Provides a coaching service for family and friends of veterans who see that a veteran in their life needs help seeking services, including benefits assistance.
Provides a coaching service for family and friends of veterans who see that a veteran in their life needs help.
Coaching involves helping the caller figure out how to motivate the veteran to seek services and explains the process of enrolling in VA care if veteran is eligible.
Licensed clinical social workers and psychologists help the veteran and family members find the appropriate services in their community.
Advocates with the Veteran's Administration on behalf of veterans trying to receive benefits. Also assists veterans with disabilities in preparing claims for service connected compensation.
Provides a service officer who appears before the Veterans Administration rating board and assists the client in obtaining rightful benefits. Use of the officer can substantially minimize the time required for processing. Service officers also assist veterans with disabilities in preparing claims for service connected compensation, hospitalization, occupational training, education, insurance, or other benefits. No assistance is available for Social Security claims.
Helps veterans connect to resources, including helping them obtain their DD-214 and applying for benefits. Also helps with housing, employment, education and more. Offers military culturally sensitive therapy.
Connects veterans to needed resources, assisting them in accessing services and navigating the variety of existing programs.
Can help them obtain their DD-214 (proof of having served in the military) and apply for benefits with Veterans Affairs.
As needed, they can also help with housing, financial benefits, medical benefits, employment, upgrading discharge, education or other specific issues.
Also provides mental health counseling, including military related PTSD and military sexual trauma.
Helps veterans connect to resources, including helping them obtain their DD-214 and applying for benefits. Also helps with housing, employment, education and more. Offers military culturally sensitive therapy.
Connects veterans to needed resources, assisting them in accessing services and navigating the variety of existing programs.
Can help them obtain their DD-214 (proof of having served in the military) and apply for benefits with Veterans Affairs.
As needed, they can also help with housing, financial benefits, medical benefits, employment, upgrading discharge, education or other specific issues.
Also provides mental health counseling, including military related PTSD and military sexual trauma.
Helps veterans connect to resources, including helping them obtain their DD-214 and applying for benefits. Also helps with housing, employment, education and more. Offers military culturally sensitive therapy.
Connects veterans to needed resources, assisting them in accessing services and navigating the variety of existing programs.
Can help them obtain their DD-214 (proof of having served in the military) and apply for benefits with Veterans Affairs.
As needed, they can also help with housing, financial benefits, medical benefits, employment, upgrading discharge, education or other specific issues.
Also provides mental health counseling, including military related PTSD and military sexual trauma.
Attorneys work with interpreters to give consultation and legal advice on family law, immigration law, landlord-tenant disputes, employment law and other areas. Call for an appointment. Focuses on serving limited English-speaking Koreans.
Operates legal clinics providing free 30 minute consultations with an attorney.
Focus is on Korean and Korean-speaking clients.
Clinic attorneys can:
- Determine whether the client has a legal problem
- Suggest possible options
- Help answer papers, summons and requests
- Provide appropriate referrals
Neighborhood legal clinic attorneys may not have expertise in all areas of the law, but they will make every attempt to answer questions accurately.
Attorneys CANNOT give advice on criminal legal issues or provide representation on any legal matters.
Attorneys work with interpreters to give consultation and legal advice on family law, immigration law, landlord-tenant disputes, employment law, and other areas. Call for an appointment. Focuses on serving limited English-speaking Asians.
Chinese Information and Service Center, Asian Bar Association of Washington, and Asian Counseling and Referral Service partner with the King County Bar Association to provide a free legal clinic.
Pro bono attorneys work with staff and volunteer interpreters to give consultation and legal advice around family law, immigration law, landlord-tenant disputes, employment law, and other areas. As of 9/2024, most consults are virtual but in-person appointments may be available if needed (more information provided to clients during intake phone call). Call (206) 957-8544 for an appointment. Appointments are typically Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 PM.
International District Legal Clinic
Chinese Information and Services Center
611 S Lane St.
Seattle, WA 98144
Loren Miller Bar Association Legal Clinic offered by King County Bar Association Neighborhood Legal Clinics at Loren Miller Bar Association (telephonic)
Operates a legal clinic where a free 30-minute legal consultation is available for individuals with cases in King County who are not already represented by an attorney. Focus is on serving African American clients but clinic is open to all.
Operates a legal clinic providing a free 30-minute consultation with an attorney (60 minutes if an interpreter or other accommodation is needed)
Clinic is open to all, but particular focus is on providing culturally-informed legal services in a safe and welcoming environment to individuals who identify as African American or Black. This clinic is staffed primarily by attorneys of color.
Clinic attorneys can:
- Determine whether the client has a legal problem
- Suggest possible options
- Help answer papers, summons and requests
- Provide appropriate referrals
Neighborhood Legal Clinic attorneys may not have expertise in all areas of the law, but they will make every attempt to answer questions accurately.
Attorneys CANNOT give advice on criminal legal issues or provide representation on any legal matters.
Helps veterans file claims for benefits through the Veterans Administration such as discharge upgrades, disability benefits, VA home loan, VA education benefits, and health care benefits.
Helps veterans file claims for benefits through the Veterans Administration, including representation for Veterans Benefits claims.
Helps veterans trying to obtain services such as
- Discharge upgrades
- Disability benefits
- VA home loan
- VA education benefits
- Health care benefits
Provides information and referral to other services for veterans.
Assists veterans and their dependents in obtaining military/veteran benefits.
Assists veterans and their dependents in obtaining military/veteran benefits, securing documents needed for representation, bringing cases to the Board of Veterans Appeals and assistance with change of discharge status. Cannot provide legal assistance.
The UW Veterans Clinic engages student attorneys in direct, continuous pro bono representation of King County veterans in benefit claims appeals, discharge upgrade representation, and other advocacy and legal consultations.
The UW Veterans Clinic engages student attorneys in direct, continuous pro bono representation of King County veterans in benefit claims appeals, discharge upgrade representation, and other advocacy and legal consultations. The UW Clinical Law Program has a 45-year history of service to communities in need, including providing individual legal services and representation to veterans and support to organizations that represent or assist veterans.
Provide veterans who are homeless and at risk of homelessness with access to community-based, multiagency services to promote permanent housing, health and mental health care, career development and access to VA and non-VA benefits.
Provide veterans who are homeless and at risk of homelessness with one-stop access to community-based, multiagency services to promote permanent housing, health and mental health care, career development and access to VA and non-VA benefits.
Assists veterans with registering with the VA and receiving a copy of their DD-214 if they are not already registered.
Advocates for veterans and their families, and pursues all federal and state benefits and entitlements on their behalf. Benefits include disability compensation, VA pension, aid & attendance, and health care benefits.
Assists with the preparation and processing of claims for all state and federal veterans benefits, including disability compensation, widows' and survivors' pensions, aid & attendance, health care benefits, and educational benefits.
Provides counseling and referral services using a case management approach.
Represents veterans in cases adjudicated with the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Seattle.
Provides outreach in areas not near a veterans service office.
Assists veterans and their dependents in obtaining military/veteran benefits.
Assists veterans and their dependents in obtaining military/veteran benefits, securing documents needed for representation, bringing cases to the Board of Veterans Appeals and assistance with change of discharge status. Cannot provide legal assistance.
Assists veterans and their dependents in obtaining military/veteran benefits.
Assists veterans and their dependents in obtaining military/veteran benefits, securing documents needed for representation, bringing cases to the Board of Veterans Appeals and assistance with change of discharge status. Cannot provide legal assistance.
Provides case management for veterans, service members and their dependents. Focuses on housing, employment and living stability. Helps veterans apply for VA, federal, or state level benefits. Proof of discharge/activation and income required.
Provides case management, referrals, advocacy, and supportive services for veterans, service members and their households; focused on creating opportunities related to housing stability, financial stability, healthy living, social engagement, and service system access.
Through a collaborative case management process, the assigned social service professional will help determine the type and levels of services and resources for which one may be eligible, including VA, federal, or state level benefits.
Provides case management for veterans, service members and their dependents. Focuses on housing, employment and living stability. Helps veterans apply for VA, federal, or state level benefits. Proof of discharge/activation and income required.
Provides case management, referrals, advocacy, and supportive services for veterans, service members and their households; focused on creating opportunities related to housing stability, financial stability, healthy living, social engagement, and service system access.
Through a collaborative case management process, the assigned social service professional will help determine the type and levels of services and resources for which one may be eligible, including VA, federal, or state level benefits.
Helps veterans connect to resources, including helping them obtain their DD-214 and applying for benefits. Also helps with housing, employment, education and more. Offers military culturally sensitive therapy.
Connects veterans to needed resources, assisting them in accessing services and navigating the variety of existing programs.
Can help them obtain their DD-214 (proof of having served in the military) and apply for benefits with Veterans Affairs.
As needed, they can also help with housing, financial benefits, medical benefits, employment, upgrading discharge, education or other specific issues.
Also provides mental health counseling, including military related PTSD and military sexual trauma.
Helps disabled veterans negotiate with the Veterans Administration, file for compensation and receive full benefits. Advocates for full implementation of Title V (Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973) and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Helps clients negotiate with the Veterans Administration, file for compensation, and receive full benefits.
Advocates for full implementation of Title V (Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973) and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Handles discrimination complaints.
Provides assistance to women veterans and veterans of color with services and benefits.
Provides assistance for women veterans and veterans of color in the United States Armed Forces. Assistance to veterans, spouses and dependents of veterans to connect with veterans' benefits, services and resources including regional housing, health and human services.
Helps veterans connect to resources, including helping them obtain their DD-214 and applying for benefits. Also helps with housing, employment, education and more. Offers military culturally sensitive therapy.
Connects veterans to needed resources, assisting them in accessing services and navigating the variety of existing programs.
Can help them obtain their DD-214 (proof of having served in the military) and apply for benefits with Veterans Affairs.
As needed, they can also help with housing, financial benefits, medical benefits, employment, upgrading discharge, education or other specific issues.
Also provides mental health counseling, including military related PTSD and military sexual trauma.
Helps veterans connect to resources, including helping them obtain their DD-214 and applying for benefits. Also helps with housing, employment, education and more. Offers military culturally sensitive therapy.
Connects veterans to needed resources, assisting them in accessing services and navigating the variety of existing programs.
Can help them obtain their DD-214 (proof of having served in the military) and apply for benefits with Veterans Affairs.
As needed, they can also help with housing, financial benefits, medical benefits, employment, upgrading discharge, education or other specific issues.
Also provides mental health counseling, including military related PTSD and military sexual trauma.
Operates legal clinics across King County where free 30-minute legal consultations are available for individuals who are not already represented by an attorney.
Operates legal clinics providing free 30 minute consultations with an attorney at multiple locations across King County. As of 9/2024, most clinics are telephonic, but there may be limited in-person availability in Seattle and Kent. Details will be provided to clients during intake screening.
Clinic attorneys can:
- Determine whether the client has a legal problem
- Suggest possible options
- Help answer papers, summons and requests
- Provide appropriate referrals
Neighborhood Legal Clinic attorneys may not have expertise in all areas of the law, but they will make every attempt to answer questions accurately.
Attorneys CANNOT give advice on criminal legal issues or provide representation on any legal matters.
Enforces the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. The act gives an employee returning from active duty military service or training the right to be reemployed to the same position they left.
Enforces the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
The act:
- Gives an employee returning from active duty military service or training the right to be reemployed to the same position they left (or a like position for which they are qualified) with the same benefits.
- Prohibits discrimination against individuals because of their service.
- Applies to all employers, public and private.