Benefits & Resource Navigation
Building self-sufficiency and empowerment through bilingual education and skill building programs.
Our navigators help individuals and families learn how to independently access services and navigate complex systems that offer needed assistance like DSHS, food stamps, Medicaid, Medicare and more. Our Community Connectors can help people determine if they are eligible for various public benefit programs (like SNAP) and then help them enroll in those programs if they are eligible.
- Best Start for Kids – Youth & Family Homelessness Prevention
This program is part of coordinated system of addressing homelessness throughout King County, working to resolve housing crisis before they result in a housing loss. … Read more - Community Connectors in the Food Bank
The Community Connector program helps our food bank participants apply for public benefits and services that meet their needs including SNAP (Food stamps), utilities discount … Read more - Digital Navigators
Digital Navigators is a month-long computer basics course aimed at teaching participants how to navigate the internet and use online tools such as email, word … Read more - ESL Classes
Free virtual English classes for beginners, levels 1 and 2 provided by Seattle Colleges. Participants must live in WA state and be 18 years of … Read more - Food Bank
At El Centro de la Raza, we meet our community where the community needs us. Food insecurity is on the rise, especially for our elderly … Read more - Free Bilingual Legal Clinic
On the second Wednesday of every month from January-November, El Centro de la Raza hosts Free Bilingual Legal Clinics in our Centilia Cultural Center (1660 … Read more - Government Benefits
Our Government Benefits Navigators can assist you in applying for food assistance, health insurance, veterans benefits, unemployment applications, Social Security, affordable housing, energy assistance and … Read more - Health Equity Navigation
This program aims to strengthen access to health services for low-income immigrants, refugees, and limited English-speaking families across the Puget Sound area. As a partner … Read more - Healthier Here Care Connect Navigator
This program is to help connect with members of our community who have tested positive with Covid-19 and provide essential items which are crucial for … Read more - Homelessness Prevention
Our Eviction Prevention Program is aimed at helping households remain in their housing and prevent them from becoming homeless. We perform wrap-around case management and … Read more - Labor Standards
This program educates Spanish-speaking workers on local, state, and federal labor laws, including Seattle Office of Labor Standards ordinances, minimum wage, wage theft, paid sick … Read more - Pathfinders – Veterans Outreach
The Veterans of Color Pathfinders Program at El Centro de la Raza provides outreach, advocacy, and service pathfinding to all veterans, with an emphasis on … Read more - Plaza Benefits Navigator
Our Benefits Navigator can support our Plaza and El Patio residents with a variety of services including rental assistance, utility discount programs, job search assistance, … Read more - Senior Hub
Addresses emotional, physical, social, intellectual needs through nutrition and health education, nutritious daily congregate meals, a weekly grocery bag from our food bank, guest speakers, … Read more - System Navigator
Our navigators provide support to help families learn how to independently access services and navigate complex systems that offer needed services. These systems include but … Read more
“Our system navigators are an important lifeline to the community to educate people on the benefits they are eligible for, meeting basic needs, helping people read documents, and more.”
– Sylvia Rubio, Human Services Director