Youth

DSHS Children's Administration
Child Abuse & Neglect Reports: 1-800-562-5624 (24-hour phone number)
Seattle office: 206-691-2300
Seattle office toll free number: 1-800-379-3395
Foster Parent/Adoptive Parenting Information: 1-800-760-5340

King West DCFS - Harrison Building; 100 West Harrison; South Tower, Suite 100; Seattle, WA 98119-4116; MailStop: MS N56-2

Formerly Children's Protective Services (CPS). Investigates reports of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Family counseling services. This is a government agency with enforcement powers.
Verified from their web site 3/06, but no telephone follow-up.

Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS)
206-726-8500
206-726-9423 fax
1814 Summit Ave., Seattle 98122

Advocacy for homeless youth rights, outreach services, some limited stipends, referrals. Staffed mainly by homeless or formerly homeless youth. Mon. 11-4 p.m., Fri. 1-6 p.m., or by appointment. School hours (ages 14-21) Tues-Fri. 11-5 p.m. AHAC provides Holistic Medicine on 2nd and 4th Monday of the month, 1-4 p.m. Sign up is on that day. Employment assistance program, case management by appointment.
Program Verified 12/09

Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA)
206-721-0243
4008 MLK Way S., Seattle 98108

After-school and summer program for children (ages 7 - 14) of refugees and immigrants includes homework tutoring, cross-cultural activities such as folktales, oral histories, and skits.
Verified 12/02

Sanctuary Art Center
206-522-6256
1604 NE 50th St, Seattle 98105

Non-profit art studio serving homeless youth and young adults ages 13-25. Programs in Visual Arts, Theater and Music. Open Tuesday & Thursday 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Friday 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Verified 12/07

National Runaway Switchboard
1-800-621-4000

24-hour hotline to link runaways to social service agencies or to their families. Can also link families to social service agencies. Confidential. Can provide transportation for runaways back to families.
Verified 12/09

Forty Fifth Street Clinic
206-633-3350
1629 N. 45th St., Seattle 98103

Street Youth Legal Advocates of Washington (SYLAW)
206-464-5936 extension 239
1-800-542-0794 extension 239
101 Yesler Way, Suite 300, Seattle 98104

For homeless and at-risk youth. Legal education in civil and criminal law. Legal representation in civil, but not criminal cases.
Verified 12/02

Children's Response Center
425-688-5130
925 116th Avenue NE, Ste. 211
Bellevue, WA 98004

Serves children and youth in East and North King County who have been victims of sexual assault or other trauma, and their non-offending family members. Provides counseling, medical and legal advocacy, plus referrals for other services.

Besides their dealing with cases of known sexual abuse/assault, you can contact them if you are concerned that your child may have been sexually abused/assaulted, and would like to discuss your concerns with someone.

Also provide other related services, such as education about early identification and prevention of child abuse and sexual assault, support services for families after the death of a loved one, etc.
Verified 10/03

Seattle Education Access
206-683-5536
5516 Roosevelt Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105
email: mailto:anthon@seattleeducationaccess.org

"Higher education advocacy and opportunity to people struggling to overcome poverty and adversity."

Free academic advising, career counseling, tutoring, and education planning for low income people who want to go to college. SEA focuses its outreach efforts on young adults (ages 18-30) who have experienced homelessness. Services include assistance filling out financial aid paperwork, research on available colleges and programs, assistance in the college application process, advocacy for youth who will need to complete a dependency status waiver in order to receive federal financial aid, peer mentoring for previously homeless college students.

Scholarships to local community colleges available for low-income clients who have experienced homelessness; applications available from SEA's website or office.
Verified 7/07

YWCA of South King County Youth Options
425-226-1266
1010 S 2nd St., Renton, WA 98055

Program for out-of-school youth 16-21. GED, internships, job placements, resources and referrals.
Verified 12/02

The Service Board
206-324-7771
2017 E Spruce Street; Seattle, WA 98122

TSB serves high school-aged youth throughout King County, with program sites in the Central District and White Center. Core programs meet twice per week and run from January to June with weeknights offering mentoring, life-skills training, and social justice curriculum and weekends alternating between service projects and snowboarding adventures. Scholarships available.
Verified 04/07

YWCA - The Working Zone
206-633-7901 ext. 16
5516 Roosevelt Way NE; Seattle, WA 98105

Pre-employment internships for homeless youth ages 15 – 22: earn minimum wage while working with case managers to create plans and goals for future success and improved housing situations.

Drop-in job center for employment resources and assistance for all eligible youth every Monday 10am-12pm and 2pm-5pm.
Verified 2/08

• Education.
• Pregnancy.
• Parenting.

• Project MOST, youth activities.
• The Seattle Youth Involvement Program maintains an excellent Youth Yellow Pages, which is one of the best general resource lists in Seattle. Far more listings than the page you are looking at, but far less detail (typically just a phone number).
• Web page of Lambert House, a drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth.

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