Homeless Resources

Nearly all sections of the Crisis Resource Directory should be of use to some homeless people. This page lists resources that are particularly targeted for homeless people.

Other pages that should be particularly useful to homeless people are Shelters, Housing, and Showers, etc.

Compass Center
206-357-3100 Admin
206-357-3200 Mail/banking: live operator 11:30 a.m - 2:00 p.m.
206-357-3180 Hygiene
77 S. Washington, Seattle, WA 98104

Adult Service Center (operated by Compass Center)
206-357-3190
2013 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104

Drop-in center 10:30 am - 7 pm, 7 days a week. Pick up phone messages. Lunch served daily 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Some dinners served.

Laundry & showers available to both men & women 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Towels & soap provided. Sign-up that morning for a time slot for either service or both, with showers and laundry facilities.

Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC)
206-464-1570
515 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104

YouthCare's Orion Center
206-622-5555
1-877-622-5551 toll free
1828 Yale Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
(corner of Stewart St. and Denny Way)

Open Monday-Friday for youth ages 13-21.

Breakfast	8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Alternative school	9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Lunch	12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Drop-in center: Case management, food and shelter referral	2:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. (Tuesdays 4 p.m - 6 p.m.)
Dinner	6 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Verified 9/09

Provides safe daytime shelter and services for homeless and low-income men and women aged 50 and older, including meals, snacks, haircuts, clothing, laundry facilities and showers, library, drug and alcohol counseling. Open Wednesday-Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Verified 9/09

"A sacred space for homeless and at-risk American Indian and Alaska Native people." Nutritious breakfast; showers, laundry, clothing, access to health care, drug, and alcohol treatment. Member services M-F 7am-2pm.
Verified 9/09

English and Spanish-speaking. Drop-in shelter and hot meals. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 6:30 am-12 noon, Sunday 7am-2pm. Lunch 9-11 am, coffee and doughnuts at other times. Clothing available as needed through St. Francis house. History Channel, Discovery Channel, movies and other educational programming. Mass on Thursdays at 11 am.
Believed closed 2012

SHARE Storage Facility
206-448-7889 for info
Physical facility: 963 Mercer St. (no mail to this address)
Mailing address: PO Box 2548, Seattle, WA 98111

Storage of small quantities of clothes, luggage, etc.; locker (lock provided). Drop off and pick up 6:30am-8:30am M-F, 7am-9am Sat-Sun. No money payment required, but participants are expected to work one 2-hour shift/month, and attend one organizing meeting/month on a Sunday morning.
Verified 9/09

Real Change
206-441-3247
2129 Second Ave; Seattle, WA 98121

Seattle's weekly "homeless paper". Vendors receive first 10 copies free. After that, vendors pay 35 cents a copy, leaving the vendor a 65 cent profit on each paper sold. Orientations at 1pm Monday and Friday.
Verified 9/09

Wellspring Family Services Baby Boutique
206-902-4270
1900 Rainier Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98144

Free diapers and children's clothing for homeless families. Referrals for other services.
Verified 9/09

Wellspring Family Services Housing Services
206-902-4271
1900 Rainier Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98144

Homelessness intervention: Provides case management and access to long term housing for homeless families living in King County. Provides interim housing or shelter, plus support services including counseling, child care, and parenting support. Referrals to services such as medical care, employment education, training opportunities.
Verified 9/09.

Wellspring Family Services Early Learning Center "Morningsong" program
206-826-3052
1900 Rainier Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98144

Specialized childcare for homeless children ages 1-5 years old. Transportation, meals, in-classroom therapy, pediatric nurse practitioner, dental screenings. Provides diapers, clothing, warm coats, toys.

The following resources should be particularly useful to homeless women:

Affiliate downtown, at YWCA Opportunity Place
206-436-8600
2024 Third Ave; Seattle, WA 98121

Job listings, other job search help, including access to phone, computer, job-hunting workshops & classes. 8:30am-5pm M-F.
Verified 9/09

Mary's Place
206-621-8474
314 Bell Street, Seattle, Seattle, WA 98121

Day center for homeless women & their children. Showers, laundry, restrooms, etc. Breakfast roughly 8:30 am, lunch roughly 12:15 pm. A program of the Church of Mary Magdalene, which meets as a church on Saturday in the same location.
8:30 am - 3:30 pm Mon-Fri.
Verified 9/2011

*** If you have ideas for inclusion on this page, please send us mail. We are particularly interested in hearing from anyone who has been homeless about what organizations have been most useful to you.

• Housing.
• Shelters.
• Showers, etc.

• Real Change, the Seattle homeless paper, maintains an extensive on-line site with many useful pointers.
• Homeless Women's Network.
• Homeless in Seattle on Facebook has been doing a good job of photographing and writing about homeless people in Seattle. Currently, that site is not in a position to offer any concrete help: it simply provides dignified portraits of some homeless people. They asked us to list them, so we have. We'd be interested in hearing from homeless people if they either like the page or not.

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