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Domestic Violence Advocacy and Support offered by Refugee Women's Alliance in Seattle

4008 Martin Luther King Junior Way South, Seattle, WA 98108

Call King County Metro at (206) 553-3000 or visit http://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/ for public transit information.

Eligibility

Refugees and immigrant women who are victims of domestic violence, survivors of sexual assault or at risk of being abused.

Languages

Romanian, Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Cambodian, French, Lao, Mandarin, Spanish, Russian, Somali, Thai, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Tigrigna

Application process

Call for specific information about support group times and intake process; ask for a domestic violence program advocate.    After-hours phones (M-F, 5pm-9am and on weekends):   -  Amharic and Tigrinya: (206) 495-5256 -  Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian: (206) 954-2903 -  Somali: (206) 310-5841 -  Vietnamese: (206) 351-8809

Fees

None.

Service area

Snohomish, WA
King, WA

Other Information

Languages

Amharic
Thai
Vietnamese
Ukrainian
Russian
Romanian
Lao
Tigrigna
Spanish
Arabic
Cambodian
Burmese
Somali
Mandarin
French

Focus Population

Domestic Violence Survivors

Payment Options

Free

Description

Provides domestic violence advocacy services, such as: -  Case management -  Counseling -  Support groups -  Legal advocacy   Staff will accompany refugee women and their children of any ethnicity to shelters and will attempt to meet their needs by providing crisis intervention, support, translation, etc.  Also offers education and training to the community and service providers about domestic violence and refugee/immigration issues.   Child care is available on a limited basis.

Providing organization

Refugee Women's Alliance

Provides culturally and linguistically appropriate services to the refugee and immigrant communities, including public benefits assistance, domestic violence and sexual assault victims services, citizenship assistance, ESL classes, employment training and services, mental health counseling, early childhood education program, parent education program, youth programs, a legal clinic, and other services designed to assist with cultural transition.