Offers drop-in services including:  
-  Hospitality 
-  Advocacy 
-  Local telephone use 
-  Resource information  
Limited funding available to assist with: 
-  ID (WA State ID card and birth certificate) 
- Washington State driver's license
- Eyeglasses vouchers (OneSight Program)

Drop-in Services offered by Catholic Community Services' Solanus Casey Center at St. James Cathedral

Offers drop-in hospitality, advocacy, local telephone use, resource information & limited WA ID card, driver license and birth certificate assistance to low-income clients in transition.

Centers where homeless people can spend time during the day or evening. Services may include counseling and/or medication monitoring on a formal or informal basis; personal hygiene supplies; facilities for showering, shaving, napping, laundering clothes, making necessary telephone calls or attending to other personal needs; and other basic supportive services. Some centers may also provide meals or facilities for cooking. Programs that focus on homeless youth may provide case management, living skills training, family reunification assistance, classes and other educational supports, pre-employment training, health education (including HIV prevention), help in obtaining valid ID and other services that help youth successfully exit street life and transition to independent living.

Homeless Drop In Centers

Programs that provide financial assistance to help people pay fees associated with obtaining an identification card or replacing an identification card that has been lost or stolen in situations where they cannot otherwise afford one.

Identification Card Fee Payment Assistance

Programs that provide financial assistance to help people pay for a copy of a birth certificate in situations where they cannot otherwise afford one.

Birth Certificate Fee Payment Assistance

Programs that help people who have been released from a correctional facility (also known as returning citizens) make a successful transition to community life. Services generally include an assessment of the individual's needs, discussion of options and short-term case management involving coordination of needed services which may include housing location assistance, job training, job placement and retention services, legal assistance, literacy skills development, GED or other high school equivalency courses, parenting classes, life skills training, access to food and shelter resources, and other sources of support.

Ex-Offender Reentry Programs

Programs that provide financial assistance to help people pay fees associated with obtaining a driver license or replacing driver license that has been lost or stolen in situations where they cannot otherwise afford one.

Driver License Fee Payment Assistance

Programs that provide access to a telephone for homeless people and others who need to make a call and are unable to pay for it.

Telephone Facilities

Programs that assist individuals who have inadequate or no ID, particularly those who are homeless or have little or no income, to obtain or replace identifying documents. May include assisting clients with application forms, filing and paying for applications on the client's behalf, providing a mailing address when necessary for delivery, and offering ongoing safe storage for the documents.

Identification Application/Replacement Clinics

Offers day shelter for families and individuals experiencing homelessness in the Auburn area. Services include the following: 
-  Restrooms 
-  Showers once per week 
-  Laundry facilities once per month 
-  A la carte breakfast, lunch and dinner 
-  Phone charging station 
-  Referrals to employment resources 
-  Limited assistance for obtaining ID/driver licenses
Opens a cooling/warming center during weather advisories. No beds available, but clients can sit (and sleep) at tables, eat, charge phones, watch TV, come and go, etc.

Ray of Hope Resource Center

Offers a drop-in center for homeless families and individuals in the Auburn area. Laundry and shower facilities offered on select days. Serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Operates as a cooling/warming center during weather advisories.

Public or private organizations that provide showers, baths or other facilities where homeless people, travelers and others who do not have access to private bathing facilities can wash. Included are permanent shower facilities as well as mobile installations that can be moved from place to place. Also included are organizations that provide vouchers that people can use to access bathing facilities.

Public Showers/Baths

Programs that provide air conditioned facilities which are open to the public during dangerously hot weather. Spending a few hours in an air-conditioned environment can bring down the body's core temperature and make it easier to handle the heat. Older and/or frail adults, homeless people, parents with small children and persons with health conditions that may be made worse by the weather should consider spending time in a cooling center, particularly between 1pm and 5pm when temperatures are at their highest. Cooling centers may also have water and other liquids available to protect against dehydration, and some allow pets.

Extreme Heat Cooling Centers

Programs offered by churches, restaurants and other organizations that provide meals in a central location for people who lack the resources needed to buy and prepare food. The food may be distributed to people who line up for the meal or may be served to people seated in a dining hall setting, and participants rarely need to establish eligibility for the service.

Soup Kitchens

Programs that provide daytime or evening access to heated facilities during times of extreme cold for people who are temporarily at risk for exposure due to a power failure, fuel shortage, road closure, homelessness or other situations which make them vulnerable.

Extreme Cold Warming Centers

Public or private organizations that provide toilet facilities that are available to the public or which coordinate the distribution of portable toilets to parks or other areas for public events.

Public Restrooms

Public or private facilities for washing, drying and ironing clothes that are available to homeless people, travelers and other individuals who do not have access to private laundry facilities.

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Drop-in Services offered by Catholic Community Services' Solanus Casey Center at St. James Cathedral

Ray of Hope Resource Center