green card applications after one year of residence), assistance in applying and qualifying for low income housing programs and advocacy for refugees with health clinics, public schools and other public and private agencies. The project also provide mental health counseling for families who may have difficulty adjusting to life in the US, and assist families in locating resources for childcare; the Holiday Gift Program, on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, LCS coordinates a gift giving program, in which the neediest refugee families can receive gifts of furniture, household items, clothing and food. Families let LCS know what their greatest needs are, and they find individuals, organizations, churches or businesses that are willing to provide these items in new or good condition.

The Literacy Source mission is to build a literate community by providing learner-centered instruction to adults in English literacy and basic life skills. Their services are free; the benefits are priceless. Literacy Source - A Community Learning Center - has expanded its focus on adult basic literacy instruction to include English as a Second Language (ESL) tutoring and conversation classes, computer literacy, workplace basic skills, Citizenship and civics classes, immigrant and refugee beginning ESL and the Newcomer Network, and an individualized adult high school diploma program.

720 North 35th Street

The IRC provides assistance to immigrants and refugees, including a Friend of the Family program that provides support to refugee families by ensuring their basic survival skills, assists them with practical needs and referral to appropriate resources and offers friendly encouragement as refugees become familiar with American and local customs:

• ESL Tutors, who help refugee clients to acquire basic English skills needed for employment and life situations;
• a Job Search Mentor, who helps a refugee find a job, researches job opportunities and helps newly arrived refugees secure employment;