November 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
Youth Clinic adds Dental Resources
6-9pm, Nov. 10
6-9pm, Nov. 17
6-9pm, Dec. 1
6-9pm, Dec. 15
The 45th St. Homeless
Youth Clinic is adding dental hours to assess interest. They now have a dental instructor
with two to four dental students from UW coming in twice a month. They can
see up to six youths a night and will be able to do cleanings, cavity fills,
and the dental basics. Also, the youths do not need to be a patient at the
medical clinic to be a patient for the dental clinic. But they need to be
ages 12-23, currently homeless or have been homeless in the past year,
including being a resident in transitional housing. For questions, call (206)
633-7639.
Medicare Part D Seminar
9:30am-3:30pm, Nov. 16
Lopez Room, Seattle Center
Aging in Place Resource Fair
10am-3pm, Nov. 12
Seattle Center House
Gather information, speak to professionals
and hear from experts on topics related to successfully aging in place. Visit
www.seniorsafehome.com for more information.
Hurricane Katrina Resources
Crisis Clinic continues to actively maintain and
update information and resources for survivors of Hurricane Katrina and their
families and friends. Click here
for more information.
Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference
Nov. 17-20
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
The annual Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference
offers LGBT leaders a unique opportunity to gather in a peer community and
speak out in a unified voice on the challenges they face today. The
event provides networking and leadership development and is presented each
year by the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute in collaboration with theInternational Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials. For more information click here.
Women and Multiple Sclerosis Event
6:30-8:30pm, Nov. 21
Shoreline Conference Center’s Ballinger Room
18560 First Ave, NE
Women with MS are invited to a
discussion about the issues and concerns specific to women living with MS. Discussion
items include diagnosis and prognosis, treatment and therapies, as well as
research. To register, contact the Multiple
Sclerosis Association of King County at (206) 633-2606. Cost is $10.
Pride Foundation Scholarships
The Pride Foundation and the Greater
Seattle Business Association is offering scholarships to students who are
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and straight ally (straight
and supportive of LGBT issues) as well as students from LGBT families. The
scholarships are for post-secondary education (community college through
graduate school) including nontraditional programs, creative study and vocational
training. For more information about the program click here. Applications must be postmarked by Jan.13.
Teen Link Bus Ads
Thanks to the gracious financial support of The
Mental Wellness Foundation, Teen Link is becoming more visible and mobile.
Keep an eye out for the vibrant and colorful Teen Link Ads
in Metro buses running through downtown Seattle and the southside through
mid-November.
For more information about Teen Link click here.
Coping with the Commute
With the closing of the Seattle bus tunnel, here’s
your opportunity to get personal assistance at one of several Plan Your
Commute stations located throughout downtown Seattle. The sessions are
drop-in, and offer advice from an expert trip planner. They are held Monday
through Friday from 11am-2pm each day. See the schedule here.
Communicating with Health Care Providers
5-8:30pm, Nov. 2
LGBT
Community Center
1115 E Pike St, Seattle
This free workshop for lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender individuals and their caregivers and allies will inspire confidence
and strengthen communication skills. Pre-registration is required. Call
Sally, by Oct. 21, at (206) 727-6260.
Financial Planning for API Women
1-6pm, Wed., Oct. 5
China Harbor Restaurant
2040 Westlake Ave, Seattle
This free afternoon with panels, presentations and
workshops also includes networking opportunities, free appetizers and door
prizes. Space is limited. Call (206) 838-8167 for more information and to
RSVP. This event is organized by U.S.
Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, National
Asian Pacific Center on Aging, among others.
Arts Gumbo
5-7:30pm, Sat., Oct. 15
Rainier Valley Cultural Center; 3515
S Alaska St, Seattle; Tickets at the door: $5 or $3 for students and seniors.
Offers a Pacific Islander cultural performance
followed by a dinner and interactive cultural workshop. The program is
designed for all ages. Call (206) 760-4285
or click here
for more information.
Need a Mediator?
King
County Dispute Resolution Center provides mediation and conflict
resolution services as an alternative method for resolving citizen and
community disputes outside of the court system.
Financial Health
The Experimental
College at the University of Washington offers a variety of affordable
courses dealing with paying for college, correcting credit, investing, etc.
Click here
for more information.
Free ‘Taking Care of Our Children’ Booklet
Child
Care Resources offers a free booklet with a wide variety of resource and
child development information. Click here
for a pdf version in English, Chinese, Spanish, Somali or Amharic.
Global Classroom Youth Summit
3-8pm, Sat., Oct. 8
Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 NE 80th St,
Redmond
This free summit organized by World
Affairs Council for middle, high school and college students (also
welcoming teachers and family members) will explore Muslim cultures and
understand the larger context of Islam around the world. Register in advance
by e-mailing globalclassroom@world-affairs.org
with student’s name, school and grade.
New ‘Who Does What’ HIV/AIDS Resource List
Public Health has updated their HIV/AIDS resource list
for Seattle and King County as of September 2005 and is making free copies
available to interested individuals who call the HIV/STD
Hotline at (206) 205-7837.
Hearing Care Assistance for People of Low
Incomes
AUDIENT
– An Alliance for Accessible Hearing Care provides access to hearing care
for persons currently without adequate financial resources. Qualified
patients must have an income at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty
level, or an annual income of $23,500 or less. Amount varies with the number
of family members.
Home Sweet
Home Fair
9:30am-12:30pm
Sat., Oct. 29; Mercer Island Presbyterian Church; 3605 84th Ave SE
Mercer Island
This annual event, featuring keynote
speaker Denise Klein, executive director of Senior Services of Seattle-King County,
offers strategies and resources to help people stay in their homes as they
age. Free parking and refreshments are offered. There is a suggested $5
donation at the door. For more information, call Overlake Hospital Senior
Care at (425) 688-5800.
Facility Spaces
Looking for low cost meeting and
conference sites for rent by non-profit or community groups? Check out Community
Resources Online by selecting Provision of Facilities.
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Community Information Line is Ready
to Refer Clients to Holiday Resources
Jeffrey Markwardt, Certified Resource
Specialist
Those calling Crisis
Clinic’s Community
Information Line can now be connected with one
or more of the 200 programs we have listed for the 2005 winter holiday season
such as Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year’s Eve.
In 2004, we took more than
2,300 calls for holiday assistance. We’re expecting and have prepared for an
increased call volume this year.
Holiday resources are also available
for free at Community
Resources Online. To search for holiday resources, click on the above
hyperlink, you will see a page with 13 different topic categories. The winter
holiday topic category is the third category from the top in the far left
column. Beneath this category are separate hyperlinks for Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Other Winter Holidays (Halloween, Hanukkah, New Years, Kwanzaa,
etc.). Click on one of these hyperlinks.
A disclaimer will appear
notifying the user that winter holiday information changes quickly. Click on
the button to confirm that you have read the disclaimer. From here, the user
is taken to a screen and is asked to select a subcategory. If you would like
to narrow your search to a specific geographical region, check up to four
different geographic locations and finally click the search button at the
bottom of the page.
A preview screen appears
with your search results. To get detailed information on a specific resource,
click on the service name to see the service screen which lists detailed
information on application procedures, eligibility requirements, service
description, etc.
To make sure that your
holiday service is listed in our Holiday Resource List, call Jeffrey at (206)
461-3210, ext. 678. If you would like to purchase a paper copy of our holiday
list for yourself or to distribute to agency clients, please click here
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Local and Federal Help is Available
for Victims of Human Trafficking
Jeffrey Markwardt,
Certified Resource Specialist
Human trafficking is an ongoing problem in the
United States and in King County with 17,000 to 25,000 people being illegally
trafficked in the U.S. every year.
Traffickers use force, fraud or coercion for the
purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor. Who is being trafficked and
who is doing the trafficking might come to a surprise to those in our area
not familiar with the issue.
“(A trafficker) could be anybody,” says Judith
Panlasigui with Asian and Pacific Women and Family Safety Center. “A
trafficker could be this well-known person in the community who also is
generously giving back to the community.”
Detective Harvey Sloan with the Seattle Police
Department has observed people trafficking and exploiting others not only in
their own ethnic group but also within their own families.
Victims of human trafficking could be educated or
uneducated, documented or undocumented, citizens or non-citizens, white or
persons of color, male or female and young or old.
Human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery.
It is tied with the weapons industry as the second largest criminal industry
in the world. It is used as a form of exploitation not only in the sex
industry but also in restaurants, hotels, domestic work, construction and
agriculture.
Traffickers
manipulate victims by playing on their fears of being turned over to
Immigration Customs and Enforcement, formerly called Immigration and
Naturalization Services. This creates
a dependency between their victims and traffickers because few know that
there is a process where they could legally enter and stay in our country.
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 established the “T-Visa” to give
victims of human trafficking temporary status in the United States after
which they can apply for permanent residence. Most of the 5,000 available
T-Visas go unused.
According to Detective Sloan, most victims of human
trafficking don’t want to stay. They want to make money and then go back to
their countries of origin and live with their family. This desire for a
better living is the foundational reason human trafficking exists today.
Other countries’ increased poverty, government corruption and lack of
employment opportunities create a situation where people are vulnerable to
the deceitful promises used by human traffickers. And these deceitful
promises used by human traffickers work not only abroad, but also on U.S.
citizens who are vulnerable themselves.
Countering the fears that human traffickers instill
in their victims is difficult. Once having escaped the physical restraints of
guards in front of their living quarters, victims have to deal with the
psychological restraints holding them back from escaping their traffickers.
Once placed in a safe house, victims of human trafficking sometimes end up
running back to their traffickers.
Below are five questions that can help identify
victims of human trafficking:
·
What kind of work do you do?
·
Are you paid what you have been promised?
·
Are you forced or coerced to work?
·
Has your passport been taken away from you?
·
Are you being threatened?
The Trafficking Response Team affiliated with Refugee
Women’s Alliance is a great state resource for dealing with issues
related to victims of human trafficking. They can provide assistance in 20
different languages and are available 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday at (206)
898-4741 and after hours or on weekends at (206) 467-9976.
The Trafficking Information and Referral Hotline is
a national toll-free hotline providing assistance 24 hours daily at (888)
373-7888.
For more information about human trafficking visit, www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking.•
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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 updates of
following resources.
The Bunkhouse
operated by SHARE/WHEEL
provides shelter for men and women experiencing homelessness. Shelter is open
for day and overnight rest and operates a hygiene center including a kitchen,
showers, coin-operated laundry, lockers and a TV room. Weekly house meeting
is required, and all residents share in taking care of chores. Sobriety on
site is required. There is no limit to how long a person can stay.
Catholic
Community Services – Family Center –
South King is coordinating a new men’s shelter
program in Renton called ARISE,
which is similar to the HOME
program already in Kent. Through the program, Renton area congregations will
rotate hosting the shelter on a monthly basis. The shelter opened Nov. 1.
Des
Moines Area Food Bank offers additional hours every 3rd Tuesday of the
month from 6-8pm, beginning this month.
El
Centro de la Raza’s central office phone number is now (206) 957-4601 and
the social services phone number is now (206) 957-4634.
An online database, www.findaride.org, has been created to help people with
special needs, case managers and agencies find special needs transportation
services in the Central Puget Sound Region. The database provides information
on transit agencies; other transportation providers; agencies which help
riders pick providers or arrange for rides; agencies which pay for rides;
rideshare and vanpool information; home delivery; and programs which lend,
rent or purchase vehicles for people with special needs.
King
County Winter Response Shelter has opened and will provide 50 severe-weather
shelter beds for men in the fall and winter. Shelter is open every night with
no connection to weather forecast. No meal, hygiene, or daytime storage
services are provided. Shelter is open until March 31.
Salvation
Army – Renton Corps has moved to 206 S Tobin St, Renton, WA 98055.
Seattle
Parks and Recreation’s Van Asselt Community Center will be closed for a
remodel until approximately September 2006.
The city of Seattle’s Severe
Weather Shelters are ready to open when inclement weather hits: (1)
Occurance or prediction of 32 degrees or below; (2) Occurance or prediction
of a high temperature of 35 degrees; or (3) Excessive precipitation - snow or
rain. The severe weather shelter at Frye
Hotel has beds for 25 women, and the shelter at the Seattle
Municipal Building has 75 co-ed beds.
Applications are no longer being
accepted for housing at the Wintonia,
run by the Archdiocesan
Housing Authority. The waiting list is full.•
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November and December
Selected Resources
Compiled by Crisis Clinic’s Resource Center
This column highlights available 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.
Des
Moines Senior Activity Center
The senior center runs a volleyball program from October to May. This program
is open to all older adults who desire to have fun and get in shape.
Open play is Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-3pm at the Des Moines Field House.
Drop-in cost is $2.
Families
for Effective Autism Treatment – FEAT of Washington
Program hosts children with autism and their siblings. Activities are designed
to get children out of the house and facilitate productive social interaction
with other children. Activities are run by trained facilitators and include
fun, social and educational activities geared specifically for children with
autism and their siblings. Provides three hours of quality respite for
parents. The event takes place every second Saturday of the month from
10am-1pm October through June.
FamilyWorks
Offers one-on-one tutoring and community workshops/programs to help children
build skills and self-esteem. Community members, organizations and volunteers
may conduct workshops and activities relating to careers, dealing with
conflict, cultural diversity, nutrition, gardening, art and music. Tutoring
takes place from 3:30-5:30pm, every Monday. Tutoring/community
workshops/programs take place from 3:30-5:30pm, Wednesday. Programs are
offered during the school year (October through May). Programs start Oct. 12.
Call to register in advance.
GriefWorks
– A Bereavement Resource for Education & Support
Provides one-day retreat opportunities for families with children, ages 6-18,
to participate in memorial activities to grieve a death or loss. The day will
include separate and combined groups for adults, teens and children;
workshops for each group; and rituals for all. Adult groups will focus on
parenting children who are experiencing grief while taking care of their own
grief. Children will participate in memorial art activities and storytelling
and will have mementos to take home. Participants are asked to bring a sack
lunch. Snacks and beverages will be provided. Upcoming dates will be
10am-4pm, Oct. 29 and Dec. 3.
SmileMobile
Mobile dental van offers oral health services for children on a year-round
basis. Basic dental services include examinations, preventive care, fillings,
and minor oral surgery. Van locations vary in Washington state. Will be in
Tukwila Oct. 31-Nov. 4. Accepts medical coupons and offers sliding scale fee
structure with up to 90 percent off the fee.
YWCA
of Seattle/King County Snohomish County – East Cherry
Coordinates an annual higher education fair in October for students to learn
about options for college. Each year features a particular college. Offers
free workshops. The colleges that primarily attend are known as historically
black colleges and universities. This year’s fair will be from noon-4:30pm,
Oct. 23 at Seattle Central Community College, 1701 Broadway, Seattle.
November Resource Highlights
Artist
Trust
Awards $10,000 annually to one female visual artist over the age of 60. The
money is unrestricted. Artists must be nominated by individuals other than
themselves. Applications are available in November. To receive an
application, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Artist Trust, walk in
or visit the Web site. Nomination forms are accepted each year in January.
Catholic
Community Services – Family Center – South King
During severe weather, provides motel vouchers for homeless seniors,
individuals with disabilities and families in Kent. Program operates from
Nov. 1 to March 31. Language interpreters are available if prior notice is
given. Spanish is spoken.
Central
Area Motivation Program
Offers limited emergency cold-weather motel vouchers during winter months
(November-March).
Federal
Way Community Caregiving Network
Serves hot meals for anyone in need. From November to April, may have
available socks, hats, gloves, tarps, and hygiene items for dinner guests;
supply fluctuates and is subject to donations received.
Rebuilding
Together Eastside
Recipients will have a one-day, home repair project completed by volunteers.
Services include interior and exterior painting, carpentry, minor plumbing repairs,
electrical work, accessibility modifications, yard work, etc. Call for an
application. Applications are due by Nov. 30 of each year and final selection
of houses will be announced by Jan. 30 of each year. Applicants are
encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Washington
State Utilities and Transportation Commission – Consumer Affairs
Begins its moratorium on utility disconnection. Under state law, utilities
supplying electricity or natural gas for home heating cannot discontinue
service for low-income households between Nov. 15 and March 15 for reasons of
nonpayment, provided the customer complies with the provisions of the law. If
the customer does not comply with the provisions, the company can disconnect
the electricity and refuse to reconnect until the entire balance owed to the
utility is paid.
December Resource Highlights
Artist Trust
Provides support for artist-generated projects through Grants for Artist
Projects (GAP) which can include the development, completion or presentation
of new work. Awards are up to $1,400 annually. Applications for GAP are
available in December.
Seattle
Vocational Institute
Kwanzaa Festival 2005 will create a holiday marketplace for sharing
collective resources and creating financial empowerment by featuring business
retail vendors, food vendors and exhibit floor entertainment. Hourly
educational seminars offer information on housing resources, credit repair,
energy assistance and legal and employment clinics from various agencies.
Festival takes place 6-9pm, Friday, Dec. 9; Noon-7pm, Saturday-Sunday, Dec.
10-11, 2005. Visit sviweb.sccd.ctc.edu/kwanzaa/index.htm
for more information.
Southeast
Effective Development
Offers a Northwest Native Holiday
Bazaar with crafts, food and cultural entertainment including films and
dances from 10am-5pm, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005.
Friends of Francois (needs to be hyperlinked
when CRO is uploaded)
Provides a New Year's meal outdoors for anyone in need from 1-3pm, on New
Year's Day, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006.
GriefWorks
– A Bereavement Resource for Education and Support
Hosts two monthly open community meetings to discuss topics of grief and
loss. Topics change each month. See Web site at http://www.griefworks.org for
details. 10:30am-noon, Monday, Dec. 12 - Grief and Surviving the Holidays.
7:00-8:30pm, Thursday, Dec. 22 - Grief and Surviving the Holidays
City of Seattle – Human Services Department –
Mayor’s Office for Senior Citizens (needs to be hyperlinked when CRO is
uploaded)
Organizes a free holiday ball for seniors at Seattle City Hall from
noon-3:30pm, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005. Must RSVP. Main entrance is on 5th Avenue.
Includes a light lunch.
SEAFAIR
– Christmas Cruise
Coordinates an annual cruise for individuals with developmental disabilities
from 3:30-5:30pm, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005. Call by Monday, Nov. 21, 2005 to
register. This cruise is a holiday boat parade on Lake Washington and Lake
Union. Local yacht clubs and independent boat owners donate time, boats, and
crew. Boats are launched from various locations. Boats cruise parallel to the
520 bridge and then return to their respective loading locations in Lake
Union and Lake Washington. The boat parade can be viewed from West Montlake
Park and along the Montlake Cut.
Seattle
International Church
Gives out more than 10,000 toys. There will be a drawing for about 60 girls
and boys bicycles. Every child must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to
receive a toy. A Christmas musical program will be held at 7pm, Saturday,
December 17, 2005, and Sunday, December 18, 2005. Mass is at 10:30am on Su,
December 18th. Gifts will be given at the end or the beginning of the musical
program and at the Mass. Mass attendance is not required.
Many more holiday programs in our community can
be found by searching our Winter Holidays topic category at Community
Resources Online. •
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This Newsletter was last updated on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 09:57 AM
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