Community Services

There are many service providers located in your community that can provide services to help you and your family in times of need. Please review our listings of organizations and institutions that are dedicated to helping those who are in a time of need. From food and shelter, to domestic violence resources, transportation needs and beyond, there
is always someone out there who wants to help.

Ensuring that your family has adequate food is essential. Your WorkSource Center has information to help you find the assistance you need. Finding housing and utilities assistance is very important to us. Your WorkSource Center offers brochures and flyers in many different ways. Some of these include the use of computers, books, videos, and workshops or by meeting with someone

You may contact the resources listed in the community resources section below to be connected with the appropriate agency that can address your specific situation. The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) administers the Food Stamp Program through local Community Service Offices to help low-income households buy the food they need for a nutritionally adequate diet. Food, nutrition counseling, and access to health services are provided to low-income women, infants, and children under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, popularly known as WIC. Check below for the office that serves the area where you live.

Brochures and informational pamphlets as well as a list of food banks in the area are available in the Job Search Resource Room.

Finding or maintaining a place to live without violence is an essential need.

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WASHINGTON & IDAHO
INTERNATIONAL COUNSELING SERVICE
(425)672-6009 (425)672-6009 8117
240th Street SW, Edmonds, WA 98026
9:00AM-5:00PM, Monday-Friday.

Fees are adjustable. For Bosnian, Iranian, Afghan, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Polish, and Russian refugees/ immigrants.

Wheelchair Accessible Bus routes within four blocks: Community Transit #140

Languages spoken other than English: All languages spoken by the elligible clients.

Multilingual, bicultural, professional mental health counselors provide advocacy, bilingual translation/word processing; crisis intervention; consultation during psychiatric hospitalizations; cross cultural mental health consulting; ethnic specific support groups; case management; individual/family/marriage counseling; medication monitoring; and mental health prevention workshops.

There may be funds available to help provide for your family in time of need. Some agencies can also help you manage the funds you have. Your WorkSource has services or service referrals to help you find the assistance you need.

You may contact the resources listed in the community resources section below to be connected with the appropriate agency that can address your specific situation. Income assistance programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Food Stamp Program are administered by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Check below in the community resources section for the office that serves the area where you live. Help with financial and debt/credit management is available from Consumer Credit Counseling (also listed below).

Brochures and informational pamphlets are available in the Job Search Resource Room.

Finding transportation preferences and needs is important to us. Your WorkSource Center offers transportation information and in qualified cases, referral to agencies for assistance.