Education & Employment
Employment Legal FAQ
Incarceration can impact your ability to get a job. Learn how to navigate challenges, find a job, and know your rights.
Family & Children
Child Support FAQ
Understand what child support is, how it impacts you, and how to receive support.
Custody, Visitation, and Parental Rights FAQ
Learn about how courts make custody and visitation decisions, how to access your parental rights, and gaining legal support.
Legal Support
LFO Self-Help Guide
This is a legal guide to help individuals prepare their own petition for legal financial obligation (LFO) relief. If you were convicted of a crime in Washington, you may be […]
Modifying Community Custody Conditions
What The Law Says In 2024, Washington State passed House Bill 2303, which gives people under community custody (the supervision period after prison, similar to parole) the right to ask […]
Reducing Legal Financial Obligations
If you were convicted of a crime in Washington, you may be eligible for relief from some or all of the legal financial obligations (LFOs) attached to your case(s). The amount of relief you may be eligible for depends on the type of conviction, the types of LFOs assessed, and your financial resources.
Excluded Offenses
Below is a list of ineligible offenses in the vacate statutes. Any of these offenses will not be eligible to vacate, but does not prevent you from vacating other charges, […]
Guide to Determining Blake Eligibility
The Washington State Supreme Court’s ruling in the case State v. Blake found that the law criminalizing drug possession, RCW 69.50.4013, was unconstitutional. As a result of this ruling, any prior conviction under this law, and certain other related law, can be removed from your criminal record.
Vacating a Misdemeanor Conviction
Washington law allows for certain misdemeanor convictions to be vacated if specific criteria are met. This means that the conviction will be treated as if it never occurred.
Vacating a Felony Conviction
Washington law allows for certain felony convictions to be vacated if specific criteria are met. This means that the conviction will be treated as if it never occurred.
Free/Low Cost Support for Vacating Records
Multiple organizations can help you vacate your record when eligible. (See our other guides for determining eligibility.)
Restorative Justice & Conflict Resolution
Organizations helping people with restorative justice, conflict resolution, victim support, and other similar support for people.
Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs) FAQ
Legal financial obligations (LFOs) are debts related to a criminal conviction, including fines, costs and fees and restitution imposed by the court as part of a criminal sentence.
Warrants FAQ
Learn what warrants are, how they impact you, and one happens if you have one.
Government Assistance & Financial Support
Blake Refund Check and Social Security Benefits
If you are receiving SSDI or Retirement Benefits, programs that require work and tax payments, a Blake refund check will not put your benefits at risk because these are not need-based programs. However, if you receive SSI benefits, they may be affected by receiving a Blake refund check.