International Rescue Committee in Spokane

International Rescue Committee in Spokane The IRC Spokane provides opportunities and support for refugees fleeing conflict and disaster.

We’re working directly with clients to prepare them for the upcoming changes to their healthcare coverage this October. ...
08/26/2026

We’re working directly with clients to prepare them for the upcoming changes to their healthcare coverage this October.

Our Washington Immigrant Information Center, in partnership with DSHS, Washington Healthcare Authority, and IRC, is another great resource to help clients and community members access reliable and culturally relevant information to understand and navigate the changes ahead.

Together, we’ve developed this information hub as a way for anyone to find online answers or call and ask questions in their preferred language at +1 (206) 672-4226 (including WhatsApp).

https://www.wa-immigrant.info

For the last 10 months, thanks to Northwest Harvest and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have been ab...
08/21/2026

For the last 10 months, thanks to Northwest Harvest and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have been able to host bi-weekly halal food distributions for clients and community members who are facing food insecurity. We’ve even been able to add to these food boxes with produce grown alongside our clients from our New Roots Community Garden at the YMCA of the Inland Northwest.

Thanks to the efforts of stellar volunteers from local organizations like Columbia Bank and other dedicated members of the community, we offer both market style food pick-up and food box deliveries to eliminate barriers for clients who are home bound or at work during distribution hours.

With an increased number of families facing food insecurity, having the ability to provide food that meets the cultural and religious needs of clients is so meaningful. We appreciate the community support that allows us to ensure that clients have access to nutritious food options for themselves and their families!

Recently, we were presented with an opportunity from the Obama Foundation to host a conversation with local community l...
08/19/2026

Recently, we were presented with an opportunity from the Obama Foundation to host a conversation with local community leaders, practitioners, journalists, educators, faith leaders, and elected officials from all backgrounds across Spokane.

We were excited to welcome the Obama Foundation’s Deputy Director of Global Programs and their USA Lead to our office to gather for a discussion about what local change makers are doing to take creative and intentional action to solve social, environmental, or community problems.

After presentations about the Obama Foundation’s Leaders USA program and IRC Spokane’s local work, we watched a brief video from former President Obama, exchanged ideas about values-based leadership, and discussed challenges, solutions, and what kind of support would be useful from the foundation’s global network of leaders.

Their team was impressed with the unity, collaboration, and positive change happening in Spokane. They commented on the big impact we’re having for a city of our size and the takeaway we sent them with was, “Don’t sleep on Spokane. There are a lot of amazing things happening here!”

Thank you to the Obama Foundation for making time to come visit, listen, build relationships, and elevate our messages to a national level!

Brightening someone’s day goes a long way! In the midst of the busyness and intensity of the last two weeks, our volunte...
08/18/2026

Brightening someone’s day goes a long way!

In the midst of the busyness and intensity of the last two weeks, our volunteer, Betsy, came in to offer support on her birthday, and she even brought homemade treats to share with us and our clients.

One of our kiddo clients whose dad was finishing up an appointment heard it was Betsy’s birthday and excitedly insisted on giving her a little toy from their pocket as a gift to celebrate.

Moments of genuine connection like these are so meaningful to witness, and we are lucky to be inspired by acts of kindness like this between staff, volunteers, community members, and clients every single day!

Thank you, Innovia Foundation🌱 Our Youth Roots program has been a huge success this summer with your support! Each week...
08/17/2026

Thank you, Innovia Foundation🌱

Our Youth Roots program has been a huge success this summer with your support!

Each week, we gathered with 12 refugee and immigrant students to build life and career skills at the IRC Spokane’s New Roots Garden.

Participants spent time growing and distributing fresh food to community members facing food insecurity, improving the garden, volunteering at various food pantries in town, and conducting a research project exploring cultural food traditions and cuisines. 🍲🌿

Along the way, students explored future college and career opportunities, strengthened their English skills, built relationships, and got to know Spokane’s people, places, and landscape through hands-on activities and field trips.

As an added bonus, each student received a $400 stipend and a laptop or tablet upon completion of the program!

🙏 A huge thank you to the Innovia Foundation for funding student stipends, helping to make programs like Youth Roots accessible to young people and supporting food security efforts in the Spokane community!

🚀 We had a great time hosting our Summer STEM Camp at Linwood Elementary! ✨The program brought hands-on STEM learning to...
08/13/2026

🚀 We had a great time hosting our Summer STEM Camp at Linwood Elementary! ✨

The program brought hands-on STEM learning to 28 elementary students this summer. 🚐 Free transportation, lunch, snacks, and materials were provided each day, and campers even get to keep their books and supplies!

🪐 We celebrated space, read books, built rockets with Mobius Discovery Center, enjoyed a virtual planetarium show with the Pacific Science Center, and learned about planetary geology and gravity. Students did an outer space fashion show and built their martian habitats.

Week 2 was cut short by the wildfires with the school being in an active evacuation zone, so we weren’t able to get to our animals unit to build our beaver dams or create our ocean habitats, but we will find a way!

This camp was made possible by funding from the Washington State DSHS Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance and School's Out Washington. Thank you to these partners for making it possible for us to help kids stay curious, active, and engaged throughout the summer ☀️

Our case management team has been working to support our homebound and medically fragile clients amidst the poor air qua...
08/12/2026

Our case management team has been working to support our homebound and medically fragile clients amidst the poor air quality.

Recognizing the immediate need for avoidance of and relief from the smoke, we reached out to our partners at SNAP, who quickly and generously provided us with 65 brand new air purifiers to share with clients in impacted zip codes.

Two of our interns jumped into action to begin delivering the air purifiers to clients, along with warm, delicious, and culturally appropriate meals for them and members of their family. Thanks to the incredible chefs from World Central Kitchen and Feast World Kitchen, we’re able to deliver 90 meals to clients who need them!

Partnerships like this make a meaningful difference by multiplying impact across the community, and nobody does community better than Spokane 💛

Thanks to our broadcast channels, we were able to communicate directly with hundreds of individuals from the refugee and...
08/12/2026

Thanks to our broadcast channels, we were able to communicate directly with hundreds of individuals from the refugee and immigrant community to push out mass communications in ten different languages about fire dangers, evacuations levels, and resources for those impacted.

These channels are free to sign up for, and your information and responses are not visible to anyone in the group. The best part is, you can reply to the messages to ask clarifying questions or request additional details and an IRC staff will reply in your language.

Sign up today to get messages about community updates, free resources, emergency alerts, and information about IRC programs and services. You don’t need to be an IRC client to sign up. These channels are open to anyone as a way to expand language access across our community.
You can find translated instructions for signing up below in the comments.

And if you’re an organization wanting to share general updates applicable to a wide range of community members, you can send a flyer to [email protected] and we will happily share that out with a translated paragraph detailing all of the information in your message.

Our Health Promotion team created these flyers in multiple languages to help educate clients about Wildfire Safety & Eva...
08/07/2026

Our Health Promotion team created these flyers in multiple languages to help educate clients about Wildfire Safety & Evacuation.

These flyers have tips for protecting yourself, your family, your pets and your home and include information about air quality, go bags, diy air purifiers, evacuation levels, and staying informed through emergency alerts.

We’ve been sharing this interpreted information with clients through our broadcast channels in ten different languages as part of our response, and included translated versions of the flyers in Dari and Arabic below in the comments.

We working to ensure that clients have access to the resources they need to be safe and feel empowered to navigate their circumstances through information, education, and preparation.

If you or someone you know has been impacted by the fires and need support with disaster aid applications and claims, fa...
08/07/2026

If you or someone you know has been impacted by the fires and need support with disaster aid applications and claims, family and mental health support services, mobile case management, tenant advocacy and transitional housing search, food and water distribution, and free phone plans and digital devices, we are here to help. All of our services are free and open to the community at this time.

Our mission is to help people in crisis to recover and rebuild. Our staff specialize in serving populations who are hardest to reach: individuals navigating trauma, displacement, language barriers, and unfamiliar systems, often while facing acute or compounding crises.

We bring practiced expertise in moving people from crisis toward stabilization, including trauma-informed care, cultural and linguistic accessibility, rapid needs assessment, and coordinated referral to meet the universal needs shared by anyone in crisis, regardless of background.

Call 917-763-4755 to schedule an appointment learn more about our services.

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925 W Montgomerey
Spokane, WA
99205

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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+15092585774

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