Directory of Local Homeless Service Organizations

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Washington

Council for the Homeless

The Council for the Homeless is the local homeless planning board for Clark County, WA. Formed in 1989 by the City of Vancouver, Clark County and the Vancouver Housing Authority, the Council administers funding for homeless programs through Clark County's Continuum of Care Plan, develops shelters and transitional housing facilities, and raises private funds for local homeless programs.

2500 Main St.
Vancouver, WA 98660
Phone: (360) 993-9561
FAX: (360) 694-8369
Email: CFTH@Teleport.com

The Crisis Clinic

The Crisis Clinic provides a variety of services for the Seattle/King County area. This includes the following:

• The Crisis Line (206.461.3222 and 1.800.244.5767). 24-hour crisis intervention and emotional and mental health support.
• The Community Information Line (206.461.3200 and 1.800.621.4636). Monday through Friday, 8am-6pm, information and referral to social services including all homeless services and a daily update on any possible bed space in women and family shelters;
• Teen Link (206.461.4922/1.888.431.8336) 7 days a week 6pm-10pm, providing a phone line for teens, staffed by other teens.

The Crisis Clinic gets a large number of homeless callers looking for resources or needing to deal with other crises on the three lines; probably the most useful will be the Community Information Line.

Also, anyone can search the Crisis Clinic's free, comprehensive on-line database of social service resources in Seattle/King County, which accesses the most recent information for over 3,000 local agencies. It can be reached through www.crisisclinic.org.

Mailing Address: 1515 Dexter Avenue N, #300
Seattle, WA 98109
Business Office Phone: 206.461.3210
Business Fax: 206.461.8368
e-mail: info@crisisclinic.org
PLEASE NOTE, ALL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED OVER THE PHONE, NO WALK-INS.

Fremont Public Association

The Fremont Public Association (FPA) provides extensive shelter and transitional housing programs. Whether a person has lost his or her home and needs shelter or needs help to stay in his or her current home, FPA can help. FPA helps low- and moderate-income people stay in their homes through Housing Counseling, Housing Stability grants and loans, and Minor Home Repair. Homeless women and children are served by Broadview Shelter. Homeless families and single parent households (headed by men or women) are served by Fremont Family Shelter and Bethlehem House. Long-term solutions for homeless families with dependent children are handled by Solid Ground. Community Voice Mail gives homeless and phoneless people a tool to help find jobs and housing.

P.O. Box 31151
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206/694-6700
Fax: 206/694-6777
Email: webmaster@fremontpublic.org

Metropolitan Development Council
Homeless Services/Multiservice Center

The Metropolitan Development Council provides shower and laundry facilities, a message center and limited assistance with transportation. Other services provided include The Homeless Employment Program, Homeless Health Care Clinic, Homeless Child Care & Domestic Violence Childcare, and the PATH program (Outreach, Case Management and Payee Services to homeless mentally ill persons seeking mental health & housing support.

919 South 9th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
Phone: (253) 627-5445
Fax: (253) 593-2744
Email: hepmdc@harbornet.com

Real Change

A homeless newspaper. The RealChange web site features the past 2 issues in full, a subject index of stories, and directions for how to organize a homeless paper in your city.

2129 2nd Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: 206-441-3247
Email:rchange@speakeasy.org

STANDUP FOR KIDS

STANDUP FOR KIDS is a national, not-for-profit organization founded in 1990 to help rescue homeless and at-risk youth living on the street. With national headquarters in Denver, Colorado, STANDUP FOR KIDS has established ten outreach programs in five states. STANDUP FOR KIDS is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that provides services to kids on the streets. STANDUP FOR KIDS volunteers walk the streets to encourage and guide kids in becoming effective members of their communities. Their programs offer services such as housing referral; education assistance; vocational development; counseling; health services; transportation to self-help meetings; legal assistance; and clothes, furniture, and other daily necessities.

The Washington program is located in:

Bremerton, WA

Pager: 360.792.3888

National Headquaters:

1111 Osage St., Suite 205C
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 303-892-8328
Fax: 303-671-2845
Email: rickkoca@earthlink.net

Street Links

Street Links, a program of Seattle Children's Home, is a mobile program which provides medical treatment, counseling, referral services, transportation, food and clothing to youth living on the streets.

2142 Tenth Ave. West
Seattle, WA 98119
Phone: 206-283-3300
Youth Hotline: 1-888-397-KIDS
Contact: Linnea Peover
Email: LPeover@SeattleChildrensHome.org

The Tenants Union

The Tenants Union is a non-profit, membership-based organization of tenants. It provides information to tenants, helps organize building-wide tenants unions, and fights for for stronger tenants' rights laws.

3902 S. Ferdinand St.
Seattle, WA 98122
Local phone: 206-723-0500
Toll Free: 1-800-752-9993
TDD: 206-723-0523