The Y is Seattle’s founding nonprofit organization, offering health, hope, and opportunity. The mission of the Y is to build a community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind and body. We are an inclusive organization of men, women and children with a shared commitment to nurture the potential of youth, promote healthy living, and foster social responsibility.
At the Y, strengthening community is our cause. We work side-by-side with our neighbors throughout King and south Snohomish counties to help kids and families thrive – and apply their positive behaviors and goals at home, school, the workplace, and beyond at our 13 branches, 2 overnight camps, 10 swimming pools, and more than 200 program sites.
For more than 60 years, Crisis Connections has created pathways to critical resources and crisis support for help seekers in our community. We deliver expert care to people who are struggling with loneliness, depression, substance use disorder, recovery, and many other life challenges.
Our programs identify individual needs and respond with whole-person care that results in improved individual outcomes. Crisis Connections fills the gaps in the human services and mental health systems—providing a safety net for help seekers and reducing the impact on our strained system.
By addressing the root causes of crisis, we are contributing to building a strong, resilient community.
Our Mission
To foster resilience and well-being for all by connecting people to accessible and compassionate support.
Our programs include:
988
911 Diversion
211
Community Care Hub Intake Center
Crisis Services
Mobile Crisis Dispatch
Recovery Help Line
Teen Link
Warm Line
Support After Suicide
Stop Hate Hotline
Crisis Connections is a non-profit agency registered with the Secretary of State as a charitable organization and is proud to be accredited by the International Council for Helplines and Inform USA. Crisis Connections is an equal opportunity employer and service provider.
Solid Ground combines direct services with advocacy to meet basic needs, nurture success, and spread change. We believe communities are stronger when we support stability and break down the barriers to overcoming poverty.
Through 20+ programs, people gain stability and build skills that equip them to move forward in their lives. We work toward ending racism and other oppressions embedded in our institutions, policies, and culture that hold people back from succeeding. By amplifying the voices of people experiencing poverty throughout the political process, we further social justice and support our entire community in reaching its fullest potential.
Each year more than 65,000 King County residents engage with Solid Ground to address their urgent food, housing & transportation needs, while changing the institutional practices & policies that perpetuate poverty.