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Refugee Women's Alliance

  • Location:
    4008 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
    Seattle, WA 98108
  • Phone:
    (206) 721-0243
  • Fax:
    (206) 721-0282
  • Contact methods:
    Fax, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA) is a multi-ethnic, community-based organization that provides comprehensive culturally and linguistically appropriate services to refugee and immigrant communities throughout Washington State's King and Snohomish Counties. From a small, informal alliance of concerned refugee women, ReWA has grown to become one of the largest non-profit refugee and immigrant service providers in the Puget Sound area. Our programs are developed to respond to the complex needs of refugee and immigrant women and their families with the primary goal of making a positive and long-lasting impact on their lives. Today, ReWA operates from 10 sites in King and Snohomish Counties, and is comprised of 140 staff members with the capability of speaking 57 different languages and dialects. Many of our staff are refugees or immigrants. They work together to deliver bilingual and bicultural services to help our clients gain English and job-related skills, find employment, maintain stability, and eventually thrive in their adoptive country.

Counties served: King

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Other areas of legal assistance: Family & Juvenile
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Citizenship / Civics classes, Employment services, ESL, Health services, Housing referrals, Language services, Legislative advocacy (state or national), Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Cambodian, Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Khmer, Laotian, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Oromo, Persian, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Our free services for Adjustment of Status and Naturalization are based on program eligibility. We charge a nominal fee to any clients who do not qualify for our grant-funded programs. All other immigration services are charged a nominal fee.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 6

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, International Rescue Committee, Kids In Need of Defense, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), YWCA

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Annie Dimitras
(206) 721-0243