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Assists with specific unforeseen emergency financial, medical and mental health needs of owners and employees of physical book shops and comic shops, and their immediate family members living in the same household.
Assists with specific unforeseen emergency financial needs of current booksellers, comic retailers and their immediate family members living in the same household.
Assesses each request to determine a course of action to provide short-term assistance and help relieve the financial need.
Categories
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
MUST BE HOMELESS - Provides transitional housing and deposit/first month's rent for homeless, permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless & disabled.
Provides transitional housing (up to 2 years) for homeless individuals/families and permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless & disabled individuals. Clients receive case management services in clean and sober environment, participate in self-sufficiency skill development. Housing is available in both the Upper and Lower Yakima Valley. Provides move-in assistance and homeless prevention.
Programs include:
- Move-in Assistance & Homeless Prevention: provides rent assistance for those who are 3 months behind. Assists with move-in costs, such as deposit and first month rent.
- Coordinated Entry for homeless individuals and families seeking housing solutions.
- Homeless Resource Center: staff work closely with clients who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to help with safe shelter, transportation, household items and hygiene items. Sometimes rental or utility assistance and many other services that are needed will be provided. Clients are screened for eligibility.
- Transitional and Permanent Supportive Housing: YNHS manages several housing units and works with many landlords in Yakima County to provide housing for individuals and families.
- Street Outreach: Outreach team (nurses, behavioral health specialists, outreach and housing specialists) use the easily identifiable YNHS Outreach van to visit local shelters and other places where homeless might be, hoping to engage individuals and offer services.
- Helps with motel vouchers when funding permits.
Categories
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Family Permanent Supportive Housing
Homeless Diversion Programs
Rent Payment Assistance
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Rental Deposit Assistance
Helps veterans with food, shelter, utilities, eviction prevention, employment related expenses, move-in costs, medical, gas and prescriptions. Satellite offices located throughout King County.
Provides financial assistance to help veterans with housing, employment and medical expenses as well as life stability.
Financial assistance is provided as part of a client's service plan.
- Financial assistance for housing expenses (e. g. , rent, mortgage), eviction prevention, move-in expenses, transitional housing and shelter expenses.
- Financial assistance for medical expenses, medical aids/equipment and prescriptions.
Categories
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Hair and Nail Care
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Tuition Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Identification Card Fee Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Gas Money
Food Vouchers
When funding allows: Works with survivors who are needing support with housing searches, relocation to another County or State, rental assistance (as available) on a non-emergency circumstance.
When funding allows:
Works with survivors who are needing support with housing searches, relocation to another County or State, rental assistance (as available) on a non-emergency circumstance.
Categories
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
Rent Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
TANF Applications
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
State Disability Insurance Applications
Case/Care Management
Limited assistance with rent and utilities for individuals and families in need. Must provide power company reference number from bill for utility help.
Limited assistance with rent and utilities for individuals and families in need.
Other services as funding allows.
Assistance limited to individuals and in the Yelm, Tenino, Rainier, Vail, Roy, Nisqually and McKenna areas of Thurston and Pierce County.
Categories
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Centralized access point for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to connect to the programs and services they need. Services include shelter placement and housing/safe parking programs.
Provides telephone and/or in-person screening and assessment for households who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Telephone screenings are provided for emergency shelter (men's, women's, couples, and families) and winter shelter, including severe weather sites and homeless safe parking programs. Households are assessed for eligibility for rental assistance/housing programs (prevention, rapid re-housing, transitional, and permanent supportive), as well as diversion programs. Funding is limited and assistance is not guaranteed.
Categories
Homeless Safe Parking Programs
Emergency Shelter Clearinghouses
Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
Rental Deposit Assistance
Street Outreach Programs
Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Rent Payment Assistance
Community Shelters
Family Permanent Supportive Housing
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Offers emergency financial assistance to residents of the Snoqualmie Valley. **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
Rental Deposit Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Trash/Recycling Service Payment Assistance
Telephone Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Helps military service members and their families with basic life needs who run into unexpected financial difficulties as a result of deployment or other hardships directly related to military service.
Helps military service members and their families who run into unexpected financial difficulties as a result of deployment or other hardships directly related to military service.
Assists with basic life needs and unanticipated financial needs such as:
- Mortgage and rent
- Car payment
- Home and auto repairs
- Insurance
- Utilities
- Food
- Clothing.
The financial assistance is in the form of up to $1,500 in grants that do not need to be repaid.
All grants are paid directly to the "creditor" (such as the electric company), and not to the individual.
Each case is reviewed individually and acceptance determined by a committee.
Applicants can receive funds only once every 18 months, and only twice total.
Second requests for assistance must be caused by a new situation and deployment.
Categories
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Eye Care Expense Assistance
Automobile Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Provides food boxes with a 3-day food supply. Provides hot lunches and personal care items such as soap and shampoo. Provides limited rent assistance of up to $300 when funding is available.
Provides food boxes with a 3-day food supply. Provides hot lunches Provides limited rent assistance of up to $300 when funding is available.
Categories
Community Meals
Food Pantries
Personal/Grooming Supplies
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
Rental Deposit Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Case/Care Management
State Disability Insurance Applications
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
TANF Applications
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
Rental Deposit Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
TANF Applications
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Case/Care Management
Water Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Provides rapid re-housing services for homeless families and individuals--limited rent assistance and case management are secondary services. Access point for the Coordinated Entry program, which provides shelter and housing services for people experiencing homelessness.
Provides rapid rehousing services for unsheltered homeless - short term rent assistance and case management are provided as a secondary service. Access point for the Coordinated Entry program, which provides shelter and housing services for people experiencing homelessness.
Categories
Rent Payment Assistance
Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent and utility assistance for people age 12-24 only.
Rent and utility assistance, Covid relief, and Eviction Rental Assistance Program.
Categories
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Provides various housing programs for families and individuals to assist with things like affordable housing, eviction prevention, emergency shelter, housing support, homelessness diversion, and more.
Provides various housing programs for families and individuals to assist with things like affordable housing, eviction prevention, emergency shelter, housing support, homelessness diversion, and more.
Categories
Community Shelters
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Rental Deposit Assistance
Homeless Diversion Programs
Housing Search Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Rapid Re-Housing Programs
Administers the first point of entry for families and individuals who are currently homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to help them with their housing condition. Currently assisting with Eviction Rent Assistance (ERAP).
Administers the first point of entry for families and individuals who are currently homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to help them with their housing condition. Services may include assistance finding housing, rental assistance, rental deposit, transitional housing. Provides a standardized access, assessment, and referral process for housing and other services. Placement in a program is dependent on funding and program availability.
Categories
Community Shelters
Homeless Diversion Programs
Rent Payment Assistance
Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Providing eviction prevention to income eligible households in Thurston County who are willing to meet program requirements. This program serves adults under the age of 25. Families with children contact Family Support Center. Adults over age 25 contact PIPE.
Providing eviction prevention to income eligible households in Thurston County who are willing to meet program requirements.
Serves Youth and Young Adults up to the age of 25 who do not have children in the home.
Families with children apply through the Family Support Center of South Sound, and adults over the age of 25 and with no children in the home apply through Partners in Prevention Education.
Applicants must also work with a case manager to complete a screening form for prioritizing households at highest risk of homelessness, and to participate in housing stability planning.
Categories
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
State Disability Insurance Applications
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Rental Deposit Assistance
TANF Applications
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Case/Care Management
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
On-site community resources (Utilities assistance, gas vouchers, etc). Rental/mortgage assistance may be available to those in the Rochester School District. Call for appointment. Offered in Spanish when Spanish-speaking staff are in.
On-site community resources (Utilities assistance, gas vouchers, etc). Rental/mortgage assistance may be available. Call in advance to check on funding and to schedule an appointment. Offered in Spanish when Spanish-speaking staff are present.
Categories
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas Money
Provides HEN eligible clients with basic assistance, including toiletries, toothpaste, shampoo, laundry/dish soap, and bus passes. Financial assistance may include rent, utilities, and move-in assistance, if funding is available. Must apply at the DSHS first; once qualified, call Washington Gorge Action Programs.
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 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.
Categories
Rent Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Trash/Recycling Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Rental Deposit Assistance
Cleaning Products
Local Transit Passes
Utility Deposit Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas 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
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Case/Care Management
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
TANF Applications
Rental Deposit Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Assists in need veterans and their families by providing financial cash grants. Grants are to be used for needs such as: food, rent, utilities, transportation, medical expenses, burial/cremation, home/appliance/auto repairs, and clothing.
Washington State law and the Kitsap County code have established the Veterans Assistance Fund as a steady source of tax dollars to be utilized for the needs of indigent veterans and their families. A portion of property tax collected in Kitsap County is earmarked for the VAF. The overall goal is to assist all veterans-in-the-need back into mainstream society by ensuring they understand all the programs available to them. ####Temporary emergency assistance is available for: - Rental and mortgage assistance - Energy or utilities assistance - Food assistance - Auto repair - Appliance repair - Clothing
Categories
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Gas Money
Water Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Benefits Screening
Telephone Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Armed Forces Emergency Services
Moving Services
Veteran Burial Benefits
Rental Deposit Assistance
Academic Records Fee Payment Assistance
Social Services for Military Personnel
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Works to reduce and prevent homelessness for youth and young adults through five priority service areas.
OCCAC is leading the effort to reduce and prevent homelessness for youth and young adults through five priority service areas:
- Stable Housing: Provides immediate access to low-barrier shelter, rental assistance, eviction prevention, rental deposit, motel vouchers, etc. to create a sustainable solution and avert cycles of recurring homelessness.
- Family Reconciliation: Diverting youth from the homeless system back to family and natural supports whenever possible.
- Permanent Connections: Includes engaging youth in family, school, and community connection activities.
- Education & Employment Support: Supports education and employment goals by covering education and employment related costs. Expenses associated with enrolling and attending school may include GED tests, school IDs, school supplies, college applications, or placement test fees. Expenses associated with obtaining or maintaining employment may include interview clothing, work uniforms/shoes, licensing or certification costs, state ID, haircuts, or other costs that contribute to employment.
- Support for Improved Social & Emotional Well-being: Crisis services, such as referrals and connections to health and behavioral health care services, engaging youth in community and familial activities, and encouraging connections to cultural, community, and trust-worthy adults.
- May also provide items necessary to help an emergent need, such as: food, water, clothing, hygiene products, first aid, baby formula, diapers, medical prescriptions, winter gear, tents, sleeping bags, etc.
All services are subject to approval per program guidelines.
Categories
Work Clothing
Prescription Expense Assistance
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Hair and Nail Care
Identification Cards
Rent Payment Assistance
Diapers
Free School Supplies
Rental Deposit Assistance
Formula/Baby Food
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
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
State Disability Insurance Applications
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Case/Care Management
Rent Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
TANF Applications
Offers assistance with basic needs, utilities, rent, prescription medication, and other expenses on a case-by-case basis.
(Does not serve Granite Falls, Lake Stevens, Darrington). ALL SERVICES ARE DEPENDENT UPON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING AT THE TIME OF THE REQUEST. Offers clothing, furniture/beds, household items, food, rent/utilities assistance, prescription medication assistance, and other expenses on a case-by-case basis. Callers are referred to the St. Vincent de Paul volunteers in their area who may do a home visit to determine need. Financial services are provided through a vouchering system. Not all services are offered in all areas.
Categories
Clothing Vouchers
Rent Payment Assistance
Gas Money
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Bedding/Linen
Prescription Expense Assistance
General Furniture Provision
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Food Vouchers
Kitchenware