Multicultural Community Resources

• NW Immigrant Rights Project
  Legal assistance for low-income immigrants and refugees
• Refugee Women's Alliance
  ESL classes, childcare center, support for victims of domestic violence, tutoring for young people, job training and mental health counseling
• Multicultural Counseling Service
  Low-cost counseling to help with issues such as depression, cultural conflict, parenting, grief, family violence and loneliness
• Shoreline Support Services
  Classes in ESL, citizenship and parenting.  Many family activities.
• Puget Sound Neighborhood Health Center
  Low-cost medical clinics with interpreters. Read this in Amharic, Chinese, Korean, Oromo, Somali, Espanol, Tigrigna, Vietnamese or English. 
• American Red Cross  
  Help with interpreting and with translating simple documents.  Over 75 languages are available. 
• Consejo Counseling and Referral Service for the Latino Community
  Education, prevention, treatment and support services related to mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence.  Assistance finding jobs.
• El Centro de la Raza
  Emergency housing, child development center, food bank, home ownership education, after school programs and employment counseling and placement
• CASA Latina
  Job training, temporary jobs, ESL classes and a Gender Equity Center.
• Entre Hermanos
• Asian Counseling and Referral Services
  Multilingual services including a food bank, counseling, substance abuse treatment, vocational guidance, citizenship classes, domestic violence education and a legal clinic  
• Chinese Information and Service Center
  Employment counseling and training, services for the elderly and classes in citizenship, ESL and parenting.  Dialects of Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese and Malay are spoken. 
• Kin On Community Health Care
  A health care center for non-English speaking Chinese elderly people.  Assistance for elders who want to live at home and their families. 
• Korean Women's Association
  Many services and programs for Asian Americans. 
• Tet in Seattle
  Promotes Vietnamese culture 
• Filipino Community Center
  Youth programs, senior services, food bank, computer classes, Tagalog classes 
  International Community Health Services
• Health Care
  Medical and dental care, health education, counseling, family planning, laboratory tests, pharmacy, acupuncture, acupressure and Chinese herbal medicine.  Interpreting available including Cantonese, Mandarin, Toisanese, Cambodian, Korean, Lao, Mien, Tagalog, Samoan,Thai and Vietnamese 
• Ethiopian Community Mutual Association
  A community club and source of assistance with finding a job, interpreting, translating documents, legal needs and health care
• Ethiopian Community Development Council
  Assists newcomers adjust to life in the U.S.  Supports new small businesses and offers health education 
• Eritrean Community in Seattle
• Oromo Community Organization
  Parenting classes, academic counseling, youth programs and workshops about home ownership, health and starting a business 
• Southern Sudanese Women's Association
  Family counseling and classes in health, family planning and personal rights.  Arabic and dialects such as Dinka, Bari, Latuka and Nuer are spoken. 
• Somali Community Services
  Programs for young people and families including after-school tutoring, drug and alcohol prevention and parent education.  Assistance with translating and employment.
• Horn of Africa Services
  Cultural adjustment workshops, immigration assistance, citizenship classes, technology training and youth programs.  Amharic, Tigrigna, Somali, and Oromo are spoken.
• Arab Center
• Russian Speaking Community of Greater Seattle