Northwest Justice Project
715 Tacoma Avenue South
Suite A
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 272-7879
1-888-201-1015
1-888-201-1014 (CLEAR - Client Intake)
Fax: (253) 272-8226
e-mail: tac@nwjustice.org

The Northwest Justice Project (NJP) is a not-for-profit statewide organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income people from nine offices throughout the state of Washington. Each year, NJP assists more than 18,000 people in need of critical legal assistance.

NJP operates a toll free intake and referral system called CLEAR (Coordinated Legal Education Advice and Referral), which serves as a critical point of access for clients throughout the state to obtain free legal help, including advice, brief legal service, and, where available, a referral for further representation. In addition, CLEAR maintains an extensive library of legal resources and self-help materials which are provided to callers as appropriate.

Below is a listing of a wide range of on-line documentation available through Washington Law Help. Click on the link below to get to their web page through which you can access any of these many documents.

CLICK HERE: http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/

Health Care

• Estate Recovery for Medical Services Paid for by the State
• How Can I Get Medical Coverage or Help with Medical Bills?
• Questions and Answers on Medicaid for Nursing Home Residents
• Medicaid for Adults 65 and Older or Disabled Who Don't Get SSI
• QMB & SLMB Programs
• Questions and Answers on the COPES Program

Other Issues

• Alternatives to Guardianship for Adults
• Questions & Answers on Guardianship
• Questions and Answers on Living Wills
• Questions and Answers on Powers of Attorney
• Do-It-Yourself Affidavit Procedure for Small Estates
• Elder Abuse
• Property Tax Exemption for Seniors and Disabled Persons
• Quit Claim Deeds/Life Estates
• Signing Documents When Physically Unable

Senior Bulletins from Washington Law Help

• Special Needs Trusts
• Key Medicaid Standards
• Medicaid Supplementation
• SSI Information - current year
• Medicare Information - current year
• Effect of Marital Separation on Medicaid Benefits
• Benefits and unrepresented individuals with impaired mental
  capacity
• Medicaid and Citizenship
• Estate Recovery
• Medicaid issues for people losing SSI benefits
• SSI cash assistance cuts effective
• MPC information
• COPES information
• Bank Accounts and SSI or Medicaid
• Reverse Mortgage Loans
• Emergency Medical Help for Non-Citizens
• Obtaining Durable Medical Equipment through Medicare
• Reverse Mortgage Loans
• SSI Recipients 64+ Who Are Able to Work Can Benefit from Earned Income
• Supplied Clothing, Shelter or Food and it's Effect on SSI
• Some things friends can give to SSI recipients