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Policy and Oversight - Developmental Disability offered at Snohomish County Human Services
Policy and Oversight - Developmental Disability offered at Snohomish County Human Services
Plans, coordinates and contracts with community agencies to provide services for persons with developmental disabilities.
Plans, coordinates and contracts with community agencies to provide services for persons with developmental disabilities. Contracted services include early support services for children birth to three, transition services for students age 18 to 21, employment support, connecting families, building inclusive communities and information and education. Works in cooperation with a citizen advisory group.
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Group Advocacy
Specialized Information and Referral
Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups
Friends of Family Farmers offered at Friends of Family Farmers
Friends of Family Farmers offered at Friends of Family Farmers
Works to protect and promote socially responsible agriculture for Oregon’s independent family farmers and food advocates.
A grassroots organization that works to protect and promote socially responsible agriculture, building a strong and united voice for Oregon’s independent family farmers and food advocates.
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Specialized Information and Referral
Group Advocacy
Advisory Group - Aging offered at Snohomish County Human Services
Advisory Group - Aging offered at Snohomish County Human Services
The Council advises the Division of Aging and elected officials on the needs and concerns of the county's older citizens.
The Council advises the Division of Aging and elected officials on the needs and concerns of the county's older citizens. It works with the Division of Long Term Care and Aging to address special issues in the community. The Council also participates in advocacy efforts on behalf of the concerns of older adults and younger functionally disabled individuals.
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Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups
Group Advocacy
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:
- Disfavorable 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
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Paternity Suits
Education Discrimination Assistance
Group Advocacy
Constitutional/Civil Rights Groups
General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Class Action Litigation
Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs (OCHA) offered at Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office
Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs (OCHA) offered at Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office
Provides support in empowering the Latino community to ensure equality in civic engagement, education, employment, environment and health.
We serve the people of Oregon to empower and support Latinos through our special roles as policy advisors to Oregon state policy makers and leaders. The OCHA is a catalyst that empowers partnerships between state government and Hispanic communities in rural and urban areas to ensure success for all Latinos by addressing issues at the policy level.
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Legislative Advocacy
Group Advocacy
Ethnic Advocacy Groups
An independent, non-governmental, voluntary organization governed by and representing farm and ranch families.
Provides programs that ensure the growth of Oregon food and farms, such as advocating for good government policy, developing opportunities for young farmers, providing student scholarships and grants, supporting local food efforts, creating food literacy programs for kids, water quality, farmland preservation and more.
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Youth Agricultural Programs
Group Advocacy
Specialized Information and Referral
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Organizes and announces upcoming bike-riding events; advocates for multi-modal transportation options that serve all users who walk, bike, and roll; educates adults and students on bicycle safety, maintenance, and training.
Cascade Bicycle Club brings people together to experience the joy of bicycling through transportation, recreation, and friendship, including our famous Seattle to Portland ride, which was virtual in 2020 due to COVID-19. We collaborate with members, volunteers, and community partners to inspire people to advocate for a safe, equitable, and sustainable Washington state. We build confidence, leadership, knowledge, and community by teaching bicycle skills to all ages. Board meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month at 5 p.m.
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Group Advocacy
Political Action/Lobbying Groups
Recreational Activities/Sports
Bicycle Safety Education
Washington Farm Bureau offered at Washington Farm Bureau
Washington Farm Bureau offered at Washington Farm Bureau
An independent, non-governmental, voluntary organization governed by and representing farm and ranch families.
Provides programs that ensure the growth of Washington food and farms, such as advocating for good government policy, developing opportunities for young farmers, providing student scholarships and grants, supporting local food efforts, creating food literacy programs for kids, water quality, farmland preservation and more.
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Group Advocacy
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Specialized Information and Referral
Developmental Disabilities Program offered at Skagit County Public Health Department
Developmental Disabilities Program offered at Skagit County Public Health Department
Seeks to contract with providers who employ best practices in the field of developmental disabilities, provides contract monitoring and program planning on an ongoing basiis
Seeks to contract with providers who employ best practices in the field of developmental disabilities, provides contract monitoring and program planning on an ongoing basis, and selects providers and distributes state and local funds in collaboration with the Skagit County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board.
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Group Advocacy
Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups
Behavioral Health offered at Skagit County Public Health Department
Behavioral Health offered at Skagit County Public Health Department
Represents Skagit County's interests in behavioral health services.
Assures that a full continuum of behavioral health services are available to eligible consumers. Maintains a county presence within the five county North Sound Mental Health Administration (NSMHA) to assure that Skagit County receives appropriate resources, and manages the county's behavioral health program through the Skagit County Behavioral Health Advisory Board.
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Group Advocacy
Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups
Substance Abuse Prevention offered at Skagit County Public Health Department
Substance Abuse Prevention offered at Skagit County Public Health Department
Builds community awareness about the impact of alcohol and illicit drug abuse through informational and educational activities.
Builds community awareness about the impact of alcohol and illicit drug abuse through informational and educational activities which target children, youth and their families; Promotes collaboration between the various community groups providing prevention activities in Skagit County.
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Group Advocacy
Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups