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We are closed between 12/24/2020 and 01/03/2021!
WAAA provides a range of advocacy services to help adults, youth, and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities throughout the State of Washington gain access to health and educational services and supports that they need.
These services include:
Along with our Blueprints to Special Education training workshops to help families navigate the IEP system, WAAA’s Special Education Law library offers tools to help families advocate for the Special Education accommodations their child needs. In addition, we help identify services and supports, working with care providers and other agencies to ensure children have access to the educational support they need, regardless of economic, language, or cultural barriers.
WAAA aims to ensure that legal services are financially accessible to all families with its sliding scale fee program. Individuals and families for whom WAAA agrees to provide legal representation, and have a household income of 200% or less of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL), will not be charged any attorneys’ fees for WAAA’s legal services.
For other families, the fee will be calculated based on a sliding scale as outlined below.
WAAA will use the sliding scale chart below for people whose household income is between 201 and 600% of the FPL, to determine what percentage of WAAA’s attorneys’ fees for which you will be responsible should you wish to request, and WAAA agrees to provide you with legal representation.
200% FPL & lower | 0% (free) |
201-225% FPL | 10% of fee |
226-250 % FPL | 15% of fee |
251-300% FPL | 20% of fee |
301-350% FPL | 30% of fee |
351-400% FPL | 40% of fee |
401-450% FPL | 50% of fee |
451-500% FPL | 60% of fee |
501-550% FPL | 70% of fee |
551-575% FPL | 80% of fee |
576-600% FPL | 90% of fee |
Over 601% FPL | 100% of fee |
Please note that with the exception of WAAA’s Health Law Program Director, Education Law Program Director, and staff attorneys, WAAA’s advocates are not attorneys. Any information provided by WAAA’s non-attorney advocates is not a substitute for specific legal advice.
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