HEN - Housing and Essential Needs offered at Family Crisis Network
Housing and Essential Needs Grant Funds Grant funds can only be used to support HEN eligible clients that qualify as homeless or at-risk of homelessness. Allowable financial assistance for housing may include monthly rent, overdue rent, security deposit, and service animal deposits. Utilities assistance is limited to electricity, natural gas, sewer, water, garbage, and utility deposits. Essential Needs Essential Needs assistance includes help with obtaining personal health and hygiene items (such as toothpaste, shampoo, toilet paper), cleaning supplies (such as laundry and dish soap), and bus passes. Assistance cannot be provided through gift cards, vouchers, or certificates. All HEN clients are eligible to receive essential needs assistance.
Location
730 W 1st Street, Newport, WA 99156
Website
Hours
M Tu Th F, 9am-4pm W 9am-noon
Application process
Call or walk in for assistance.
Eligibility
Assistance limited only to clients that have been determined by DSHS to be eligible for HEN - Housing and Essential Needs Assistance. Agency will verify that the client is eligible for HEN, and assess the client's risk of homelessness to determine if they meet criteria for financial assistance, but financial assistance is not guaranteed. All HEN clients are eligible for essential needs assistance. Housing and Essential Needs Grant Funds Criteria: * Homeless - Criteria to qualify as homeless includes those who are living outdoors, in buildings not meant for human habitation or which they have no legal right to occupy, emergency shelters, temporary/transitional housing, and for currently fleeing domestic violence victims. * Substantial Risk - Criteria to qualify as a being at substantial risk of homelessness may include having a pay or vacate notice, eviction notice, utility shut-off notice, late payment notice, or certification of potential eviction. Client will be assessed as to if they have supportive options or networks including friends/family, church, or social service agencies, or other potential housing options. Additional factors may include if the person was discharged within the last 180 days (including prison, mental health institution, and hospitals), high overcrowding in their housing unit, residence has been condemned, current or past involvement with child welfare, sudden and significant increase in utility cost or medical debt, physical disabilities, chronic health issues, past institutional care, history of mental health or substance abuse issues, credit problems that preclude obtaining housing, pending foreclosure of rental property, or homelessness within the past 12 months.
Fee
None
Agency info
Pend Oreille Crime Victim Services
Pend Oreille Crime Victim Services formerly Family Crisis Network works with the community, of Newport, Washington, to prevent and advocate in matters of domestic violence, sexual assault, victims of crime, and homelessness. This web site is presented as an educational resource by Pend Oreille Crime Victim Services and is not designed to provide services to people in crisis. If you are seeking help for yourself or someone you care about, call our 24 Hour Crisis line at (509) 447-5483.