December 2008:
Contact us:
24-Hour Crisis Line
(206) 461-3222
(866) 4CRISIS or
(866) 427-4747
(206) 461-3219 TTY
24 hours, daily
2-1-1 Community
Information Line
Dial 2-1-1 or
(206) 461-3200
(800) 211-WASH
(206) 461-3610 TTY
M-F, 8am-6pm
Teen Link
(206) 461-4922
(866) TEENLINK or
(866) 833-6546
(206) 461-3219 TTY
6-10pm, nightly
Business Office
1515 Dexter Ave N
Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 461-3210
Fax: (206) 461-8368
M-F, 8am-5pm
Volunteer Services
(206) 461-3210 ext.
611
M-F, 8am-5pm
Crisis Clinic Open House
Wednesday,
Dec. 17, 4-7 p.m.
1515 Dexter Ave N
Seattle, WA 98109
Learn more
about Crisis Clinic and see it in action. Open house includes appetizers and
a tour. For details and to RSVP call (206) 461-3210 ext. 638. For planning
purposes, please RSVP by Dec. 15.
Free Vitamins Available for Ryan White Patients
Through additional Ryan White
funding, Lifelong AIDS
Alliance and the Chicken Soup Brigade are able to offer
clients free nutritional supplements including Ensure and
vitamin/mineral supplements. A person does not have to be a food
program client to participate, but they must be Ryan White eligible. For
details, call (206) 957-1726.
Relationship Skills Class
Wednesdays,
Jan. 21- Feb. 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Seattle Central Community College
The Northwest Network of Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse
is organizing a six-week course exploring relationship skills. Wednesdays,
January 21st- February 24th 2009 6:30-8:30pm Seattle Central Community
College. Topics include: Identifying cultural norms & personal values
Accountability Naming & setting boundaries and Strengthening support
networks. Suggested donation: $90. No one will be turned away for lack of
funds For more information, accessibility questions or to register, call
(206) 568-7777 or deann@nwnetwork.org.
New DV Providers Program to Help Callers Connect to Resources
The Day One Program launched a secure and confidential Web site
in for domestic violence programs, allowing them to share “real-time
available bed space and information about services. When victims call a
domestic violence agency seeking shelter and services, that agency is able to
help the caller access available shelter space and services in one phone call
(or to find out that no space is available). The City of Seattle, Human
Services Department (HSD) has signed memoranda of agreement with 11 domestic
violence agencies from King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties to implement the
program. For more information, please contact please contact Amy Heyden,
Seattle Human Services Department, at (206) 684-4007. or amy.heyden@seattle.gov.
Tree of Remembrance
Christmas Tree
of Remembrance will be at the City of Auburn Mountain View Cemetery
and at the GriefWorks’ office.
Write your loved one’s name on a special tag to hang with the snowflakes,
symbolizing that they continue to be “unique, beautiful, and gone too soon.”
Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
Friday, Dec. 19, 4:30 p.m.
Capitol Steps, Olympia
The Washington State Coalition for
the Homeless will observe Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. The memorial and
candlelight vigil is held in memory of those who have died while, or as a
result of, being homeless in Washington
State during the past
year.
Conducted in Olympia,
this service honors those homeless persons who passed away during the year;
it is also a tribute to those who are surviving each day against great odds.
Each year, throughout Washington and the United
States, vigils are held in an effort to
bring attention to the tragedy of homelessness and to remember our homeless
friends who have paid the ultimate price for our nation’s failure to end
homelessness.
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HIV/STD Hotline
Discontinuing
Michael Hanrahan, Manager, HIV Education & Prevention Services
In order to absorb reductions in next year's county
revenue, the HIV/AIDS Program has discontinued the HIV/STD Hotline. However,
many of the services offered by the Hotline will be available via the
alternatives described below. Since 1985 the Hotline has provided King County
residents with information about HIV and other STDs, along with referrals to
related local resources. Evolving information technologies and utilization
patterns convinced HIV/AIDS Program planners that County revenue shortfalls
could be absorbed in the least harmful way by reducing some of the Hotline
services, and delivering others in alternative ways.
While we are no longer able to provide dedicated
staffing to the Hotline, we remain committed to assisting people in
Seattle/King County gain access to information and resources. The HIV/AIDS
Program will continue to serve callers in the following manner:
·
General information calls about HIV, other STDs and
other health related questions will be forwarded to the 24-hour National
HIV/AIDS Hotline. Callers will be able to speak with someone in person
regarding their question.
·
The HIV/AIDS Program will assure that callers
requesting local resources, including HIV/STD testing referrals, are assisted
in accessing these resources.
·
The TTY and 1-800 lines will be eliminated. Hearing
impaired callers may access our referral and information services via
telephone relay lines.
·
We will continue to provide service to callers who do
not speak English through our contract with Language Line
interpretation services.
Important information about the phone number:
The Hotline phone number, (206) 205-7837, will
remain active for at least one year. Callers may also call the HIV/AIDS
Program directly at (206) 296-4649. Both numbers will be available for
callers seeking HIV/STD resources.
Please update your print and Web site materials. We
are dropping the “Hotline” moniker and advertising ourselves as the
HIV/AIDS Program, (206) 296-4649.
New health education materials produced by the
HIV/AIDS Program as well as reprints will list only the (206) 296-4649
number. We ask that you do the same when referring to us.
If you have further questions about the changes to
our information and referral services, please call us at (206) 296-4649. •
Columbia
Legal Services Working to Prevent Termination of GAU Program
The state is
seriously considering ending the GAU program on Jan. 1. Columbia Legal
Services is in the process of putting together a video and other advocacy
tools to fight the termination of the GAU program.
General Assistance Unemployable (GAU) is a
state-funded program that provides cash and medical benefits for people who
are physically and/or mentally incapacitated and unemployable for 90 days from
the date of application.
The
information from the video project will be used to “put a face” on GAU for
both state officials and the media. Columbia Legal Services is looking for
help in identifying GA-U recipients who would be willing to be interviewed.
If
you do, please contact Robin Qukoski at Columbia Legal Services: (800)
260-6260 ext. 202 or robin.zukoski@columbialegal.org.
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Raise Money for your Organization While ShoppingOnline
More than
70,000 nonprofits have partnered with a new Yahoo-powered search engine
called GoodSearch.com, and partner
online shopping mall GoodShop.com to
enable their supporters to generate donations just by doing something they do
everyday – search the Internet or shop online. What makes the system so
compelling is that it doesn’t cost the users a thing. It’s a form of
philanthropy that works for everyone in this tough economy!
Consumers
are helping their favorite causes by shopping at GoodShop.com where they can
choose from more than 800 well known retailers including Target, Apple,
Macy’s, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Petco and others. The shopping
experience and the prices are exactly the same as going to the retailer
directly, but by going through GoodShop, up to 37% of the purchase price is
donated to the user’s favorite cause. In addition, GoodShop provides the
user with coupons and deals for the stores so not only are they helping a
cause, but they’re saving money while doing so!
Similarly,
approximately one penny is donated to the users’ favorite charity with every
search using the GoodSearch search engine. You use it exactly as you
would any other search engine (it’s powered by Yahoo so you get quality
search results) and the pennies add up quickly – just 500 people searching
four times a day will earn around $7300 in a year! •
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Washington ACORN to Help with Benefit Enrollment and Tax Prep
Washington ACORN (the Association of
Community Organizations for Reform Now) members and Washington ACORN
Institute Dec. 8 will kick off its first ever mobile Prosperity Centers at West
Seattle Food Bank. Washington ACORN
Institute will offer benefits enrollments (with a focus on basic food) ,
free tax preparation, mortgage intake, special holiday budget planning and
access to living wage jobs at its mobile centers. Washington ACORN estimates
there is over 70 million dollars in unclaimed basic food benefits in King
County alone.
ACORN (Association of Community
Organizations for Reform Now) is the nation's largest community organization
of low- and moderate-income families, with over 400,000 member families
organized into 1,200 neighborhood chapters in 110 cities across the country.
Since 1970, ACORN has taken action and won victories on issues of concern to
our members, including better housing for first time homebuyers and tenants,
living wages for low-wage workers, more investment in our communities from
banks and governments, and better public schools.
When: Dec. 8th at 5pm
Where: West Seattle Food Bank 3419 SW Morgan
St Seattle, WA 98126 ( more mobile sites coming soon to North Help Line food
bank ). •
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Critical
Resource Updates
Compiled by Resource Center Staff
It
is always recommended to check Community
Resources Online for additional information and for the most current
information updates of the following resources.
Center for MultiCultural Health now offers free HIV testing and
counseling. Program targets African American males.
Beginning
Jan 1, DSHS will accept children's medical applications for approval up to 300%
FPL. The current limit is 250% FPL.
The Web site for King
County government will drop all of its metrokc.gov address at the end of
2008. All links containing “metrokc.gov” will no longer work. The new Web site
is http://www.kingcounty.gov/.
Lutheran
Community Services Northwest – International Counseling and Community Services
program is not accepting English language clients.
Miracles Food Bank has
opened. It serves South Seattle and Renton and is open M Th, 5:15-7 p.m. 2nd,
3rd and 4th Sa, 3-5 p.m. This year it will be passing out Christmas baskets
and toys. Call (206) 380-6237 for more information.
Pioneer
Human Services will oversee Dutch Shisler Sobering Center beginning Jan.
1, 2009. Limited chemical dependency intake, assessment and outpatient
treatment programs will be offered at the site along with the sobering
services. •
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December and
January Selected Resources
Compiled by Crisis Clinic’s Resource Center
Staff
This
column highlights timely resources in the community information database that
might otherwise go unnoticed by our users. It is always recommended to check Community
Resources Online for additional information and for the most current
information concerning the following resources.
December Resource
Highlights
GriefWorks
Holds two public forums each month on the topics of grief and loss. Topics
deal with the holiday season in November and December.
January Resource Highlights
Seattle Indian Center
Summer Youth Employment Experience: a limited number of work experience
positions are available during the summer months to eligible high school
students. Interested parties should contact the Workforce Investment Act
office in January for further information.
Shoreline Community College
The restorative dental clinic will be open Thursday afternoons January
through May. Patients needing fillings may be referred to the clinic, where a
dentist prepares teeth and a hygiene student does the filling. Cannot do root
canal, orthodontic or surgical work, bridges, gold work, dentures or treat
dental emergencies. Also supervises students as they perform head and neck
exams, medical histories, blood pressure checks, oral exams, fluoride
treatments, cleaning and polishing, X-rays, oral cancer screening, sealants
and oral hygiene instruction. Complete dental care takes at least two
appointments that are three hours each. First appointment is examination only
(except for children), and includes exam and diagnosis by dentist.
Wallingford Community Senior Center
Provides income tax assistance for older adults from the middle of January
through April 15. •
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This Newsletter was last updated on Monday, December 08, 2008 10:02 AM
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