Transportation & Legal Services

TRANSPORTATION - (Available in Asotin, Benton, Garfield, Kittitas and Yakima Counties):
The target population for transportation services is persons age 60 and over who need transportation to meal programs, medical and health services, social services, or for shopping assistance and cannot:

• Manage their own transportation because they do not have a car;
• Drive;
• Afford to drive; or
• Use public transportation or public transportation is not available or accessible.

County	Agency Providing Transportation	Contact Number
Asotin	InterLink	(509) 751-9143
Benton (Prosser area)	Volunteer Chore Services	(509) 965-7100
Garfield
Kittitas	HopeSource	Cle Elum (509) 674-2251 Ellensburg (509) 933-2287
Yakima	People For People	(509) 457-1111 or 1-800-233-1624, ext 224

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LEGAL

CLEAR SR 1-888-387-7111

CLEAR*Sr. Hotline -- Coordinated Legal Education, Advice and Referral system

CLEAR*Sr (Coordinated Legal Education, Advice and Referral for senior citizens) is a statewide toll-free client access system for people 60 years of age and older to obtain free legal assistance with civil (non-criminal) problems.

CLEAR*Sr intake hours are Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

When calling the CLEAR line callers may get a busy signal or a message stating that all circuits are busy. Callers getting this message should be told to please try the call again.

Once the call has been answered wait times range from 10 minutes to over an hour depending on call volumes.

Based on the information given to the CLEAR*Sr staff during the intake process, callers may be given verbal or written advice that may help callers solve their problem on their own. In some cases, CLEAR*Sr staff may try to solve a caller's problem by advocating with another party on the caller's behalf. If the caller has a problem that is more complicated and the caller needs an attorney to represent him or her, CLEAR*Sr will try to refer the caller to a legal services provider in the caller's community. We try to make the best referral possible. However, we cannot guarantee that the agency or program callers are referred to will be able to represent the caller. There may also be times when we will not be able to locate an appropriate referral in a caller's geographic area. CLEAR*Sr will do our very best to see that callers get all the help that is available.

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Washington Law Help

http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/WA/index.cfm

Washington LawHelp is provided as a public service by the Northwest Justice Project in collaboration with other legal aid providers in the Alliance for Equal Justice and Washington courts.