Critical Financial Assistance offered by Operation Homefront's Pacific Northwest Office

3702 West Valley Highway North, Suite 108, Auburn, WA 98001

Eligibility

Helps service members in the following categories: Wounded, Ill, or Injured:

Actively served in the United States military post-9/11, AND
Experienced a post-9/11 wound, illness, or injury in the line of duty

Deployed: A service member of rank E1-E6 and one of the following:

Currently deployed to an overseas location and receiving Hostile Fire Pay
Assigned to a ship that has been at sea for 30+ days and is en route to theater, forward deployed, or otherwise on a mission status
Not a training status
On unaccompanied, overseas PCS orders and receiving Hostile Fire Pay, OR
A National Guard member or Reservist on Title 10 orders (not Title 32) who either:
Will deploy to an overseas Hostile Fire Pay theater in the next 90 days, or
Has returned from an overseas Hostile Fire Pay theater within the past 180 days.

General:

An active duty service member of rank E1-E6 with DEERS-eligible dependents

For non-housing repair requests: veteran must be within 10 years of discharge.

Hours

9am to 2pm from Monday through Friday

(877) 264-3968

Voice

Websitehttps://operationhomefront.org/critical-financial-assistance/

Email[email protected]

Application process

To apply, fill out form on website. Accepts applications all month.

Fees

None.

Service area

Other Information

Focus Population

Veterans - No Honorable Discharge
Veterans

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.

Data provided by

Washington 211

What's Here

Prescription Expense Assistance Glasses/Contact Lenses Rent Payment Assistance Electric Service Payment Assistance Heating Fuel Payment Assistance Incidental Medical Expense Assistance Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance Food Vouchers Sewer Service Payment Assistance Automotive Repair and Maintenance Gas Service Payment Assistance Water Service Payment Assistance Mortgage Payment Assistance Telephone Service Payment Assistance Dental Care Expense Assistance Medical Care Expense Assistance

Providing organization

Operation Homefront

Provides financial assistance, food assistance, wounded warrior transition assistance and an online community for military families of deployed service members. Also offers assistance such as backpacks for back to school, holiday toys, freedom walks and respite for care givers.