June 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
Seattle Jobs Initiative Announces Next Program Sessions
Seattle Jobs Initiative
helps people support themselves and their families through living wage
careers by providing job skills training and job placement assistance as well
as support services such as housing, child care, transportation and
counseling. Participants must be at least 18 years old, low-income and reside
within the boundaries of the City of Seattle or in White Center. Summer class
session starts June 30. Fall class session starts Sept. 29. For details, call
(206) 628-6967.
Grief Support Group for People with
Developmental Disabilities
Saturday, July 19,
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Seattle
Providence
Hospice of Seattle’s Letting Grow group will meet in Seattle’s South Lake
Union neighborhood. This support group provides opportunities for persons
with developmental disabilities to share their experiences with grief and
loss. For more information (including meeting location), please call (206)
320-7157.
Health Fair Targets African Immigrants and
Refugees
Saturday, June 28,
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
2820 S Myrtle St
Van Asselt Community Center
Center for Well-being of Africans in America
will be hosting a health fair that will increase the level of awareness of
health care services available to members of the African immigrant and
refugee community. Providers at the fair are encouraged to provide free
health screenings. The fair will try to address common limitations on access
to health care services, which are complicated by language barrier and
cultural differences in approach to health practices. Interpreters will be
provided for the event. There is still space for providers interested in
setting up a booth. For details, call (206) 925-4800.
Domestic Violence Training for Providers
Serving Youth
Friday, June 13,
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
104 17th Ave. S
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center
Seattle
Forum will examine issues of
dating/domestic violence and sexual abuse in various communities; addressing
the unique challenges in each community and how providers may assist. Also
will highlight sexual health and family planning programs working with girls
and young women through in-school and community education. For more
information or to register, click here.
Did you Know?
You can find summer camps on
Crisis Clinic’s Community
Resources online by using the search term “Camps”? You can then choose
one of the more specific topics of Day Camps, Residential Camps, Special
Interest Camps and Therapeutic Camps.
Auburn Celebrates KidsDay
Friday, June 20,
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
3030 R St SE,
Game Farm Park, Auburn
Activities include inflatable rides, arts and crafts, face painting,
activities, miniature golf, information fair, concessions and more. Food concessions
available for a nominal fee. Non-profit agencies interested in attending can
download an application from the Web
site. For more information, call (253) 931-3043
The
Seattle Central Area Chamber of Commerce Juneteenth Freedom Festival &
Parade
June 15, 16 and 17
Pratt Park,
20th and E. Yesler
The Juneteenth Celebration of
Freedom commemorates the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas;
the last state to free enslaved African Americans. For more information contact Seattle Central Chamber of Commerce
at (206) 325-2864.
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About 125,000 Seattle Televisions
Could go Blank and What to Do About It
By Jill Novak, Strategic Advisor, Office of
Cable Communications
On Feb. 17, 2009, all television broadcast networks will
switch to digital-only broadcasting across the United States. If consumers
are using pay television (cable or satellite) or if they recently purchased a
television with a built-in digital tuner, they probably won't notice a
change. But, if they are receiving broadcast signals on older, analog
televisions that use rabbit ears or roof-top antennas, those televisions will
no longer work until they are connected to a digital converter box (coupons
are available).
It is estimated that approximately 125,000 televisions in
Seattle have the potential to go black on February 17, 2009. We expect
that this will disproportionately affect low-income and senior residents, as
well as people who speak English as a second language. We also expect
that citizens will contact government social service agencies if they are
unaware of this change and are caught by surprise when their televisions no
longer work.
If you want to learn more about this, you can attend a
workshop Monday sponsored by the city of Seattle. You will need to RSVP
to Jill Novik at jill.novik@seattle.gov or
(206) 684-8583 to make sure there is adequate room
for you to attend.
The workshop will be Monday,
June 2, 2008 and will be hosted by the city of Seattle featuring Mary
Lou Kenney of the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA - the organization charged with handling the digital
converter coupon program).
The workshop will be free and will run from 10-11:30 a.m.
on June 2 at in the Officers Club at 860 Terry Ave N in Seattle, at the very
south end of Lake Union.
For those unable to attend the workshop, information
about the digital television conversion and the TV converter box coupons is
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Can Your Medicare Patients Afford
Their Prescription Drugs?
By Toni
Lysen, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services
The
Medicare Part D program offers prescription drug coverage, but most enrollees
pay a monthly premium, have a deductible and pay co-payments. Those on both
Medicaid and Medicare automatically receive assistance with these costs, but
those who do not qualify for Medicaid might still be eligible for some
assistance called the low income subsidy (LIS). This extra help could be
worth up to $3,600 per year and requires an application.
To qualify
for extra help your patient must have:
·
Income
limited to $15,600 for an individual or $21,000 for a married couple living
together.
·
Resources
limited to $11,990 for an individual or $23,970 for a married couple
living together. Resources include such things as bank accounts, stocks and
bonds but exclude their house and car.
Your patient
can apply to receive the LIS by calling the Statewide Health Insurance
Benefits Advisors Program of Washington at (800) 562-6900 or by calling
Social Security at (800) 772-1213 TTY (800) 325-0778 for those deaf or hard of hearing.
Alternatively, patients can apply themselves, or can be assisted to apply
online at https://secure.ssa.gov/apps6z/i1020/main.html.
More
information about the Part D LIS is available online at http://www.ssa.gov/prescriptionhelp/. •
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Verbena
Health Has Closed
Information compiled from press releases
The
Verbena Board of Directors has announced that the services of Verbena Health, a health care
service provider for lesbian, bisexual and transgender women have been
halted. An investigation of allegations of financial mismanagement is
currently being conducted.
According to a
statement on its Web site, “It is our hope that at the end of our
investigation, the Board of Directors, with the full support of the
community, will find a way to continue to provide these essential health care
services, which so many people in the lesbian, bisexual and transgender
community have come to rely upon.”
The organization had
partnered with Gay City Health Project
to offer comprehensive health programs at the Center for LGBT Health on
Capitol Hill.
In a press release on
its Web site, Gay City said its programs will continue. “While the agencies have collaborated at the
Center for LGBT Health, Gay City is not involved in the current financial
investigation. “Our fiscal structure is independent of any other
organization, and is monitored by an independent auditor,” (Executive
Director Gary) Swanson adds. “The issues Verbena is addressing are
distinct from, and financially unrelated to, the finances and programs at Gay
City Health Project.” •
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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.
Catholic Community Services – East
King County has moved to a new
location: 875 140th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98005.
Their new phone number is (425) 213-1963. They are still also
available toll-free at (800) 872-3204. All services at this location are now
by appointment only, with no walk-in assistance.
CityTeam
Ministries is now only allowing people to stay at its shelter for 90 days
a year. Currently there is no limit to the length of time they can stay. The
shelter serves single adult men.
Community Psychiatric Clinic’s
administrative offices moved May 27 from 4319 Stone Way N to 11000 Lake City
Way
NE. While Next Day Appointments (NDAs) will now be conducted at the Lake City
Way office, changes to service delivery are limited; the 4120 Stone Way
office, for instance, is operating as usual. Contact CPC at (206) 461-3614
for more information.
Hopelink has
launched Sound Transit’s Bus Buddy Program. The program that pairs seniors,
youth, people with special needs and low-income individuals with a volunteer
“buddy,” who teaches them how to use public transit in King County.
Public
Health’s Needle Exchange Program has cut back its hours at its Rainier
Valley site. The Needle Exchange van will still offer services Mondays from
9:30-11 a.m., but no longer on Friday mornings.
Seattle’s Human
Services Department has launched a pilot program to help renters who have
been displaced by the conversion of their apartments to condominiums. It has
contracted with Solid
Ground, whose staff will work with these renters. They may receive
monetary assistance of up to $1,500.
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June and July 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.
June Resource
Highlights
Overlake Service League
Provides children's school
clothing vouchers throughout the summer; call for a home visit in June.
Serves school children, ages 4 through 15. Must be residents of Bellevue
School District (98004, 98005, 98006, 98007 and 98008). A home visit is
required for assistance. (425) 451-1175.
ROAR
- Resources, Opportunities, Advocacy and Referrals
Places low-income and homeless
children, ages 9 through 16, in one of three week-long overnight summer
camps. All camps are Christian-focused and incorporate Bible study and prayer
into campers' daily activities. Other activities include swimming, boating,
arts & crafts, hiking and music. ROAR provides participants with camping
supplies such as clothing, shoes, toiletries, towels, sleeping bags and other
accessory items such as instant cameras, flashlights etc. Provides drop-off
and pick-up at the beginning and end of each session. Call and register by
June (206) 634-1977.
July Resource
Highlights
Bellevue Parks and
Community Services
Hires teenagers to work on a variety of projects throughout the park system
in July and August. Project examples include trail maintenance, painting fences
and building sheds. Also offers an employment-training program and personal
finance class to those already enrolled in the program.
Ethnic
Heritage Council
The
22nd Annual Naturalization Ceremony for new citizens is held on the 4th of
July at Seattle Center from noon to 1:00 p.m. More
than 500 individuals from over 70 countries will take the oath of US
citizenship. Elected officials, dignitaries, friends, relatives and others pay
tribute to these new citizens in a poignant program featuring entertainment
by the US Navy Band Northwest, a Native American storyteller and children
from around the world. Visit
the Web site for a contribution/membership form.
Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation
Will host its 50th annual
FOR Northwest
Regional conference at Seabeck
Conference Center in Seabeck, July 3-6. Additional info and scholarship
forms here.
Over 200 people from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and beyond gather
for talks, workshops, fun and fellowship. •
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