Our legal team meets with each client to hear their story. Then we help them create a plan to solve the problem. We exist to provide free legal assistance to those who need it most so they can solve their legal problems and get on with their lives. The government should stay out of the internal affairs of the faith of churches and worship services. Our work focuses on removing barriers to financial and social stability and focuses on issues such as: Every day, we help women overcome violence and substance abuse to start a new life. Our courses provide people with the knowledge and skills to succeed after graduation. Donate now to deliver meals and take care of this Thanksgiving season Richard started taking drugs at the age of eight. As an adult, he lost everything to addiction. Now he works soberly in the mission and helps others escape the street. We provide acute care to men and women with serious illnesses. A program for men who are coming out of prison or living with concurrent substance abuse and mental health issues. After completing our recovery program, many people continue their education, internships and new jobs.

The Mission provides services in Spanish, including chapel, counseling and legal assistance. Our legal team meets with each client to hear their story. Then we help them create a plan to solve the problem. We exist to provide free legal assistance to those who need it most, so they can solve their legal problems and get on with their lives. Legal problems trap men and women in homelessness. Many of them can be easily resolved, but homeless people often have no voice in the legal system, no money to pay for legal services, and no idea how to proceed. Churches and religious organizations have the right to employ those who share their faith without being punished by the government. As Justice Alito explains in his statement, this freedom belongs not only to churches, but also to “religious schools and religious organizations engaged in charitable practices, such as the operation of homeless shelters, hospitals, soup kitchens, and religious legal aid clinics similar to those of the mission — among many others.” The ADF will continue to defend its rights.

We give homeless men and women a voice so they can move on to the next stage of life. By clarifying their legal issues, we are equipping them to leave chronic homelessness in the past. The Union Gospel Mission of Seattle is a Christian nonprofit organization that has been helping the homeless in Seattle, Washington, for nearly 90 years. It was founded in 1932 as a soup kitchen for people suffering during the Great Depression. Today, the mission offers many services, including mobile showers, a “rescue and recovery program” that brings food and basic needs to people on the street, a legal aid clinic, and effective recovery programs for people struggling with addiction. We bring hope to prisoners with worship, life skills classes and counseling. In 2016, Union Gospel Mission in Seattle refused to hire a lawyer for its legal aid clinic because the lawyer disagreed with Gospel Mission`s beliefs or followed their religious expectations of staff. After the mission hired a candidate who met its religious criteria, the lawyer continued the mission. The Washington State Supreme Court issued a ruling in this case in March 2021, concluding that the Constitution did not protect the mission`s efforts to work in accordance with its beliefs. Washington presents the mission with an impossible choice: either violate your beliefs or stop serving your homeless neighbors. We give homeless men and women a voice so they can move on to the next stage of life.

By clarifying their legal issues, we are equipping them to leave chronic homelessness in the past. Legal problems trap men and women in homelessness. Many of them can be easily resolved, but homeless people often have no voice in the legal system, no money to pay for legal services, and no idea how to proceed. The Mission provides legal services to men and women trapped in homelessness. Every night, the search + ambulances bring vital supplies, care, friendship and prayer. To escape his traumatic memories, Josh tried to banish chaotic moments from his mind. At the age of 12, he discovered that drugs helped. At his lowest, Josh was friendless, depressed and homeless. The Union Gospel Mission in Seattle is unique in that 25% of its employees are former clients whom it has helped fight homelessness and substance abuse. Since the Christian missionary faith is an integral part of everything it does, it can only include those who share and live its religious convictions. A Washington Supreme Court ruling seeks to punish a religious nonprofit, the Union Gospel Mission in Seattle, for refusing to hire employees who do not share the organization`s religious beliefs. The religious beliefs and evangelism of ministry are the foundation of everything it does, and so each collaborator must live and share the religious beliefs of the mission for the mission to succeed.

Our one-year faith-based recovery program helps men and women with counseling and relapse prevention programs, providing the physical, mental and spiritual healing they need to leave their addiction behind. This is the stage you see most often – people who live on the streets and often struggle with addiction. We are on the road 365 days a year to combine them with life-saving help. This #GivingTuesday, every $15.24 you donate will be doubled, up to a maximum of $200,000, to provide homeless neighbours with a meal and life-saving items. Our mobile shower trailer provides hot showers as well as soap, shampoo and fresh towels. More than 13,000 people are now struggling with homelessness and addictions in the greater Seattle area.