Horn of Africa Services (HOAS) is a multi-lingual, multicultural nonprofit organization offering individual and family counseling and referral services. They respond to health, employment, housing and educational needs within communities from Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, and neighboring countries who are living in the Greater Seattle area. HOAS provides services by bilingual staff speaking in Amharic, Oromo, Tigrigna, and Somali.

Horn of Africa Services conducts 'Job Readiness' workshops, monthly legal clinics, and an annual gift giving program for needy families. In addition, Horn of Africa Services has successfully produced seven citizenship videos in four major East African languages to disseminate information and help prospective individuals prepare for U.S. naturalization testing. The organization has programs including information and referral, advocacy and counseling, citizenship classes, ESL, Outreach, a legal immigration clinic, job training and placement, youth services and an East African Self-reliance Project.

Jewish Family Service (JFS) is a private, non-profit, social service organization serving members of the Jewish and broader communities in the greater Puget Sound Region. JFS offers Refugee Services to those fleeing from countries ravaged by war and religious, political or economic persecution. Services include resettlement services, ESL & citizenship classes, employment counseling & job placement, home care, and a food bank.

1601 16th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122

206-461-3240 x502

Home care:
206-461-3240

Food bank:
206-461-3240

http://www.jfsseattle.org

FareStart provides a community that helps homeless people through-out the state to achieve self-sufficiency through life skills, job training, and employment in the food service industry.

1902 2nd Avenue Seattle, WA 98101

Center for Career Alternatives is a non-profit human service organization. The agency provides no cost education, employment, training and career development services to residents of King and Snohomish Counties.

Headquarters
901 Rainier Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98144

Kent:
13111 SE 274th St.
Kent, WA 98030

White Center:
9618 14th Ave. SW
Seattle, WA 98106

Everett:
3331 Broadway
Everett, WA 98201

HQ;
206-322-9080

Kent:
253-639-1162

White Center:
206-957-0684

Everett:
425-252-6400

http://www.ccawa.org

The Giving Tree provides employment and wood shop services for formerly homeless men and women in King County to build quality hand-crafted wooden toys, many of which are donated to homeless children.

2008 Westlake Ave. Seattle, WA 98121

206-323-6341

http://www.givingtreetoys.catholicchar

The Refugee Assistance Program provides housing, employment, food, clothing, immigration and citizenship assistance to refugees and immigrants resettling in the United States. Counties Served: King

4250 S Mead St. Seattle, WA 98118

206-725-2090

http://www.ccsww.org/aha/refugee.php