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Mahoney Leaves Legacy of Care

Mahoney Leaves Legacy of Care

by | Sep 26, 2017 | Feature

After 28 years of working in our home care program around the Tacoma area, Linda Mahoney called it a career on the last day of August. It’s the people who attracted her to caregiving. “I love the clients because each and every one of them has a story to tell,” Linda said. She held all kinds of positions in home care – from frontline caregiver to lead home care supervisor. She also worked in our...

Introducing Refugees Northwest

Introducing Refugees Northwest

by | Jul 18, 2017 | Refugees & Immigrants

LCS Northwest is pleased to announce that, as of July 1, all of our refugee and asylum services managed through our North Puget Sound office are now under one banner: Refugees Northwest. The name and logo was formally launched at our Taste of the World fundraiser in Seattle. Our program may have a new name and fresh face, but our services remain the same. This includes Counseling, Foster Care,...

Arlington teens put service skills into action for Family Centers

Arlington teens put service skills into action for Family Centers

by | Jun 22, 2017 | Family Support

The Arlington High School Interact Club has discovered the power of community service. In January, the club partnered with our Family Support staff as volunteers for the Point in Time homeless count. Club members met a young woman with a child living in her car and were moved to take action. They collected and delivered much needed baby items to the homeless woman. But they wanted to do more....

Protection Orders improve for Sexual Assault Victims

Protection Orders improve for Sexual Assault Victims

by | May 15, 2017 | Uncategorized

Advocacy teamwork helped lead to improved protection orders for sexual assault victims in Washington State.With a stroke of Governor Jay Inslee’s pen Friday, May 5, a new law changed protection orders for sexual assault victims. Before that, victims of sexual assault could only get two-year protection orders from their perpetrators. The new law abolishes the two-year limit. A judge can now...

Adoption Day: A Reason to Celebrate for Former Foster Child

Adoption Day: A Reason to Celebrate for Former Foster Child

by | May 9, 2017 | Feature, Program

We all celebrate birthdays, wedding anniversaries and other significant milestones. For Kayla Balassone of Tukwila, an annual celebration is her Adoption Day. That day transformed her life. Balassone was just four years old when she entered the state foster care system with her little brother. They bounced around between their birth mother and foster homes several times. It wasn’t a...

Give Local: Online Giving Days in May

by | Apr 28, 2017 | Uncategorized

Help us make stronger, more vibrant communities for us all. Lutheran Community Services Northwest is a pathway back to life for parentless and neglected children, victims of violence and torture, refugees, the mentally ill and addicted and forgotten and voiceless people facing hard times. Your donations will change their lives. You can help people in our communities by giving to one...

One Family’s Climb Out of Homelessness

One Family’s Climb Out of Homelessness

by | Mar 15, 2017 | Family Support

In the fall of 2015, Candy Braget was pregnant with her fourth child, suffering from gestational diabetes, and her family was homeless. Unsure of where to turn for assistance, she called 211 in Snohomish County and was referred to LCS Northwest’s Family Support program. That phone call changed her life. Braget was connected with LCS Northwest Housing Navigator Lori Morgan. “Lori is an amazing...

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