Grays Harbor County

Coastal Community Action Council Grays Harbor [1]

• Coastal Community Action Program works with low income individuals and families to remove the barriers that prevent them from achieving economic stability in Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties. Coastal Community Action Program changes people's lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other. Areas of assistance include - housing and energy services, home care services, health and nutrition, employment support & volunteer services, transportation, community services, and coastal energy project.
• Homeless Assistance (including HEN) [2]
• Rental Assistance [3]
• Shelters [4]
• Transitional Housing (must have children under 18) [5]
• Group Housing (via Behavioral Health Resources) [6]
• Food Banks [7]
• Driven to Opportunity (transportation for employment) [8]
• Medical Transportation [9]
• Personal Hygiene Packs [10]
• United Way-Community Emergency Fund [11]
  • Also found on Pacific County page.

Union Gospel Mission of Grays Harbor [12]

• Homelessness – Poverty – Despair. These words speak to the lives we work with. The Union Gospel Mission of Grays Harbor is here for one reason. To help these descriptions change for those that want it. As a Rescue Mission, we chart a path for homeless or near homeless men, women and children from hopelessness to hope by addressing the main problems they struggle with.
• Shelter [13]
• Friendship House (women and children) [14]
• New Foundations Program [15]
• Care Kit [16]
• Meal Programs [17]
• Clothing Banks & Showers [18]
• Free Store [19]

Columbia Wellness [20]

• Incorporated in 1953, Columbia Wellness is a progressive behavior health agency serving over 9000 adult and child mental health and substance use patients per year with 8 facilities in Cowlitz and Grays Harbor Counties. Dedicated to providing exemplary care, we are moving toward integrated service which enables our Therapists and Doctors to address primary care, mental health, and SUD as a whole. Adhering to Evidence-Based Practices, we dispense highly effective treatment with measurable outcomes and are passionate about providing excellent service to our patients and a first class working environment to our valued employees and partners.
• Seeking Help [21]
• Our Services [22]
• Our Programs [23]
• Contact Us [24]

Lavender Rights Project Trans Advocacy in Rural Places (TARP) [25]

• The Trans Advocacy in Rural Places program builds community knowledge, legal skills and grassroots power for the legal self-sufficiency and civil rights of transgender, two spirit and gender diverse people who live in rural or geographically isolated areas across Washington state.
• TARP Legal Documents Bank [26]
  • Get lots of Know Your Rights tip sheets related to trans issues. TARP has example county specific court forms with instructions for how to get name and gender change court orders (including those that require an out of state birth certificate update).
• TARP Grays Harbor County [27]
  • Fill-able court forms, example documents and thorough instructions packets for filing for name changes, gender change recognition orders and out of state birth certificate update orders. Currently adult forms and instructions are available. There are forms for gender change recognition court orders that both include and exclude a birth certificate update. Minor forms will be added soon. If you need them in the meantime, please email [email protected]
  • Instruction Packet Adult Name and Gender Change in Court [28]
  • Instruction Packet updating all your other ID documents after court [29]
  • Name Change Petition [30]
  • Example of Name Change Petition [31]
  • Adult Gender Change Recognition Petition without Birth Certificate [32]
  • Proposed Order for Gender Change Recognition with no Birth Certificate Update for Adults [33]
  • Example of Gender Change Recognition Petition and Order with No Birth Certificate Update for Adults [34]
  • Adult Birth Certificate Update Gender Change Recognition Petition [35]
  • Proposed Order for Birth Certificate Update Gender Recognition for Adults [36]
  • Example of Gender Change Recognition Petition and Order with Birth Certificate Update for Adults [37]
  • Fee Waiver Packet and Forms from Washington Law Help [38]
• Note: Due to the volume of resources provided by Lavender Rights Trans Advocacy in Rural Places documents linked to this page are for this county only. For access to different documents on TARP Legal Documents Bank and information about other Lavender Rights programs visit the Queer & LGBTQIA+ Resources or Legal Assistance and Literature pages.