Helping Families Thrive

Equity in Action

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2545 total individuals served

1205 individuals with disabilities served

742 youth with disabilities served

% Clients Served by Language:

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LanguageClients Served
English22%
Spanish17%
Somali10%
Unknown10%
Vietnamese8%
Arabic7%
Other languages7%
Non-speaking4%
Amharic4%
Cantonese3%
Tigrinya3%
Mandarin2%
Khmer2%
Korean1%

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2409 individuals served

953 individuals with disabilities served

769 households served

361 youth with disabilities served

% Clients Served by Language:

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LanguageClients Served
English20%
Spanish14%
Unknown13%
Somali9%
Other languages9%
Arabic8%
Vietnamese8%
Mandarin5%
Cantonese5%
Tigrinya4%
Amharic3%
Non-speaking2%

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2318 individuals with disabilities and their families served

644 youth with disabilities served

21 languages spoken by staff

% Clients Served by Language:

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LanguageClients Served
English18%
Spanish14.2%
Unknown12.8%
Other languages11%
Somali9.7%
Vietnamese8.3%
Arabic7.4%
Cantonese4.8%
Mandarin4.8%
Tigrinya4%
Amharic3.2%
Korean1.9%

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20 Languages Spoken By Staff

861 Youth with Disabilities Served

1076 Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families Served

% Clients Served by Language:

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LanguageClients Served
English19%
Spanish17%
Vietnamese9%
Somali9%
Unknown9%
Other languages8%
Mandarin5%
Cantonese5%
Korean5%
Arabic5%
Amharic4%
Tigrinya3%
Khmer2%

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1537 individuals with ID/DD served

20 Languages Spoken By Staff


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Our Cultural Brokerage Model

We see you, we’ve been where you are, let’s do this together

Our staff are here to walk beside families, sharing their journey.

We are not teachers or authorities on what is happening in their lives.

We pair families 1:1 with a staff member who shares their language and culture.  If there are no staff who speak a family’s language, we will provide a telephone interpreter.

Trusting relationships with families and a shared cultural context means we can act as a bridge between families and the services and support they need.

We pair an understanding of the family we work with and our expertise in the systems and programs that are available to them, to find the right solution for them.

Our work helps multicultural families on individual, community, and systemic levels:

Individual

We have programs from birth to adulthood that support individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities and their families

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Community

Creating a safe and joyful space in our community for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, people of color, and low-income families

Explore the Multicultural Village

Systemic

Supporting individuals and their families to advocate for change in the systems, policies, and laws that govern them

See our advocacy work

Success Stories

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A Rising Advocacy Star: Mahad Dahir

Expect great things from Mahad Dahir. Mahad ran for Vice President of the Associated Students of Highline College (ASHC) and won! He is not only the first person from the Highline Achieve Program, a program for students with disabilities, to serve on the ASHC…he now serves as President of ASHC!

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Making Friends While Exploring the Outdoors

During the Summer, the outdoors beckons us. This past summer, our Youth Team partnered with Outdoors for All to host a series of outdoor outings as a part of our Friendship Club program. Youth including Alice, pictured here with her mom, ventured into the outdoors.

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Providing Opportunity via Friendship Circle

“I am very happy to have your support. My son does enjoy Friendship Circle so much and always looks forward to signing on Zoom.”

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