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Provides financial assistance for rent and utilities to eligible low-income households.
Provides financial assistance and information and referral for eligible for eligible households.
Categories
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Provides human and health services with basic needs, mental health, transitional housing, housing programs for literally and chronically homeless households, and family support services.
Provides human and health services with basic needs, mental health, transitional housing, housing programs for literally and chronically homeless households, case management, and family support services.
Categories
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Case/Care Management Referrals
Central Intake/Assessment for Mental Health Services
General Clothing Provision
Family Support Centers/Outreach
Prescription Expense Assistance
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Provides payment assistance with utilities, rent, laundry, transportation, and other basic needs.
Helps community members with short-term, emergency assistance. Offers utility assistance which helps with gas, electric and water bills as well as Puget Sound Energy bills. Can also help with partial rental payments, clothing and household items and laundry vouchers. Provides transportation assistance by providing bus passes, gas vouchers and helping with car repairs.
Categories
Gas Money
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
General Clothing Provision
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Laundry Vouchers
Provides financial assistance programs to low-income families, immigrants and refugees, pregnant women, and people who are aged, blind or disabled. Programs include TANF/WorkFirst, AREN, Diversion Cash Assistance, Refugee Cash Assistance and ABD.
Provides financial assistance to Washington residents in need who meet eligibility requirements.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF/WorkFirst):
- Provides monthly cash grants and medical assistance to eligible low-income families with minor children in the home.
- Applicants attend a WorkFirst orientation and eligibility interview.
- Pregnant and parenting minors may be eligible for TANF benefits if they meet additional eligibility requirements, as determined by a DSHS social worker.
- Adults may also be eligible for WorkFirst support, which will pay for items clients must have in order to look for work, prepare for work or accept a better job.
- Assistance may include transportation, car repairs, interview and work clothes, licenses and tools and equipment.
- Assistance will be provided via vouchers or pre-paid merchant cards.
Aged Blind and Disabled (ABD):
- Provides financial assistance for people with a long-term or permanent disability, or who are blind, or who are age 65 or older and meet income and resource requirements.
Emergency Assistance:
- TANF, Workfirst, SFA and RCA clients may apply for supplemental financial assistance when faced with an emergency caused by circumstances out of their control.
- Funding may be approved for rent (EVICTION NOTICES); electric, gas, heating fuel, water/sewer or telephone utility shut-off notices; or deposit move-in costs for homeless individuals and families.
- Includes Additional Requirements for Emergent Needs (AREN). AREN payments may be made up to a maximum of $750 in a 12-month period.
- Also includes WorkFirst support services, which helps with rent, mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, moving costs, all housing-related fees, hookup fees, refundable and non-refundable deposits, and temporary housing for households participating in WorkFirst. Up to $5,000 is available in a 12-month period.
Pregnant Women's Assistance:
- Provides financial assistance for pregnant women who are not eligible for TANF but meet TANF income and resource requirements.
Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA):
- Provides a cash grant program designed to prevent households with children from having to enroll in public assistance, by assisting with living expenses for needs such as:
- Housing
- Transportation
- Child care
- Food and employment-related expenses.
Clients may be referred to DSHS non-cash programs such as food stamps.
Staff may also refer to other social service programs including domestic violence services, clothing banks, food pantries, etc.
Housing and Essential Needs (HEN):
- Provides housing and essential needs vouchers for adults who have a shorter-term disability and meet income and resource requirements.
Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA):
- Cash assistance is available to refugees with no minor children for the first eight months after their arrival.
- Refugees with minor children are likely eligible for TANF.
State Family Assistance:
- Cash assistance program established for legal immigrants with dependent children who are ineligible for TANF because of immigrant status.
Categories
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
TANF Applications
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Case/Care Management
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Provides financial assistance for needs such as rent, bus passes, utility bills and other needs through local neighborhood chapters.
Many chapters have very limited or no financial assistance available.
Provides limited financial assistance through local neighborhood chapters.
- Helps with rent payments.
- Provides Metro bus tickets.
- Helps paying utility bills.
- Telephone bills ( may be provided depending on parish conference and circumstance).
- Helps with other needs either through financial assistance or through a voucher to a SVDP thrift store
- No cable bills
Not all areas of King County are served by a chapter; not all existing neighborhood chapters have financial assistance available.
Categories
Water Service Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Telephone Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Provides financial assistance to American Indians and Alaska Natives to help them become or remain stably housed. Assistance includes eviction prevention, move-in assistance and utility bill payment assistance.
Chief Seattle Club has periodic funding that may provide rental assistance, including past-due utilities, to those requiring assistance contingent on eligibility requirements. The homelessness prevention program only serves zip codes located in the City of Seattle.
Chief Seattle Club's Rapid Rehousing program provides case management and temporary financial assistance to eligible members. The program assists members experiencing homelessness find long-term, affordable housing. The program requires the individuals search for housing in King County, outside counties are not eligible for assistance, and to be making under 50% of the area median income.
Categories
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Housing Search Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Provides a drop-in center that assists with food, clothing, diapers, showers, hygiene items, pet food, laundry facilities, bus fare, and temporary mailing addresses.
Provides a drop-in center that assists with food, clothing, diapers, showers, hygiene items, pet food, laundry facilities, bus fare, and temporary mailing addresses. Advocates are available to help connect individuals to community resources. Offers limited financial assistance in obtaining ID, storage fees, utility and phone bills, and rental applications. Also, provides outdoor gear when available. No overnight shelter or rental assistance.
Categories
Public Restrooms
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Diapers
General Clothing Provision
Community Meals
Public Showers/Baths
Homeless Drop In Centers
Temporary Mailing Address
Rental Application Fee Payment Assistance
Laundry Facilities
Identification Card Fee Payment Assistance
Telephone Service Payment Assistance
Drop In Centers
Camping Gear
Bus Fare
Pet Food
Provides emergency financial assistance for honorably discharged veterans, veterans' widows, and qualified dependents.
Provides emergency financial assistance for honorably discharged veterans, veterans' widows, and qualified dependents, arranges for mental health and alcohol/drug assessment and treatment at a VA Medical Center. Provides outreach to veterans. Authorized items payable by Snohomish County Vouchers are food and sundries, utilities, medical, transportation (bus), vehicle gas. Other items payable at the discretion of service officer.
Categories
Gas Money
Dental Care Referrals
Bus Fare
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Provides emergency assistance for Cascade School District residents with the following: rent, utility shut-off prevention (water & power only), gas vouchers, bus tokens, or bus passes, and emergency shelter referrals.
Assists residents of the Cascade School District and Cashmere with the following services: rent, utility shut-off prevention (water & power only), gas vouchers, bus tokens, or bus passes, and emergency shelter referrals.
Categories
Local Transit Passes
Rent Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Water Service Payment Assistance
Gas Money
Provides assistance with rent, move-in costs, utilities (urgent or shut-off notice required), case management and bus tickets to residents with families of King County.
Provides limited assistance with the following:
- Rent payment assistance
- Move-in costs
- Utilities
- Short-term case management
- Information and referral
- Sometimes has help for bus tickets
Categories
Rent Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Case/Care Management
Rental Deposit Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Trash/Recycling Service Payment Assistance
Assists low-income VETERANS with emergency assistance with food, gas, rent, utilities, transportation, and other needs a veteran may have (make sure to reach eligibility requirements).
Assists low-income VETERANS with emergency assistance with food, gas, rent, utilities, transportation, and other needs a veteran may have (make sure to read eligibility requirements).
Categories
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Telephone Service Payment Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
General Paratransit/Community Ride Programs
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Gas Money
Water Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Food Pantries
Rent Payment Assistance
Provides financial assistance programs to low-income families, immigrants and refugees, pregnant women, and people who are aged, blind or disabled. Programs include TANF/WorkFirst, AREN, Diversion Cash Assistance, Refugee Cash Assistance and ABD.
Provides financial assistance to Washington residents in need who meet eligibility requirements.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF/WorkFirst):
- Provides monthly cash grants and medical assistance to eligible low-income families with minor children in the home.
- Applicants attend a WorkFirst orientation and eligibility interview.
- Pregnant and parenting minors may be eligible for TANF benefits if they meet additional eligibility requirements, as determined by a DSHS social worker.
- Adults may also be eligible for WorkFirst support, which will pay for items clients must have in order to look for work, prepare for work or accept a better job.
- Assistance may include transportation, car repairs, interview and work clothes, licenses and tools and equipment.
- Assistance will be provided via vouchers or pre-paid merchant cards.
Aged Blind and Disabled (ABD):
- Provides financial assistance for people with a long-term or permanent disability, or who are blind, or who are age 65 or older and meet income and resource requirements.
Emergency Assistance:
- TANF, Workfirst, SFA and RCA clients may apply for supplemental financial assistance when faced with an emergency caused by circumstances out of their control.
- Funding may be approved for rent (EVICTION NOTICES); electric, gas, heating fuel, water/sewer or telephone utility shut-off notices; or deposit move-in costs for homeless individuals and families.
- Includes Additional Requirements for Emergent Needs (AREN). AREN payments may be made up to a maximum of $750 in a 12-month period.
- Also includes WorkFirst support services, which helps with rent, mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, moving costs, all housing-related fees, hookup fees, refundable and non-refundable deposits, and temporary housing for households participating in WorkFirst. Up to $5,000 is available in a 12-month period.
Pregnant Women's Assistance:
- Provides financial assistance for pregnant women who are not eligible for TANF but meet TANF income and resource requirements.
Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA):
- Provides a cash grant program designed to prevent households with children from having to enroll in public assistance, by assisting with living expenses for needs such as:
- Housing
- Transportation
- Child care
- Food and employment-related expenses.
Clients may be referred to DSHS non-cash programs such as food stamps.
Staff may also refer to other social service programs including domestic violence services, clothing banks, food pantries, etc.
Housing and Essential Needs (HEN):
- Provides housing and essential needs vouchers for adults who have a shorter-term disability and meet income and resource requirements.
Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA):
- Cash assistance is available to refugees with no minor children for the first eight months after their arrival.
- Refugees with minor children are likely eligible for TANF.
State Family Assistance:
- Cash assistance program established for legal immigrants with dependent children who are ineligible for TANF because of immigrant status.
Categories
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Gas Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Case/Care Management
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
TANF Applications
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Rent Payment Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Provides emergency assistance with food, rent and utilities to qualified, low-income veterans and family members. Limited assistance with medical and other miscellaneous services is also available.
Provides emergency assistance with food, rent and utilities to qualified, indigent veterans and family members.
Funding for rental and utility assistance is typically available at the beginning of the month.
Limited assistance with medical/dental and other miscellaneous services is also available on an emergency need basis.
Helps a veteran with their prescriptions once a year.
Also provides burial assistance for a veteran, their spouse, or a dependent child under the age of 18.
Service Officers available by appointment to help veterans submit disability/benefit claims.
Help is provided once a year for two years, then the veteran has to wait a year before they can get help again (ex: a veteran got help in 2020 and 2021, had to wait out 2022 then could get help again in 2023).
Categories
Prescription Expense Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Offers emergency financial assistance to residents of Redmond, Issaquah and Sammamish. **FOR INCOME AT or BELOW 200% FPL or 50% AMI**
Offers emergency financial assistance to families and individuals who are experiencing a short-term financial crisis. Possible types of assistance include rent, move-in costs, power bills, prescriptions, water or sewer bills, auto repair, medical bills and others.
Categories
Prescription Expense Assistance
Trash/Recycling Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Telephone Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Rent Payment Assistance
Provides emergency financial assistance for documented needs of post 9/11 service members who have been wounded or are currently deployed. Limited assistance available for active duty service members.
Provides critical financial assistance for military families.
Examples of financial assistance include:
- Car repair
- Essential home items
- Rent or mortgage
- Utilities
- Dental
- Food
- Moving
- Emergency travel & transportation
- Eyeglasses
Must be able to show that financial resources are insufficient to meet current expenses, and that those expenses are already due or past due.
Can provide only emergency food assistance and eyeglasses to individuals in the general eligibility group.
Categories
Prescription Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Dental Care Expense Assistance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Telephone Service Payment Assistance
Glasses/Contact Lenses
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Incidental Medical Expense Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
NO RENTAL ASSISTANCE - Provides limited assistance to people in need of emergency food, electricity (PSE), water, diapers, toiletries, sleeping bags, and tarps.
Provides limited assistance to people in need of, electricity (PSE), water, diapers, toiletries, sleeping bags, and tarps. We help with clothing and some other store items but are all on case by case basis. This branch serves only those living in the South Kitsap School District.
Categories
Diapers
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Water Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
The Veterans Relief Fund may be able to help veterans or qualifying family members with a variety of needs including rent, utilities and food. See website for locations to apply.
The Veterans Relief Fund may be able to help veterans or qualifying family members with a variety of needs including rent, utilities and food. Those applying must have been honorably discharged, have been a resident of Grays Harbor County for at least 6 months and have income below 200% of the federal poverty level. All applications must be filed with local service officers at various post locations. See website for details.
Categories
Telephone Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Social Services for Military Personnel
Rent Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Benefits Screening
Helps victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or a crime with rent assistance, transportation, prescription medication, lodging, food, and information and referral.
Helps individuals who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or a crime with the following services: - Rent assistance - Transportation - Prescription medication - Lodging - Food- Information and referral - Bus ticket in certain circumstances
Categories
Rent Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Transportation for Endangered People
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Gas Money
Provides wraparound financial support to adults who are deemed incapacitated by DSHS and have no income or are enrolled in ABD. May assist with rent, move-in, utilities, hygiene supplies and transportation costs.
Provides wraparound financial support to adults who are deemed incapacitated by DSHS and have no income or are enrolled in ABD. May assist with rent, move-in, utilities, hygiene supplies and transportation costs. Provides the following for individuals approved by DSHS: Transportation Assistance (gas card or bus pass), Essential Needs (hygienic and cleaning supplies once per month), Ongoing Rent/Utility Assistance (most housing situations qualify), Limited Rental/Utility Assistance (as funds are available), Limited Move in Cost Assistance (as funds are available), Housing Search Assistance for those experiencing homelessness, Employment Counseling. Payments are processed to landlords and/or utility companies on behalf of program participants. HEN can only guarantee monthly payments 90 days at a time.
Categories
Rental Deposit Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Trash/Recycling Service Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Laundry Products
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Rent Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Provides financial assistance programs to low-income families, immigrants and refugees, pregnant women, and people who are aged, blind or disabled. Programs include TANF/WorkFirst, AREN, Diversion Cash Assistance, Refugee Cash Assistance and ABD.
Provides financial assistance to Washington residents in need who meet eligibility requirements.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF/WorkFirst):
- Provides monthly cash grants and medical assistance to eligible low-income families with minor children in the home.
- Applicants attend a WorkFirst orientation and eligibility interview.
- Pregnant and parenting minors may be eligible for TANF benefits if they meet additional eligibility requirements, as determined by a DSHS social worker.
- Adults may also be eligible for WorkFirst support, which will pay for items clients must have in order to look for work, prepare for work or accept a better job.
- Assistance may include transportation, car repairs, interview and work clothes, licenses and tools and equipment.
- Assistance will be provided via vouchers or pre-paid merchant cards.
Aged Blind and Disabled (ABD):
- Provides financial assistance for people with a long-term or permanent disability, or who are blind, or who are age 65 or older and meet income and resource requirements.
Emergency Assistance:
- TANF, Workfirst, SFA and RCA clients may apply for supplemental financial assistance when faced with an emergency caused by circumstances out of their control.
- Funding may be approved for rent (EVICTION NOTICES); electric, gas, heating fuel, water/sewer or telephone utility shut-off notices; or deposit move-in costs for homeless individuals and families.
- Includes Additional Requirements for Emergent Needs (AREN). AREN payments may be made up to a maximum of $750 in a 12-month period.
- Also includes WorkFirst support services, which helps with rent, mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, moving costs, all housing-related fees, hookup fees, refundable and non-refundable deposits, and temporary housing for households participating in WorkFirst. Up to $5,000 is available in a 12-month period.
Pregnant Women's Assistance:
- Provides financial assistance for pregnant women who are not eligible for TANF but meet TANF income and resource requirements.
Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA):
- Provides a cash grant program designed to prevent households with children from having to enroll in public assistance, by assisting with living expenses for needs such as:
- Housing
- Transportation
- Child care
- Food and employment-related expenses.
Clients may be referred to DSHS non-cash programs such as food stamps.
Staff may also refer to other social service programs including domestic violence services, clothing banks, food pantries, etc.
Housing and Essential Needs (HEN):
- Provides housing and essential needs vouchers for adults who have a shorter-term disability and meet income and resource requirements.
Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA):
- Cash assistance is available to refugees with no minor children for the first eight months after their arrival.
- Refugees with minor children are likely eligible for TANF.
State Family Assistance:
- Cash assistance program established for legal immigrants with dependent children who are ineligible for TANF because of immigrant status.
Categories
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Case/Care Management
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
TANF Applications
Rental Deposit Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Provides financial assistance programs to low-income families, immigrants and refugees, pregnant women, and people who are aged, blind or disabled. Programs include TANF/WorkFirst, AREN, Diversion Cash Assistance, Refugee Cash Assistance and ABD.
Provides financial assistance to Washington residents in need who meet eligibility requirements.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF/WorkFirst):
- Provides monthly cash grants and medical assistance to eligible low-income families with minor children in the home.
- Applicants attend a WorkFirst orientation and eligibility interview.
- Pregnant and parenting minors may be eligible for TANF benefits if they meet additional eligibility requirements, as determined by a DSHS social worker.
- Adults may also be eligible for WorkFirst support, which will pay for items clients must have in order to look for work, prepare for work or accept a better job.
- Assistance may include transportation, car repairs, interview and work clothes, licenses and tools and equipment.
- Assistance will be provided via vouchers or pre-paid merchant cards.
Aged Blind and Disabled (ABD):
- Provides financial assistance for people with a long-term or permanent disability, or who are blind, or who are age 65 or older and meet income and resource requirements.
Emergency Assistance:
- TANF, Workfirst, SFA and RCA clients may apply for supplemental financial assistance when faced with an emergency caused by circumstances out of their control.
- Funding may be approved for rent (EVICTION NOTICES); electric, gas, heating fuel, water/sewer or telephone utility shut-off notices; or deposit move-in costs for homeless individuals and families.
- Includes Additional Requirements for Emergent Needs (AREN). AREN payments may be made up to a maximum of $750 in a 12-month period.
- Also includes WorkFirst support services, which helps with rent, mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, moving costs, all housing-related fees, hookup fees, refundable and non-refundable deposits, and temporary housing for households participating in WorkFirst. Up to $5,000 is available in a 12-month period.
Pregnant Women's Assistance:
- Provides financial assistance for pregnant women who are not eligible for TANF but meet TANF income and resource requirements.
Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA):
- Provides a cash grant program designed to prevent households with children from having to enroll in public assistance, by assisting with living expenses for needs such as:
- Housing
- Transportation
- Child care
- Food and employment-related expenses.
Clients may be referred to DSHS non-cash programs such as food stamps.
Staff may also refer to other social service programs including domestic violence services, clothing banks, food pantries, etc.
Housing and Essential Needs (HEN):
- Provides housing and essential needs vouchers for adults who have a shorter-term disability and meet income and resource requirements.
Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA):
- Cash assistance is available to refugees with no minor children for the first eight months after their arrival.
- Refugees with minor children are likely eligible for TANF.
State Family Assistance:
- Cash assistance program established for legal immigrants with dependent children who are ineligible for TANF because of immigrant status.
Categories
State Disability Insurance Applications
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Rental Deposit Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
TANF Applications
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Case/Care Management
Gas Service Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Water Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Provides financial assistance programs to low-income families, immigrants and refugees, pregnant women, and people who are aged, blind or disabled. Programs include TANF/WorkFirst, AREN, Diversion Cash Assistance, Refugee Cash Assistance and ABD.
Provides financial assistance to Washington residents in need who meet eligibility requirements.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF/WorkFirst):
- Provides monthly cash grants and medical assistance to eligible low-income families with minor children in the home.
- Applicants attend a WorkFirst orientation and eligibility interview.
- Pregnant and parenting minors may be eligible for TANF benefits if they meet additional eligibility requirements, as determined by a DSHS social worker.
- Adults may also be eligible for WorkFirst support, which will pay for items clients must have in order to look for work, prepare for work or accept a better job.
- Assistance may include transportation, car repairs, interview and work clothes, licenses and tools and equipment.
- Assistance will be provided via vouchers or pre-paid merchant cards.
Aged Blind and Disabled (ABD):
- Provides financial assistance for people with a long-term or permanent disability, or who are blind, or who are age 65 or older and meet income and resource requirements.
Emergency Assistance:
- TANF, Workfirst, SFA and RCA clients may apply for supplemental financial assistance when faced with an emergency caused by circumstances out of their control.
- Funding may be approved for rent (EVICTION NOTICES); electric, gas, heating fuel, water/sewer or telephone utility shut-off notices; or deposit move-in costs for homeless individuals and families.
- Includes Additional Requirements for Emergent Needs (AREN). AREN payments may be made up to a maximum of $750 in a 12-month period.
- Also includes WorkFirst support services, which helps with rent, mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, moving costs, all housing-related fees, hookup fees, refundable and non-refundable deposits, and temporary housing for households participating in WorkFirst. Up to $5,000 is available in a 12-month period.
Pregnant Women's Assistance:
- Provides financial assistance for pregnant women who are not eligible for TANF but meet TANF income and resource requirements.
Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA):
- Provides a cash grant program designed to prevent households with children from having to enroll in public assistance, by assisting with living expenses for needs such as:
- Housing
- Transportation
- Child care
- Food and employment-related expenses.
Clients may be referred to DSHS non-cash programs such as food stamps.
Staff may also refer to other social service programs including domestic violence services, clothing banks, food pantries, etc.
Housing and Essential Needs (HEN):
- Provides housing and essential needs vouchers for adults who have a shorter-term disability and meet income and resource requirements.
Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA):
- Cash assistance is available to refugees with no minor children for the first eight months after their arrival.
- Refugees with minor children are likely eligible for TANF.
State Family Assistance:
- Cash assistance program established for legal immigrants with dependent children who are ineligible for TANF because of immigrant status.
Categories
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
TANF Applications
Gas Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
State Disability Insurance Applications
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Case/Care Management
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Provides limited assistance only to North Kitsap residents. Offers assistance with bus tokens, emergency food, rent, natural gas, and electricity.
Provides limited assistance to people in need of emergency food, rent, and electricity. This branch serves only those living in the North Kitsap area.
Categories
Rent Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Food Pantries
Bus Fare
Provides emergency financial assistance and information and referral for eligible veterans.
Provides emergency financial assistance and information and referral for eligible veterans.
Categories
Prescription Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Gas Money
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Dental Care Referrals
Provides financial assistance programs to low-income families, immigrants and refugees, pregnant women, and people who are aged, blind or disabled. Programs include TANF/WorkFirst, AREN, Diversion Cash Assistance, Refugee Cash Assistance and ABD.
Provides financial assistance to Washington residents in need who meet eligibility requirements.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF/WorkFirst):
- Provides monthly cash grants and medical assistance to eligible low-income families with minor children in the home.
- Applicants attend a WorkFirst orientation and eligibility interview.
- Pregnant and parenting minors may be eligible for TANF benefits if they meet additional eligibility requirements, as determined by a DSHS social worker.
- Adults may also be eligible for WorkFirst support, which will pay for items clients must have in order to look for work, prepare for work or accept a better job.
- Assistance may include transportation, car repairs, interview and work clothes, licenses and tools and equipment.
- Assistance will be provided via vouchers or pre-paid merchant cards.
Aged Blind and Disabled (ABD):
- Provides financial assistance for people with a long-term or permanent disability, or who are blind, or who are age 65 or older and meet income and resource requirements.
Emergency Assistance:
- TANF, Workfirst, SFA and RCA clients may apply for supplemental financial assistance when faced with an emergency caused by circumstances out of their control.
- Funding may be approved for rent (EVICTION NOTICES); electric, gas, heating fuel, water/sewer or telephone utility shut-off notices; or deposit move-in costs for homeless individuals and families.
- Includes Additional Requirements for Emergent Needs (AREN). AREN payments may be made up to a maximum of $750 in a 12-month period.
- Also includes WorkFirst support services, which helps with rent, mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, moving costs, all housing-related fees, hookup fees, refundable and non-refundable deposits, and temporary housing for households participating in WorkFirst. Up to $5,000 is available in a 12-month period.
Pregnant Women's Assistance:
- Provides financial assistance for pregnant women who are not eligible for TANF but meet TANF income and resource requirements.
Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA):
- Provides a cash grant program designed to prevent households with children from having to enroll in public assistance, by assisting with living expenses for needs such as:
- Housing
- Transportation
- Child care
- Food and employment-related expenses.
Clients may be referred to DSHS non-cash programs such as food stamps.
Staff may also refer to other social service programs including domestic violence services, clothing banks, food pantries, etc.
Housing and Essential Needs (HEN):
- Provides housing and essential needs vouchers for adults who have a shorter-term disability and meet income and resource requirements.
Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA):
- Cash assistance is available to refugees with no minor children for the first eight months after their arrival.
- Refugees with minor children are likely eligible for TANF.
State Family Assistance:
- Cash assistance program established for legal immigrants with dependent children who are ineligible for TANF because of immigrant status.
Categories
Case/Care Management
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
TANF Applications
Water Service Payment Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Sewer Service Payment Assistance