August 2005:
Contact us:
24-Hour Crisis Line
(206) 461-3222
(866) 4CRISIS or
(866) 427-4747
(206) 461-3219 TDD
Available 365 days
a year
Community
Information Line
(206) 461-3200
(800) 621-4636
(206) 461-3610 TDD
Monday-Friday,
8am-6pm
Teen Link
(206) 461-4922
(866) TEENLINK or
(866) 833-6546
(206) 461-3219 TDD
Every evening,
6-10pm
Business Office
1515 Dexter Ave N
Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 461-3210
Fax: (206) 461-8368
8am-5pm, M-F
Affordable Entertainment
$2 matinee at 1pm
$5 show at 7pm
August 23-28
Langston
Hughes Performing Arts Center presents Uncle Willy’s Chocolate Factory at
Seattle
Repertory Theatre. Call Seattle Repertory Theatre at (206) 443-2222 for
tickets.
Medicare Changes
7pm, August 16
NAMI
South King County in Kent
515 W Harrison St
First floor conference room
Come to a free public forum on Medicare Part D changes beginning January
2006. Social Security experts will present helpful information one will need
to make choices in November. Call Sandy at (253) 941-0782 for more
information.
Teen Link Highlighted
Crisis Clinic’s Director
Kathleen Southwick wrote an article about ways to prevent teen suicide and
the Teen Link peer-to-peer phone line that was featured in the Mercer Island
Recorder. Read the article here.
Free Art Studio for Teens
ArtWorks
provides an open studio with free use of supplies and instruction for youth
ages 13 to 21 from 3:30-5:30 on Monday in Seattle.
Five Wishes
Five Wishes is the first living will that talks about
one’s personal, emotional, and spiritual needs as well as one’s medical
wishes. It is a legally binding document in Washington and 35 other states
and can be completed without the need of a lawyer or other health care
professional. Providence
Hospice of Seattle, the largest hospice program in King County, is
offering seminars about Five Wishes: An End of Life Planning Tool throughout
King County at no charge. For a schedule of upcoming seminars, click
here.
Youth and Militarism
“Do You Know Enough to Enlist?” and other handouts
regarding youth and militarism are available through the American
Friends Service Committee by clicking here.
Nat Turner
Teach-in
Free, noon-5pm
Saturday, August 20
East
Cherry YWCA
2820 E Cherry, Seattle
CARA
offers a chance for people of color to come together and explore critical
moments of Black Resistance in honor of one of the most well known moments of
resistance. This event is free. Childcare, lunch and snacks will be provided.
Location is wheelchair accessible. Register by clicking here.
Training for Homeless Service Providers
9:30am-12:30pm, Wednesday,
August 10 (targeted for single adult providers) or
Wednesday, August 17
(targeted for family providers)
Health
Care for the Homeless Network presents “Communicable Disease Issues for
Homeless Service Providers.” Call Margery Muench at (206) 205-3944 for more
information and to register.
Garden Engages Blind and Deaf-Blind People
6-8 pm, August 25
11am-1pm, August 27
11am-1pm, Sept. 10
Seattle’s Lighthouse
for the Blind invites the general public for a garden tour at their
on-site garden of delicious scents and distinctive textures. Please contact
Danny Janka at (206) 436-2134 to sign up.
Animal Resources
Progressive
Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), Inc., one of the many animal resources in
the Community
Resources Online database, manages a rehabilitation hospital for wild
animals. PAWS also offers animal shelter and adoption services.
For Family and Friends of People with Mental
Illness
NAMI
Greater Seattle is now accepting registrations for two autumn family-to-family
classes. These classes are free for family members and close friends of
individuals with mental illness. They are held once a week for twelve weeks.
Register by calling Linda Jordan at
(206) 783-9264.
After-School Programs
For a list of after-school
programs in our database click here
and type “after school programs” in the service keyword search.
Performing Arts Organizations
For a list of performing
arts organizations in our database, many of which start their new performance
season in the fall, click here
and type “performing arts” in the service keyword search.
WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program
Participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) may be eligible to receive one
or two packets of checks at a value of $10 or $20 during their scheduled WIC
visits through September. These checks can be redeemed for Washington grown
fresh fruits and vegetables at 49 selected farmers markets through October 31.
Click here for more information.
Housing Justice Community Forum
1-3:30pm, August 13
Rainier Community Ctr.
4600 36th Ave S, Seattle
Hear stories from Rainier Valley tenants and Section
8 tenants about how development in the Rainier Valley and cuts to the Section
8 housing program are causing people to be forced from their homes. Childcare
is available. Interpretation will be provided in Somali and Spanish. For more
information call Emily Paddison at (206) 722-6848, ext. 102.
Crisis Clinic’s Summer 2005 Edition of
“Voice”
Click here to
read a PDF version of Crisis Clinic’s agency newsletter. Read an article
about independence and aging, the status of
2-1-1 in King County, the spring increase in the suicidal rate and more.
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Family Caregivers
Addressed at
Local Conference
Amanda Woodland, Caregiver Specialist
Caregiving can be challenging, and few understand
this better than Wendy Lustbader. Wendy served as a mental health counselor
at Pike Market Medical Clinic for almost 20 years and is now a nationally
known speaker and author on topics related to chronic illness, aging and the
needs of family caregivers.
She presented the keynote address for a conference
called “Challenges in Caregiving: Giving Care, Taking Care” held at Tukwila
Community Center. She highlighted her professional and personal experiences
with caregivers and caregiving. She emphasized that relationships from
childhood can affect the caregiver’s ability to provide care or sustain a
caring relationship, and difficult personality traits of the care recipient make
it hard to provide care to them.
“What was going on in your grandmother’s childhood
that affected her ability to be a mother to your mother?” she asked. For her,
historical issues continually affect the present, and are an important source
of ambivalence in the caregiving role. She pointed out that each sibling has
a different experience with his or her parents growing up, depending on the
parents’ state of mind at the time, and whether there were any traumatic
events such as a death, a suicide, a war, a divorce, financial pressures or
other stresses affecting their relationship with one another and within the
family unit.
Wendy’s workshop “Conflict or Cooperation? Family
Dilemmas in Caregiving” at the conference elaborated on this theme. She
discussed “old family business” that inevitably emerges in times of crisis,
and ended with ways to heal the conflict among and between generations.
Rivalries among siblings can hinder their ability to focus on the needs of
the older adult requiring care, and can lead, literally, to years of hurt and
resentment. Her recipe is openness, communication and if necessary holding
family meetings mediated by a gerontologist or other professional to work out
a care plan that is equitable, or at least accepted by everyone in the
family. Inevitably, the burden of caregiving falls on one family member for
all kinds of reasons, but others can also contribute in constructive and
encouraging ways that provide support.
She also warned that there is always conflict
around legacy and inheritance, and that older parents and adult children need
to be aware of the pitfalls. Possessions, the family home, treasured antiques
or jewelry are often seen as symbols of the parents’ love. It is very
difficult for any kind of division of assets to be seen as fair, particularly
if one family member has shouldered the majority of the burden of caregiving.
Wendy condemned “punishments from the grave,” where one child is cut out of a
will, because the finality of death allows no opportunity to make amends.
Instead, she suggested that planning well ahead of time and involving all
family members can be an opportunity for expressing affection and gratitude.
Leaving an “ethical will” or individual letters focusing on the positive and
praising the attributes of all the children can lead to healing and
reunification rather than perpetuating distrust and division.
If you are a
caregiver of someone older than the age of 18 who is ill or disabled, Crisis
Clinic Caregiver Information & Assistance Program can give support
and assist you in locating the services you need. This service is
available through the Community Information
Line Monday through Friday, 8am to 6pm. After business hours, caregivers
seeking emotional support and referrals will be routed to the 24-Hour Crisis Line. In
addition, our Caregiver Specialist is available to provide regular or
intermittent help and/or emotional support to caregivers who need extra
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Senior Information and Assistance: More Than
Information and Referral
Jeffrey Markwardt, Certified Resource
Specialist
A senior calls the Senior Services’ Senior
Information and Assistance line asking for help to get food. She has no
transportation, is unable to leave the home and has no money for local food
delivery service. An advocate from the organization works with the senior to
help determine how best to assist her and get specific information about her
situation. This may include getting her meals on wheels or arranging for an emergency
food delivery.
John Deagen is Lead Advocate for Senior Information
and Assistance with five and a half years of experience in information and
assistance. He provides resources and assistance to older adults and their
caregivers. He connects callers with the best community resources to help
meet a caller’s needs, provides information and explanations about the
criteria for programs they may be eligible for and assists them in accessing
those programs if needed.
Senior Information and Assistance advocates follow
up with callers to see if the program or service they were referred to or
provided information about met their needs. This can be helpful to clients
who are trying to secure essential health and social services or need the
extra advocacy through the sometimes-complicated application processes.
Callers are often people who are low-income, frail,
isolated or disadvantaged; adults ages 60 and older; adults with
disabilities; or caregivers caring for an older person. According to John, a lot
of people may not consider themselves low-income and may qualify for services
they are not aware of. For example a person making $40,000 a year can qualify
for Senior Services’ Minor Home Repair program.
Advocates often refer to additional programs of Senior
Services including senior centers, adult day health centers, senior outreach
services, caregiver outreach and support programs, a homesharing program and
meals on wheels. Their Web site at www.seniorservices.org
has information on all of their programs and services, downloadable documents
and an online database.
A person calling Senior Services’ Senior
Information and Assistance line from 8am-6pm, Monday through Friday, can
either expect to talk to an advocate in person or leave a voicemail message
and receive a call back from one of the phone advocates the same day. Senior
Services does not offer 24-hour crisis services for seniors. Seniors needing
assistance may call Crisis Clinic’s Crisis
Line 24 hours daily.
Senior Services distributes "Passport,"
a monthly newsletter that informs seniors and service providers about
community resources and upcoming events in Seattle/King County. Call or e-mail
info@seniorservices.org for more
information.•
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Critical Resource Updates
Compiled by Crisis Clinic’s Resource Center
It is always recommended to check Community Resources Online
for additional information and for the most current information concerning
the following resources.
Boomtown Café, the low-cost, non-profit eatery on
Third Avenue, has closed indefinitely because of a lack of funds.
Burien-Highline
Senior Center’s weekday day hot meal program now takes place at Glendale
Lutheran Church, 13455 2nd Ave SW, Burien, WA 98146.
Central
Area Motivation Program (CAMP) is out of funds for eviction prevention/rent
assistance this year and will resume this program again in June 2006.
Family
Kitchen is temporarily serving their meal at the Fellowship Hall at
Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue in Seattle as their
permanent site at The Cathedral Hall is under construction. Guests should use
the entrance at Seneca on Harvard. Call (206) 322-2447 for updated, recorded
information.
The First Avenue Service Center changed its name to
Family
and Adult Service Center.
All LIHEAP funds are expended for Multi-Service
Centers in Burien,
Federal
Way and Kent.
Only energy assistance left is HELP funds for gas (not electricity) in Burien
and Kent. These gas funds should last through August 15, but no later. PSE
HELP funds for electricity may be reallocated.
Providence
Hospitality House - Emergency Shelter will be closed this August. Every
August they do maintenance and repair on the facility. They will be open
again September 1.
Emergency assistance for low-income Seattle
residential customers of Seattle
Public Utilities is now available in a pilot program that runs through
December 31. Provides credit for a water bill when a customer is at risk of
having water shut off. Income must be 125% of the poverty level. May cover as
much as half of the utility bill; maximum credit is $200. Note that this is
credit against their bill, not money-in-hand.
The phone number
for Seattle's
Union Gospel Mission (UGM) - Son Rise House has changed. No one is
admitted to Son Rise House without first going through the UGM’s Women
and Children's Shelter.
Senior
Services of Seattle/King County joins the statewide network of State
Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA). Call the SHIBA HelpLine for free
assistance with issues of health insurance and health care access.
Community Service Center for the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing (CSCDHH) closed May 31. Its ASL interpreting services number, (206)
322-5551, is currently being answered by SignOn:
A Sign Language Interpreting Resource, Inc. to assure continuity of
service to their customers.
University
Churches Emergency Fund temporarily moved to 4142 Brooklyn Ave NE,
Seattle, WA 98105 until December 1, 2005 when they will move back to
University Congregational United Church of Christ.•
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August and September
Selected Resources
Compiled by Crisis Clinic’s Resource Center
This column attempts to highlight available timely
resources in the community information database that might otherwise go
unnoticed to our users.
It is always recommended to check Community Resources Online
for additional information and for the most current information concerning
the following resources.
August Resource Highlights
Bleeding
Disorders Foundation of Washington
In conjunction with the Puget Sound Blood Center's Hemophilia Program, the
organization plans and implements a bleeding disorders summer camp for
families and provides informal social gatherings for peer groups, their
friends, and families. Summer camp is for children and youth from preschool
to age 16. Camp is held during August for five days. Cost for camp is $50 per
camper.
Gluten
Intolerance Group
Conducts a summer camp at Camp Sealth on Vashon Island for children with
gluten intolerance up to grade 12. Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) staff and
volunteers go to the camp to cook the gluten-free meals and snacks. Camp
sessions are held during the first two weeks of August. Limited scholarships
are available based on income. Call for application or download a GIG camp
application and a Camp Sealth application from the Web site.
God’s
Grace in Action
School supplies are donated by churches and civic groups then given to
Highline School district counselors at all grade levels. Counselors
distribute them to students in need. Agency accepts donations only. Agency
does not distribute backpacks to students. Ask a school counselor for program
details. Program begins in August.
Hopelink
- Bellevue, Hopelink
- Kirkland, Hopelink
- Northshore, Hopelink
- Redmond, Hopelink
- Shoreline, Hopelink
- Sno-Valley
Provides school supplies to children of low-income families. Items are distributed
during the last week of August. Supplies are limited and are provided by
donations from area churches, organizations, and individuals. Serves
residents living in specific ZIP codes. Register during normal food bank
hours. Click on a Hopelink branch above for more specific information.
Providence
Hospice of Seattle and Home Infusion
Organizes a weekend camp held annually in the summer for kids, ages 5-17, who
have experienced the death of a loved one. The King County camp will be
August 26-28. Camps are also located in Snohomish and Pierce counties. Call
(206) 320-4000. There is no fee. Donations are accepted.
Seattle
Works
Offers a year-long internship opportunity on the Board of Directors of a
local non-profit. Serves anyone in their 20s and 30s. Application cycle
begins in August. Call (206) 324-0808 for more information.
Special
Olympics Washington
The Summer Sports Classic featuring softball, tennis, and golf is held in
August. Serves individuals with mental retardation or a closely related
developmental disability, ages 8 and older. Call (206) 362-4949 for more
information.
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September Resource Highlights
Access
to Justice Institute
Runs two Community Justice Centers from September through December and from
January through April where legal educational presentations and individual
consultations with attorneys are held. Expert attorneys offer educational
presentation topics for two consecutive weeks. Clients hear the presentation
the first week and may be interviewed to meet individually with an attorney
the following week. Each client is guaranteed at least 20 minutes to receive
advice from the attorney. Call for topics, dates and times.
Gethsemane
Community Services
Serves a hot meal followed by a movie each Saturday at 11am from September
through May. Ticket pick-up: 9:30am, Saturday.
Griefworks
– A Bereavement Resource for Education & Support
Facilitates eight-week support groups for individuals who want to work on the
process of grief work, memorializing and re-investing in life. Sessions are
confidential. Groups: 7-8:30pm, every Tuesday, September 20 through November
8.
Hamlin
Robinson School
Offers a 10-week session (20 classes) each fall for adults with language
disabilities to provide them with additional skills in reading, writing,
spelling and expressive language. A 10-week session is held from September
through December. Call for class times.
Humane
Society for Seattle/King County
Provides speakers at schools, community groups and businesses on the
protection and welfare of animals. Gives 30-45 minute tours of The Humane
Society facility, primarily for children but also for corporations. Offers
animal care workshops for adults in the spring and fall. Fall workshops are
held September through November. Call to arrange speakers or workshops.
Millionair
Club Charity, Inc.
A weekly eye clinic is available for clients who need an eye exam. Clients
receive an exam and a pair of glasses once per year. The program is run by
volunteer opticians and optometrists Thursday mornings from September through
May and is funded by the Lions Sight Foundation. Call the receptionist to
schedule an appointment.•
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