Homelessness
Snohomish County Cold Weather Shelters
Resource lists Posted 11/27/2025 This page is updated daily.
The Snohomish County Cold Weather Shelters will now be open for other severe weather events (heat, smoke or flooding, etc).
From MyMLTNews on this additional topic.
Neighbors in Need Saturday Morning
Provide neighbors a safe place for a hot meal, needed clothing, and a bag of groceries to get through the weekend.
Guests gather every Saturday morning from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. served by rotating teams of volunteers.
Trinity Lutheran Church 6215 196th Street SW in Lynnwood or call 425-778-2159.
YWCA at Mercy House
(posted 6/12/2025)
22106 56th Ave. W
Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
Office Hours
Monday, 10 am to pm
Wednesday, 12 pm to 5pm
Thursday 10 am to 3 pm
Coordinated Entry
Resource Connection is offered by prevention and resource navigators to assist households to access various resources, such as employment of healthcare, to improve housing stability or resolve homelessness.
YWCA Resource Navigator: Ahmad Fawad Amirzai
Email:aamirzai@ywcaworks.org
Phone: 425-971-4685
At Mercy House on Wednesdays from 1pm-4pm
YWCA Pathways for WomenEmergency Shelter that provides a safe-haven for single women and single mothers with childrenPathways Shelter Intake Specialist: Noelle NishidaEmail: nnishida@ywcaworks.orgPhone: 425-774-9843At Mercy House on Mondays from 10am-12p
YWCA Heath Care Access (HCA)
For information: https://www.ywcaworks.org/programs/health-care-access
City of Edmonds Human Services
(reviewed 6/12/2025)
Mostly help Edmond residents but the do help the homeless.
Hoff Foundation
Mission: To break the dysfunctional cycle which leads to sex trafficking, compromised mental function, abuse, addiction, homelessness, or trauma in women and children.
Washington State ID for the Unhoused
(reviewed 6/12/2025)
State Department of Licensing new program for helping homeless individuals get a new or reissued state ID card: https://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/id-help-for-the-unhoused.html
Office of Neighborhoods
(reviewed 6/12/2025)
The Office of Neighborhoods was created to fulfill two goals: 1) engage residents through outreach and events in a collaborative effort to make our neighborhoods safer and 2) identify and connect with our county’s unsheltered population to foster long-term relationships and break the cycle of homelessness, behavioral health, and/or substance use disorder in our county.
Contact:
Homeless Outreach
Sgt. Adam Fortney
outreach.scso@co.snohomish.wa.us
Snohomish County Human Services
425-388-7200
Mercy Watch
(reviewed 6/12/2025)
MercyWatch established a mission to serve the marginalized and outcasts; men, women and children living on the streets in Snohomish County. We do this with street medicine and homeless outreach.
Times and locations for the Mobile Medical Clinics
Lynnwood Hygiene Center
Open Monday-Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m
19726 64th Ave. W., Lynnwood
Located in the former Lynnwood emissions test station, the space was repurposed last year as a place for homeless people to use the restroom, shower and pick up basic hygiene products, food and clothes.
On Tuesdays, MercyWatch, a mobile medical team in Snohomish County, provides basic medical care to guests at the center as well.
Feeding Pets of the Homeless
(reviewed 6/12/2025)
Feeding Pets of the Homeless® is the first and one of the few national nonprofits providing pet food and emergency veterinary care to pets that belong to homeless people.
Washington Kids in Transition
(reviewed 6/12/2025)
Provides basic needs for homeless children attending school in the Edmonds School District, including food, emergency closets, and hygiene kits. Phone 206 697 3385
https://washingtonkidsintransition.org
Office: 19721 Scriber Lake Road, Suite B, Lynnwood, WA 98036
Office Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10am to 3pm
Office Phone: 425-361-2916
Everett Gospel Mission
(reviewed 6/12/2025)
Men’s Shelter and Day Center
3711 Smith Ave Everett, WA 98201
(425) 740-2550
Women and Children’s Shelter
5126 S 2nd Ave Everett, WA 98203
(425) 740-2501