Links: Health & Human Services

ONE-STOP SHOPPING:

United Way Helpline

Helpline can assist you by connecting you with the human services you need through the largest free information and referral network in Pierce County.

Health:

• Tacoma Pierce County Health Department

3629 South D Street, Tacoma WA 98418-6813

Phone (253) 798-6500 or (800) 992-2456 ext.6500

• Washington's Tobacco Quit Line

English: (877) 270-STOP

Spanish: (877) 2NO-FUME

TTY/TDD Users: (877) 777-6534

• Pierce County AIDS Foundation

625 Commerce Street Suite 10, Tacoma WA. 9840

(253) 383-2565 Phone

(253) 597-6682 Fax

(253) 627-7630 TTY

Humane Society:

• Other Local Animal Links

  www.thehumanesociety.org
  
  

Domestic Violence:

• Tacoma Domestic Violence Advocate
  (253) 591-5164 (253) 591-5153 TDD
  
  

• Tacoma Domestic Violence Helpline
  (253) 798-4166
  (253) 798-6050 TTY
  
  
• Domestic Violence Hotline (24 Hour)
  (800) 562-6025
  Provides referrals to shelters, legal services, medical services, and other resources.
  
  

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Fair Housing & Discrimination:

• Tacoma Human Rights Department
  (253) 591-5151 Phone
  (253) 591-5050 Fax
  
  
• Washington State Human Rights Commission
  (360) 753-6770 Olympia Headquarters
  (206) 464-6500 Seattle Office
  (800) 605-7324 Toll Free
  (206) 587-5168 TTY
  
  
• Fair Housing Center of Washington
  1517 Fawcett Ave # 250, Tacoma WA 98405
  (253) 274-9523 Phone
  (888) 766-8800 Toll Free
  (253) 274-8220 Fax
  info@FHCwashington.org Email
  
  
• Washington Protection and Advocacy System
  180 West Dayton, Suite 102, Edmonds WA 98020
  (206) 324-1521 Phone
  (800) 562-2702 Toll Free
  (800) 905-0209 TTY
  wpas@wpas-rights.org Email
  Provides free advocacy services for disabled and mentally ill people in Washington.
  
  
• Housing and Urban Development - Fair Housing
  (800) 669-9777
  Handles discrimination complaints in Section 8 housing.
  
  

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Legal Help:

• Volunteer Legal Services
  930 Tacoma Avenue South, Suite 535
  (253) 572-5134
  A project of the Tacoma/Pierce County Bar Association.
  
  
• Pierce County Dispute Resolution Center
  917 Pacific Ave, Suite 206, Tacoma WA 98402
  (253) 572-3657 Phone
  (253) 572-3579 Fax
  
  
• NW Women's Law Center
  119 South Main Street, Suite 410, Seattle WA 98104-2592
  (206) 621-7691 Legal Information & Referral
  (206) 682-9552 Office Phone
  (206) 521-4317 TTY
  (206) 682-9556 Fax
  nwwlc@nwwlc.org Email
  The NWWLC provides information and assistance to both women and men.
  
  
• NW Justice - Tacoma Office
  715 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma WA 98402
  (253) 272-7879 Phone
  (888) 201-1015 Toll Free
  (253) 272-8226 Fax
  tac@nwjustice.org Email
  In partnership with Tacoma Volunteer Lawyers.
  

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• Washington Protection and Advocacy System
  315 Fifth Ave S, Suite 850, Seattle WA 98104
  (800) 562-2702 Toll Free
  (206) 324-1521 Phone
  (800) 905-0209 TTY
  (206) 957-0729 Fax
  wpas@wpas-rights.org Email
  Provides free advocacy services for disabled and mentall ill people in Washington.
  
  
• Washington State Bar Association
  2101 4th Avenue, Fourth Floor, Seattle WA 98121-2330
  (800) 945-9722 Toll Free
  (206) 443-9722 Phone
  (206) 727-8319 Fax
  questions@wsba.org Email
  Enter 'landlord or tenant' into their site's search engine to find people who do landlord-tenant mediation, as well as lots of other landlord-tenant information
  
  
• Washington State Attorney General
  (360) 753-6200 Phone
  (800) 692-5082 ConsumerLine
  (800) 551-4636 Consumer Protection Division
  emailago@atg.wa.gov Email
  You can get a listing of ConsumerLine tapes dealing with landlord-tenant issues by pressing 1, then 048.
  
  

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Rent and Utilities Assistance:

• St. Vincent De Paul
  (253) 474-0519
  
  
• Metropolitan Development Council
  721 South Fawcett, Suite 204, Tacoma WA 98402
  (253) 383-3921
  
  
• Martin Luther King Center Housing Exchange
  (253) 597-4804
  
  
• Tacoma Power
  (253) 502-8000 Main Switchboard
  (253) 502-8343 TTY
  (253) 502-8572 Fax
  power@cityoftacoma.org Email
  If tenant is low income, Tacoma City Light will do weatherization; owner has to agree. There are rate discounts for disabled people and low-income seniors, as well as an electric bill assistance program, "Project Need."
  
  
• Pierce County Sewer
  2401 South 35th Street
  Tacoma, WA 98409
  (253) 565-3440
  
  
• Tacoma Water
  3628 South 35th Street
  Tacoma, WA 98409
  (253) 502-8247 (Within Washington State),
  
  
• Pierce County Fire District #3
  3909 - 40th Street West
  University Place, WA 98466
  (253) 564-1622 (non-emergency)
  (253) 564-1629 Fax
  
  
• Families Unlimited Network (FUN)
  8101 27th St. West
  University Place, WA 98466
  (253) 564-2522 Phone
  (253) 564-2558 Fax
  dwenz@uppc.org Email
  
  

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Other:

• Better Business Bureau
  Use the zip code search or the BBB state directory to locate which Better Business Bureau to contact.
  
  
• Housing and Urban Development
  (800) 685-8470
  Handles general Section 8 complaints.
  
  
• Clear Point Financial Solutions
  

P.O. Box 71570, Richmond, Virginia 23255

1-877-877-1995

www.clearpointcreditcounselingsolutions.org

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