November 2006:
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) 621-4636
(206) 461-3610 TTY
8am-8pm, daily
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
8am-5pm, M-F
Holiday Information Available on 2-1-1 Community Information Line
Crisis Clinic’s Resource Center
has compiled a list of Thanksgiving, Christmas and other fall and winter
holiday resources for King County residents. The
2-1-1 Community Information Line has been making referrals to callers since
mid-October. These holiday resources can also be accessed online at www.crisisclinic.org or by clicking here.
Echo Glen Therapy Program Wins Award
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program (DBT) at Echo
Glen Children's Center in Snoqualmie has received the Program of the Year
Award from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. Echo Glen is
operated by the Department of Social and Health Services -Juvenile
Rehabilitation Administration. The juvenile offenders at Echo Glen have a
complex spectrum of mental health disorders which include mood and anxiety
disorders, substance abuse, and occasionally, but with low frequency,
psychosis
Agencies Explain
New Program for Young Adults
1-3pm, Sat., Nov. 11
8825 Rainier Ave. S
Rainier Beach Community Center
Seattle, 98118
Street
Outreach Services has partnered with several local agencies to offer a
new program, Clean Dreams, which provides resources and services to young
adults who have been convicted of a drug charge. More information about the
program will be available at the forum. For more information about Clean
Dreams or the community forum, call Street Outreach Services at (206)
625-0854 or call the program office at (206) 723-6354.
Save the Date
Seattle/King
County Coalition for the Homeless has announced the 2007 One Night Count will take place in the early hours of
Friday, Jan. 26. The Street Count of
Unsheltered Homeless People takes place between 2am-5am when teams of people
cover parts of Seattle, Shoreline, Bellevue, Kent, Federal Way, Renton, White
Center and other places in King County.
The Shelter Survey takes place on the same night. Together these pieces of information give
us a snapshot of how many people are homeless in King County on a single
winter night. For more details, click here.
DV Advocates and Criminal Justice Reform
Advocates Meet to Talk
6-8pm, Mon. Nov. 6
705 2nd Ave, Suite 300
Washington ACLU's Conference Room
Seattle
Crime
Survivors for Community Safety, a program of Partnership for Safety and
Justice, has organized “A Unique Community Gathering and Informal
Conversation between Advocates for Survivors of Violence and Crime and
Criminal Justice Reform Advocates.” This gathering will be a time for people
who work around violence, crime and our criminal justice system to meet and
talk about the approaches they take to their work, listen to each other’s
perspectives and learn from each other. For questions or to RSVP, contact
Arwen Bird at (503) 335-8449.
Concerned about West Nile Virus?
West Nile virus has been
detected in several dead birds found in King County. Public
Health – Seattle & King County has set up a West Nile hotline at (206) 205-3883. King County residents can report a dead
crow by calling (206) 205-4394.
Up-to-date information about the status of West Nile Virus in King
County is available at Public Health’s Web site here.
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Part D)
Enrollment Reopens
The
open enrollment period for the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Part D)
begins Nov. 15 and runs through Dec. 31. If you had a Medicare Part D Plan in
2006, the open enrollment period is the time you can change to a different
plan. If you did not have a Medicare Part D Plan in 2006 and are interested,
open enrollment is the time you can enroll. Either way, open enrollment is a
great time to review your prescription drug coverage for 2007. For more
information call the SHIBA
helpline operated by Senior
Services of Seattle/King County at (888) 680-6880.
Community Forum on Gentrification
6-8:30p.m., Wed., Nov. 8
309 Pontius Ave N
Cascade Peoples Center
Seattle
The
Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites will host a Community Forum “There Goes
The Neighborhood.... What’s going on? Displacement of low income families and
people of color in Seattle.” At the forum, a multi-racial, multi-class
panel of neighborhood activists and community members will talk about
gentrification and how it affects people of color, Seattle's low and
middle-income workforce, public housing residents and youth. For details
about the forum or the Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites, click here.
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Seasonal Resources Brochure Available
By Stephanie Ross, Housing Specialist
We are pleased to announce that 2-1-1
Community Information Line now has a new brochure! King
County Seasonal Resources 2006-2007 contains resources to help
individuals and families through the winter season including heating, shelter
and holiday information.
This new brochure can be easily
downloaded by visiting our Web site www.crisisclinic.org,
clicking on the Crisis Clinic Home page, and following the link “Download our
Housing and Emergency Services Brochures.”
The holiday programs listed in the
brochure are just a small portion of programs available in the area. To find
out about more options, people should call 2-1-1.
The seasonal brochure will be
added to the Low-Cost
Housing, Men’s
Emergency Services, Women’s Emergency
Services, and Emergency
Shelter brochures that are also available for download and have been
newly updated as of November 2006.
Please feel free to e-mail sross@crisisclinic.org
if there are any changes that need to be made. •
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Clients Who Need a
Misdemeanor Warrant Quashed can get Help From
New Program
By Hannah Newton, Certified Resource
Specialist
Seattle Homeless Court has
expanded its services to include anyone who needs services. The program had
been created for veterans, but not enough veterans needed the service.
Clients need to have been issued
a misdemeanor warrant by the Seattle Municipal Court. They also need to have
completed one or more of the following since the warrant was issued:
·
Completed substance abuse treatment
·
Completed an educational program
·
Found employment
·
Secured housing
·
Made measurable life changes
The Seattle Homeless Court is an
effort to assist homeless individuals in overcoming barriers to housing, employment and other
services. The court currently works
as an informal referral process between service providers and Dave Chapman at
the Associated Counsel for the Accused. The ACA is one of four agencies that
contracts with the King
County Office of the Public Defender to handle a portion of the county’s
public defense work.
Clients can be assured that any
information they provide will be kept confidential. Also, they will not be
arrested for providing any information. •
For
details, or to access services, contact Dave Chapman, Associated Counsel for
the Accused:
110
Prefontaine Pl S, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 624-8105, ext. 237 – phone
(206) 624-9339 – fax
david.chapman@metrokc.gov
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DVR Contacting Clients on
its Waiting List
By DSHS staff
The Department of Social and
Health Services (DSHS) is contacting clients with disabilities who have been
waiting for vocational rehabilitation services to let them know they now can
be served.
The DSHS
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) has more than 12,000
clients waiting to receive services to help them go to work. The division
does not have enough resources to serve everyone who is eligible and by law,
must serve individuals with the most significant disabilities first.
Kelly Boston, DVR Administrator,
said the agency began contacting more than 2,000 clients from its priority
one waiting list in September to let them know services are now available.
The division plans to serve even more from its waiting list over the coming
months.
“We are urging clients who are
on the DVR waiting list to let us know when they move so we can reach them as
soon as it becomes possible to begin serving them,” Boston said. Many times
clients waiting for DVR services move and cannot be contacted when services
are available.
Boston emphasized that DVR will
continue efforts to contact these clients via telephone and partner
organizations, but urged any waiting DVR clients who have lost contact with
the agency to get back in touch. She said, “Any waiting client who hasn't let
us know of a recent address change should contact us by going into the
closest DVR office or by calling 1-800-637-5627 (Voice and TTY).”
Clients can find the closest DVR
office at its Web site: www1.dshs.wa/gov/dvr/.
DVR counselors work one-on-one
with clients to help them decide on a career and plan how to obtain a
competitive job in the community. DVR counselors help individuals update or get
new work skills through training, assistive technology, placement assistance
and a variety of other services. During the past year, DVR helped
approximately 2,000 people with disabilities enter the work force.
Currently, there are about 2,700
people on the DVR waiting list in priority category one, approximately 9,000
individuals in priority category two and 500 in priority category three. •
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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 the following resources.
ARISE
men’s shelter in Renton has reopened. Renton area congregations rotate
hosting the shelter on a monthly basis. The shelter is a program of Catholic
Community Services – Family Center in South King County.
Capitol
Hill Community Resource Center has changed its hours to 2-4pm, Tu Th.
Previously the agency was open from 1-4pm, Tu Th.
Catholic
Community Services is accepting referrals for its new transitional
housing program at Alder Crest Apartments in the High Point neighborhood of
West Seattle. Catholic Community Services is working with Seattle Housing
Authority and will provide case management services to residents. Applicants must
be low-income Seattle families to qualify for the program. For details, call
(425) 883-0150.
Central
Area Motivation Program will start making appointments from the Energy
Assistance Line Nov. 1. CAMP serves Seattle residents.
Family
& Adult Service Center has extended the number of days families may
stay at the shelter from 30 days to 90 days.
Gethsemane
Community Services has changed its name to Gethsemane
Employment & Community Services.
His
Ministry has moved its outdoor hot meal location to 1020 J Street, Les
Gove Park, Auburn, where it serves hot meals Wednesdays and Fridays in the
multi-purpose building. The agency also has changed its contact phone number
for clients, to (253) 315-9570.
There
is no longer a Resident
Choices program at Family Services’ Lake City office. All intake for
Resident Choices (housing case management for Seattle residents, including
eviction prevention or move-in assistance) happens only at their location at
Denny and Virginia streets.
Street
Outreach Services is moving out of its office at 2028 Westlake Ave in
Seattle. It has not yet secured a new location. The phone number will not
change, but services will be temporarily based out of its Rainier Beach office
at 9040 Rainier Ave S.
Tent
City 4 will move Nov. 11 to St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 12600 84th
Avenue NE, Kirkland, WA 98034, where they will be until early February. •
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November and December
Selected Resources
Compiled by Crisis Clinic’s Resource Center Staff
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.
November Resource Highlights
Auburn
Parks & Recreation Department
Hosts the Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall Tribute exhibit from Nov. 7 - Nov.
14. Exhibit is a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and pays tribute
to those who served in the U.S. Armed Forced during the Vietnam War. Exhibit
includes children's activities and educational displays.
Ethnic
Heritage Council
The council and Crossroads Shopping Center will present the 16th Annual Cultural
Crossroads Festival, November 3-5, at Crossroads Shopping Center, located at
NE 8th and 156th Ave. NE in Bellevue. The festival will feature some of the
area’s best ethnic entertainment on two stages, an international bazaar and
exhibits.
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
Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Promotes development and sustainability of community-based programs designed
to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect through: (1)
funding of community-based demonstration projects; (2) providing technical
assistance, training and resource information to local programs; and (3)
evaluations of program effectiveness. Some materials are available in
Spanish, Russian, and Vietnamese.
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
Applications for the Grants for Artist Projects are available in December.
Receive an application by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to
Artist Trust, walk in or download an application from the Web site. The
deadline is February of each year. About 700 apply each year. Provides
support for artist-generated projects, which can include the development,
completion or presentation of new work. Awards are up to $1,400 annually.
Griefworks
Holds two public forums each month on the topics of grief and loss. Topics
deal with the holiday season in November and December. “Healing Tools for the
Holidays” will be discussed at November’s forum and “Grief and Surviving the
Holidays” will be discussed at December’s forum.
Lutheran
Community Services Northwest - Cascade People’s Center Provides blankets
and coats of all sizes, for any adults and children in need. May also
distribute a limited supply of shoes and/or socks. Items are new or gently
used. Distribution will occur 10am-2pm, Friday, December 8, 2006. First-come,
first-served.
Fremont
Public Association - Volunteer Program
Volunteers, many who are homebound, knit or crochet handmade hats, scarves,
mittens and baby items for homeless people in Seattle/King County.
Approximately 3,000 items are made annually. Volunteers who want to make
clothing are asked to call or visit the office. Finished clothing is given to
shelters and agencies in the community. Agencies should apply by Nov. 27.
Call for a request form. Distribution will be Dec. 4. Agency representatives
will have to pick up their items at the Fremont Public Association. •
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