Together Center celebrates its 20th anniversary on September 24 from 3 pm to 6 pm. A one-stop campus with a hundred ways to find help, here are 20 types of services found at Together Center.

1. Emergency food and food bank services
2. Medical care, including naturopathic and pharmacy services
3. Individual and family mental health services
4. Outreach, case management and emergency/residential/foster housing help for homeless teenagers
5. Help to find permanent and affordable housing solutions
6. Information, support and case management for people with disabilities
7. Training and support for child care providers and information for all to locate child care
8. Dental care services
9. Support services for people with learning disabilities
10. Support groups for those with mental health disabilities and their families
11. Culturally competent information and support for those speaking Spanish, Chinese and languages of India.
12. Individual and family counseling for children, teens and their families
13. One-on-one advocacy for homeless adults
14. Mentors and other supports for teen parents
15. Utility assistance and other one-time financial support
16. Dating violence prevention, anger management, and other special services for teens
17. Transitional housing programs (18 months of housing coupled with support services)
18. Advocacy and support for accessing state and other services
19. Classes for staff, volunteers and the community
20. Information, referral and front-line help to navigate health, housing and human services

Family Resource Center has a new name.

Family Resource Center has changed its name to Together Center.

One of the first nonprofit multi-tenant centers in the nation, Together Center was designed first and foremost to lower barriers to finding help.  Where East King County residents once needed to travel from Bothell to Renton or beyond to find help at individual locations, people now find comprehensive assistance at one location in downtown Redmond.

“As we celebrate our 20^th year of creating access to human services and begin the work of the next decades, we want to better tell our story,” explained Executive Director Pam Mauk. “The Family Resource Center name is now found everywhere, used for all manner of services, organizations and program sites, both locally and nationally. This has led to ongoing confusion concerning our services and role.  After several years of Board planning, we are pleased to announce that we are changing our name to Together Center.”

The name is drawn from the mission and work of the Center:  “We create access to human services, so people can find help when they need it.”   The Center works in partnership with agencies and community organization, on campus and off.  Launched twenty years ago as a collaboration, Together Centers works to create greater access, identify gaps, develop solutions and operate more efficiently to support the community’s health and human service needs. “As our tag-line has long promoted,” Mauk said, “we are able to help in a hundred ways, thanks to working together.”

Over 65,000 Eastsiders, half of them children, receive assistance each year from the 18 agencies operating on the Center’s unique human services campus and other supports provided by Together Center.    Major agencies on the campus include Hopelink, Sound Mental Health, Friends of Youth, HealthPoint, Youth Eastside Services, Habitat for Humanity and many more.

Four agencies launched Together Center in 1990, and the Center continues to meet its mission by working in partnership with others.

All are invited to Together Center’s 20^th anniversary on September 24 from 3 to 6 pm at its campus at 16225 NE 87^th, Suite A-5, Redmond, WA  98052.  For more information, call 425-869-6699 or visit www.togethercenter.org.