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Offers low-cost mediation in person, over the phone and at small claims court. Mediates neighborhood problems, landlord-tenant, foreclosure, family problems or employer/employee problems. Cannot assist in issues involving drugs or violence.
Services are provided by trained professional mediators who volunteer their time. Services include:
- Face-to-face mediation
- Conflict coaching for problems
- Some simple negotiation over the telephone
TYPES OF PROBLEMS THE CENTER WILL HANDLE:
- Neighborhood problems (noise, pets, parking, lawn & garden, property line problems and other nuisances)
- Landlord-tenant issues (deposits, repairs, damages, eviction prevention due to COVID, etc. )
- Real estate or personal property
- Foreclosure mediation
- Business consumer problems (faulty merchandise, refunds, exchanges, etc. )
- Employer/employee grievances
- School problems involving faculty or administration, students or parents
- Family issues such as problems related to divorce and parenting plans
- Other domestic problems not involving violence, restraining orders, or other factors that require professional intervention or assistance.
TYPES OF PROBLEMS NOT HANDLED:
- Any problem requiring legal assistance, such as filing lawsuits, criminal defenses, will preparation, etc.
- Issues involving drug/alcohol abuse, domestic violence, abuse to children, or issues where one or more parties fears abuse
- Problems where a party cannot speak adequately on their own behalf, although can work with clients who have a case manager.
All clients must be able to keep agreements made
Categories
Divorce Assistance
Rental Security Deposit Complaints
Labor and Employment Law
Mediation
Labor Arbitration/Mediation
Housing Complaints
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
This 12-week parenting program is based on the curriculum, Moral Reconation Therapy and is designed to address past parenting behaviors, present family interactions and assists parents in planning for a healthy family future.
This 12-week parenting program is based on the curriculum, Moral Reconation Therapy and is designed to address past parenting behaviors, present family interactions and assists parents in planning for a healthy family future.
This behavioral-based approach to parenting encourages parents to recognize the value of taking responsibility for the choices they make and for the actions that they take.
Organization is a contracted provider with DSHS Children’s Services. Course meets court/CPS requirements.
Categories
Parenting Skills Classes
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Offers low-cost mediation in person, over the phone, and at small claims court. Mediates neighborhood problems, landlord-tenant, foreclosure, family problems/employees problems.
Services are provided by trained professional mediators who volunteer their time.
Services include:
- Face to Face Mediation
- Coaching for problems
- Some simple negotiation over the telephone
TYPES OF PROBLEMS THE CENTER WILL HANDLE:
- Divorce mediation
- Parenting Plan mediation
- Neighborhood problems (noise, pets, parking, lawn & garden, property line problems and other nuisances)
- Landlord-tenant issues (deposits, repairs, damages, etc.)
- Real estate or personal property
- Business consumer problems (faulty merchandise, refunds, exchanges, etc.)
- Employer/employee grievances
- School problems involving faculty or administration, students or parents
- Family issues such as problems related to divorce and parenting plans
- Other domestic problems not involving violence or other factors that require professional intervention or assistance
TYPES OF PROBLEMS NOT HANDLED: Any problem requiring legal assistance, such as filing lawsuits (criminal defenses, will preparation, etc.); issues involving drug/alcohol abuse, domestic violence, abuse to children, or issues where one or more parties fears abuse; or problems where a party cannot speak adequately on their own behalf, although can work with clients who have a case manager.
Other Services Provided:
- Offers workshop of varying lengths to organizations, businesses, and groups on a range of topics including: conflict resolution, negotiation, communication, conflict styles, and dealing with difficult people.
- Victim Offender Meeting Program: Brings together victims of juvenile crime with the offenders to talk about the impact of the crime and for the youth to make amends.
- Assists senior citizens to resolve disputes with family members, businesses, landlords, neighbors and others through mediation.
- Parent Youth Mediation Service: Allows parents and teenagers or pre-teens to sit down together to talk about how things are going within the family and develop agreements on behaviors, level of independence, respectful communication and consequences. Co-mediators assist the mediating parties.
Categories
Mediation
Victim/Offender Mediation Programs
Conflict Resolution Training
Divorce Assistance
Consumer Law
Labor Arbitration/Mediation
Rental Security Deposit Complaints
Elder Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Housing Complaints
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Offers court approved mandatory parenting classes to parents in the process of filing for divorce or legal separation. Includes a four hour seminar on separation, custody, child development, communication skills, positive parenting skills.
This four hour seminar will focus on children’s needs during their parent’s separation, custody issues and/or divorce. Parents will learn about the developmental stages of children, communication skills, the impact of divorce on children and positive parenting skills. This seminar is approved by the Kitsap County Superior Court and intended for parents involved in divorce, legal separation, or paternity actions. Upon completion, you will be given a Certificate of Completion to be filed with the Court.
Categories
Parenting Skills Classes
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Provides free 1-hour appointments for advice on family law legal issues involving domestic violence. Attorneys at the clinic are not able to provide representation. Serves low-income residents in East, Northeast and Southeast King County.
ELAP provides free 1-hour appointments with a family law attorney for advice and consultation on family law legal issues involving domestic violence.
Attorney volunteers are not able to provide full representation or represent clients in court.
Categories
Adoption Legal Services
Family Justice Centers
Divorce Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Grandparent Rights
Paternity Suits
Emancipation of Minors
Judicial Advocacy
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Offers screening that determines whether a parent is engaged with their child in a positive manner. Helps to predict the quality of future/long-term parent/child interaction. Parents are referred by Department of Children Youth and Families.
Offers screening that determines whether a parent is engaged with their child in a positive manner. Helps to predict the quality of future/long-term parent/child interaction.
Categories
Family Preservation Programs
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Provides free legal assistance by phone for LGBTQ people and their legal advocates. Focuses on helping with custody disputes, separation or divorce, and immigration or asylum. Can potentially assist with other topics as well.
Provides free legal assistance by phone for LGBTQ people and their legal advocates. Focuses on helping with custody disputes, separation or divorce, and immigration or asylum. Can potentially assist with other topics as well.
Advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBTQ community, and conducts community education on LGBTQ issues.
Categories
Legal Information Services
Asylum Application Filing Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
LGBTQ2+ Advocacy Groups
Provides direct representation to relatives and other caregivers in nonparental custody cases of at-risk children through referrals to a pro bono panel of attorneys.
Provides legal services to relatives and other caregivers to obtain minor guardianship of children whose parents cannot or do not want to care for them. The program provides direct representation through referrals to a pro bono panel of attorneys and/or provides guidance and advice for clients who are unrepresented. The client does not need to be a relative but must have a significant relationship with the child. The child must currently be living with the applicant.
Categories
Legal Representation
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
A judge or commissioner decides whether it is safe for the child to remain in the home or whether the child should be placed in out-of-home care.
A judge or commissioner decides whether it is safe for the child to remain in the home or whether the child should be placed in out-of-home care.
The focus of the 72-hour shelter care hearing is to protect the child and offer ways for the parent to address the issues that led to the state's involvement.
At this time, the court also decides an appropriate visitation schedule for children and parents, a service plan for the parents, and whether there is a need for medical, mental health or substance abuse evaluations and treatment for the parents.
Categories
Child Guardianship Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Offers children and family counseling, treatment for child victims of sexual abuse, and coordination of family support services, including parent education, parenting classes, and family advocate services to promote the self-sufficiency and well-being of families.
Offers children and family counseling, treatment for child victims of sexual abuse, and coordination of family support services, including parent education, parenting classes, and family advocate services to promote the self-sufficiency and well-being of families.
Categories
Parenting Skills Classes
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Family Counseling Agencies
Parent Support Groups
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Child Guidance
Assists people who are not represented by an attorney with family law actions, such as divorce, child custody and child support. Reviews forms and provides information on court rules, procedures and case schedules.
Assists with the following areas of family law:
- Divorce, legal separation, invalidity, annulment
- Family law motions
- Child support modifications and adjustments
- Establishing parenting plans
- Parenting plan modifications
- Non-parental custody
- Temporary orders
- Restraining orders
- Guardianships
Provides information on how to begin certain family law actions, necessary forms and where to get them, as well as court rules and procedures.
Can explain legal terminology and will review documents for completeness, once they are filled out, but cannot fill out papers or tell clients how to fill them out.
Limited referrals for legal consultation for low income pro ses.
Does not provide legal advice.
Cannot assist with the following issues:
- Adoptions
- Juvenile dependency
- Eviction
- Traffic citations
- Will and probate matters
- Bankruptcy
- Name changes
- Criminal charges
Drop-in child care provided by the Children's Home Society at the Regional Justice Center for parents while they appear in court.
Categories
Conservatorship Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Child Guardianship Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Consumer Law
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Adult Guardianship Assistance
This 12-week parenting program is intended to improve the lives of children by promoting healthy father-child relationships and increasing positive male involvement.
This 12-week parenting program is intended to improve the lives of children by promoting healthy father-child relationships and increasing positive male involvement.
Based on the award winning curriculum "Nurturing Father" this program examines the roots of father, child development, balancing work and father, and conflict resolution.
Categories
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Provides online parenting classes for ages 0-16, with a certificate of completion. Hardcopy and ebook materials are available and some classes may be eligible as court ordered parenting class requirements.
Provides online parenting classes for ages 0-16, with a certificate of completion. Hardcopy and ebook materials are available and some classes may be eligible as court ordered parenting class requirements.
Categories
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Provides information about collection and disbursement of child support.
Provides information about collection and disbursement of child support.
Categories
Support Orders
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Provides legal consultation for survivors of domestic violence, including child custody/visitation, protection orders, financial protection, etc. Primarily serves residents of South King County.
Provide information and support in regard to criminal and/or civil legal matters.
Advocates are not attorneys and cannot represent in court, however they can help navigate the legal system and provide support and accompaniment through processes such as protection orders, divorce proceedings and parenting plans.
Categories
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Paternity Suits
Alimony Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Judicial Advocacy
Provides mediation and group facilitation as an alternative to the court system for resolving conflicts quickly and economically which include divorced parents, family relationships, landlords and tenants, and neighbors. See details.
Provides mediation and group facilitation as an alternative to the court system for resolving conflicts quickly and economically which include divorced parents, family relationships, and neighbors.
Mediation is a process and appointments are booked a few weeks out.
Also provides mediator training.
All parties must be willing to participate.
More types of mediations the center can accommodate:
- Parenting Plan Modifications
- Parent-Teen Mediation
- Landlord Tenant (sometimes)
- Dissolutions (Divorce)
- Workplace conflicts
- Commercial
- Contract
- Probate
- Property Claims
- Real Property
- Personal Injury
- Bar Complaints.
Categories
Mediation
Criminal Justice/Legal Services Volunteer Opportunities
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Offers children and family counseling, treatment for child victims of sexual abuse, and coordination of family support services. Also, has a food pantry and clothing closet.
Offers children and family counseling, treatment for child victims of sexual abuse, and coordination of family support services, including parent education, parenting classes, and family advocate services. The site also offers emergency food, Recovery Cafe, and WIC (Women, Infants, & Children) to promote the self-sufficiency and well-being of local families.
Categories
Parent Support Groups
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Family Counseling Agencies
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
WIC
General Clothing Provision
Food Pantries
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Provides dispute resolution by means of mediation, conciliation, facilitation and training for workplace, community and family.
Provides dispute resolution by means of mediation, conciliation, facilitation and training. Types of disputes include but are not limited to: landlord/tenant; consumer/merchant; parent/teenager; employer/employee; neighbor/neighbor; family; divorce; parenting plans/property division; small claims court cases; and non-violent criminal cases.
Categories
Conflict Resolution Training
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Conservatorship Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Mediation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Organizational Conflict Resolution Services
Arbitration
DCYF staff work with children and families to identify their needs and develop a plan for services that support families and assure safety and well-being for children. These services are designed to reduce the risk of abuse, find safe alternatives to out-of-home placement, and assure safety and permanency for children in care.
Provides both permanency planning and intensive treatment services to children and families who may need help with chronic problems such as on-going abuse and neglect or intensive medical needs.
Categories
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Intensive Family Reunification Services
Foster Home Placement
Family Preservation Programs
Adoptive Family Recruitment
Child/Youth Placement Evaluation Programs
Provides a 4-hour class designed to assist parents in supporting children who have witnessed, or have been affected by domestic violence. Upon completion of the seminar, participants receive a certificate of completion.
Provides a 4-hour class designed to assist parents in supporting children who have witnessed, or have been affected by domestic violence.
Upon completion of the seminar, participants receive a certificate of completion.
Classes are offered twice per month on a Saturday from 9am-1pm, and are presented separately for men and women.
Categories
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Provides legal representation in selected cases that affect large numbers of women or set legal precedents in the Pacific Northwest.
Offers legal representation for issues that affect large numbers of women or set legal precedents in the Pacific Northwest.
Services are available only for selected cases in areas such as:
Discrimination in employment:
- Employment discrimination or other adverse employment actions against survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking
- Refusal of employer to provide leave to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking
- Change in terms of employment based on status as a parent or caregiver
- Change in terms of employment based on pregnancy
- Employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity/expression
Discrimination in schools, including athletic equity and schools' mishandling of sexual harassment or sexual assault.
Family law:
- Discrimination against DV survivors by CPS: Children removed from a parent's care based on allegations that the parent failed to protect children from domestic violence by the other parent
- Refusal of court to order abuser to surrender weapons in a DV Protection Order case or appeals filed by an abuser ordered to surrender weapons
- Abusive litigation against survivors of domestic violence
- Alleged father seeks parental rights for a child conceived as a result of sexual assault
- Parental rights terminated due to parent's incarceration
Nonconsensual pornography AKA "revenge porn": Cases in which private, intimate images of a person are distributed without her or his consent
Anti-LGBTQ discrimination, such as:
- Unfavorable treatment of LGBTQ parents in family law cases
- Denial of insurance coverage for transgender persons Denial of access to health care, including:
- Reproductive health care, including abortion, contraception, or emergency contraception
- Health care for LGBTQ patients
- Health care or other services for incarcerated women
Categories
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Paternity Suits
Employment Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
Education Discrimination Assistance
Group Advocacy
Class Action Litigation
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Constitutional/Civil Rights Groups
Serves as the official record keeper for the Superior Court. Has information about passports, state info, various forms, family law assistance, criminal fines, mandatory parenting classes, and domestic violence resources.
Serves as the official record keeper for the Superior Court. Employees of the Clerk's office are prohibited by law from giving legal advice. Provides trial information, legal forms, instructions on court procedures, passport applications and photos, jury duty information, DV resources, and the Kitsap County Jail inmate roster Assists with filing for no contact and orders orders of protection.
Categories
Adoption Petition Filing Offices
Divorce Petition Filing Offices
Adoption Records
Divorce Records
Local Officials Offices
Passports
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Responsible for processing and managing all Superior Court records and financial transactions, including felony criminal, civil, family law, probate/guardianship, and juvenile offender matters.
Responsible for processing and managing all Superior Court records and financial transactions, including felony criminal, civil, family law, probate/guardianship, and juvenile offender matters.
The Court Facilitator Can:
- Help identify which mandatory family law or protection order forms are needed
- Review forms you have prepared for completeness
- Explain court procedures
- Help a party schedule court hearings
- Make referrals to other agencies
- Calculate child support when provided with income for both parties
- Assist both parties in an action
The Facilitator Cannot:
- Give legal advice
- Assist litigants who are represented by an attorney
- Represent parties in court
- Fill out forms for a party
- Tell the party what to say in court
Categories
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Local Officials Offices
Provides free Immigration and Family Law legal clinics with a focus on serving the LGBTQ Latinx community.
Assists with citizenship applications. Works with OIRA for DACA program recipients.
Provides free, monthly, 30 minute legal clinics for family law and Immigration legal needs with a focus on serving the LGBTQ Latinx community.
Volunteer attorneys work with clients to identify legal needs, potential legal actions and connect clients to further community legal services.
Assists with Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs (OIRA) legal clinics, with a particular focus on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients and their family members.
Helps clients prepare for citizenship by confirming eligibility and providing free naturalization classes and workshops.
Lawyers and legal volunteers assist clients complete their N-400 naturalization petition and reviews them for accuracy.
Categories
Family Based Visas
Alien Travel/Reentry Document Filing Assistance
Emancipation of Minors
Alimony Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Asylum Application Filing Assistance
Paternity Suits
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Rights Counseling for Undocumented People
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition Filing Assistance
Deferred Action on Alien Removal
Immigrant Labor Certification Filing Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Naturalization Support/Legal Services
Adoption Legal Services
Self Petitions for Abused Spouses
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Assists people who are not represented by an attorney with family law actions, such as divorce, child custody and child support. Reviews forms and provides information on court rules, procedures and case schedules.
Assists with the following areas of family law:
- Divorce, legal separation, invalidity, annulment
- Family law motions
- Child support modifications and adjustments
- Establishing parenting plans
- Parenting plan modifications
- Non-parental custody
- Temporary orders
- Restraining orders
- Guardianships
Provides information on how to begin certain family law actions, necessary forms and where to get them, as well as court rules and procedures.
Can explain legal terminology and will review documents for completeness, once they are filled out, but cannot fill out papers or tell clients how to fill them out.
Limited referrals for legal consultation for low income pro ses.
Does not provide legal advice.
Cannot assist with the following issues:
- Adoptions
- Juvenile dependency
- Eviction
- Traffic citations
- Will and probate matters
- Bankruptcy
- Name changes
- Criminal charges
Drop-in child care provided by the Children's Home Society at the Regional Justice Center for parents while they appear in court.
Categories
Adult Guardianship Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Conservatorship Assistance
Child Guardianship Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement