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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
Rental Deposit Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Rent Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Case/Care Management
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
TANF Applications
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Provides utility assistance to people in Okanogan County who meet the poverty guideline.
Provides utility assistance for households in Okanogan County who are low income and meet the poverty guideline. Households with a shut-off notice are priority, call for more details. Helps with electric, gas, wood, and water/sewer/garbage bills.
Categories
Trash/Recycling Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Assists families and individuals with an ongoing housing program to prevent homelessness. Services may include rental assistance, eviction prevention, HEN, and limited permanent supported housing services. Toiletries available only for HEN clients.
Provides various housing programs for families and individuals living in Asotin County. Offers Coordinated Entry, Homeless Diversion, and Housing and Essential Needs (HEN).
- Coordinated entry is a process developed to ensure that all people experiencing a housing crisis have fair and equal access and are quickly identified, assessed for, referred, and connected to housing and assistance based on their strengths and needs.
- Diversion is a fast paced, short-term case management program that can assist the individual/household(s) with solving problems and barriers by utilizing the existing strengths and resources of the individual/household(s). We can assist with limited flexible funding, based on eligibility, in order to assist the individual/household with obtaining permanent housing which can include relocation and other activities that support obtaining permanent.
- Housing and Essential Needs 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
Utility Deposit Assistance
Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Trash/Recycling Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Local Transit Passes
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Cleaning Products
Homeless Diversion Programs
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Heating Fuel 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
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Rent Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Water Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
TANF Applications
Case/Care Management
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Provides financial assistance programs to low-income families, refugees, pregnant women, and people who are aged, blind or disabled. Includes TANF/WorkFirst, AREN, Diversion Cash Assistance, Refugee 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
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Gas Service Payment Assistance
TANF Applications
Water Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Electric Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Rent Payment Assistance
Welfare to Work Programs
Provides financial assistance to kinship caregivers (grandparents and relatives raising children) by assisting them to obtain resources necessary to help stabilize the family.
Kinship Caregivers Support Services Program provides financial assistance to kinship caregivers (grandparents and relatives raising children) and assists them in obtaining resources necessary to help stabilize the family. We can help pay for the cost of emergent needs incurred by grandparents or other relatives at the time a child comes to live with them, such as: Clothing purchase Food Basic Supplies Housing Childcare Relocation costs Utility assistance
Categories
Relocation Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Kinship Care Subsidy Programs
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Food Vouchers
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Clothing Vouchers
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance
Children's Clothing
Case managers help HIV/AIDS-affected individuals find housing and related resources.
Case managers help HIV/AIDS affected individuals find housing and related resources. Services include short-term and long-term housing search assistance, one-time emergency rental assistance for security deposits or to prevent evictions.
Categories
Tenant Readiness Education Programs
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Housing Search Assistance
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Provides help with rent or utilities (approximately $200), and limited assistance with clothing and furniture. Serves their parish boundaries within zip codes 98499, 98439 and JBLM. Call on Monday. See details for more information.
Provides help with rent or utilities (approximately $200) if funding allows, and limited assistance with clothing and furniture.
Serves their parish boundaries within zip codes 98499, 98439 and JBLM.
Assistance is provided once a year.
Must have disconnect notice, or a pay or vacate notice for financial assistance.
Categories
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
General Furniture Provision
General Clothing Provision
Rent Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Offers in-home care assistance to allow people stay in their own homes and live more independently.
Offers in-home care assistance to allow people stay in their own homes and live more independently.
Provides the following services for clients:
- Personal Hygiene (bathing, body care, and toileting assistance)
- Eating Assistance
- Transferring
- Positioning
- Dressing
- Meal Preparation
- Housework and laundry
- Self-Medication
- Travel to Medical Services
- Ambulation
- Essential Shopping
- Wood Supply
Categories
Personal Care
Homemaker Assistance
Housekeeping Assistance
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
In Home Meal Preparation
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Provides emergency financial assistance for various needs, including rent, move-in (first month's rent only), utilities, food, transportation, medical costs, etc. Provides a mobile shower unit. Serves VASHON ISLAND ONLY.
Provides emergency financial assistance for various needs, such as:
- Rent
- Move-in (first month's rent only)
- Utilities
- Food
- Transportation (bus and/or ferry)
- Laundry (provides coins for nearby laundromat Tu, 1-2pm)
- Medical costs
- Showers (at the church Th, 6-7pm)
Categories
Rental Deposit Assistance
Laundry Vouchers
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Bus Fare
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Public Showers/Baths
Provides assistance to City of Lacey utility customers. Provides up to $75 twice per year, if funds are available. Serves households at or below 125% of the poverty level.
Provides assistance to City of Lacey utility customers.
Provides up to $75 twice per calendar year, if funds are available.
Eligibility is based on household income.
The combined gross income received by the household must be at or below 125% of the federal poverty level.
Categories
Water 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
Rent Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
TANF Applications
Rental Deposit Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Water Service Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Case/Care Management
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Financial assistance for PSE customers with an urgent or disconnect notice. Can assist with up to $300 when funding is available.
Financial assistance for PSE customers with an urgent or disconnect notice. Can assist with up to $300 when funding is available.
Categories
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Provides financial assistance to assist low-income eligible Native American households meet energy costs.
Through outreach activities assist low-income eligible households to meet their energy costs, particularly households paying a high proportion of household income for energy.
Categories
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Furnace Maintenance/Repair
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Provides eligible Anacortes and La Conner residents with one month's PSE payment assistance, when funding is available.
Can assist (as funding is available) with up to one month's, past due utilities.
Categories
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Provides emergency financial assistance for low income Gig Harbor/Peninsula residents ONLY. Assists with rent, utilities, other essential needs after an assessment of an individual's situation. No funding for deposits. Does NOT serve Tacoma
Provides emergency financial assistance for low income Gig Harbor/Peninsula residents ONLY. Assists with rent, utilities, fuel or other essential needs after an assessment of an individual's situation. Does not fund lease/rental deposits.
Categories
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Provides limited basic needs and financial assistance to those needing help due to a current or recent DV situation involving intimate partner abuse.
Provides limited basic needs and financial assistance to eligible applicants needing help as result of a current or recent (within 6 months) intimate partner abuse situation.
Services are confidential.
Provides financial assistance based on funding availability with:
- Utility bill arrears
- Housing: funds for landlord applications and move-in costs subject to funders guidelines while funds last. No rental assistance is available.
- Food/Grocery items
- Basic Clothing
- Hygiene items/Toiletries
- Prescriptions
- Eyeglasses
- Bus tickets/ Transport
- Diapers
- Baby formula
- Other infant needs
Language interpretation is available in person or over the phone.
Categories
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Prescription Expense Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Water Service Payment Assistance
Formula/Baby Food
Food Vouchers
Diapers
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Rental Deposit Assistance
Provides residents from Ocosta to as far south as Tokeland with Soups On! (Hot meal program serve to-go), Food Pantry (TFAP TMP plus much more), and Clothing, personal hygiene items and more. Residents may access propane vouchers when available.
South Beach Christian Outreach provides residents from Ocosta to as far south as Tokeland with a free lunch, clothing, hygiene items, and food pantry.
Categories
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Soup Kitchens
General Clothing Provision
General Clothing Donation Programs
Food Pantries
Provides emergency rent & utility assistance to Ballard area residents, as well as deposit assistance. For rent and utilities **EVICTION/ SHUT-OFF NOTICE REQUIRED. Move In: **RENTAL OR LEASE AGREEMENT NEEDED** Only available the first 12 days of the month.
Provides emergency financial assistance for rent and utilities to residents of the area served.
Does not assist with the following:
- Telephone or cable bills
- Propane, oil, wood costs
- Gasoline
Categories
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Water 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
TANF Applications
Rent Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Rental Deposit Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Case/Care Management
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
Water Service Payment Assistance
TANF Applications
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Case/Care Management
Provides limited financial assistance for things like rent or utilities. Sometimes a gas voucher may be available for an appointment. Serves the Toledo, Winlock, Vader, Napavine, Morton and Mossyrock areas.
Provides limited financial assistance for things like rent or utilities.
Sometimes a gas voucher may be available for an appointment.
All services are donation and volunteer based. Also partners with other organizations in the community.
Serves the Toledo, Winlock, Vader, Napavine, Morton and Mossyrock areas of Lewis County.
Conference volunteers are from the local church, but services are not provided at the church.
Categories
Gas Money
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Trash/Recycling Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Provides various services to help people meet basic needs and stabilize their family, either directly as resources are available, or through linkages to other community-board services.
Provides various services to help people meet basic needs and stabilize their family, either directly as resources are available, or through linkages to other community-board services. The low-income energy assistance is provided once a year to families and individuals in need who meet the income requirements, and other assistance with energy costs may also be available. Services may include: energy assistance (electric, gas, propane, and wood, when funding permits); gas vouchers or free transit bus passes; lodging / motel vouchers; and food referrals (provides referrals to a local food banks and food pantries for food). People who want to improve circumstances and exit poverty can become equipped through the Future Story Initiative, essential skills training and financial and family-centered coaching.
Categories
Discounted Heating Fuel
Personal Financial Counseling
Gas Money
Local Transit Passes
Food Pantries
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Once per year, Our Place may provide West Central residents with Avista assistance of up to $300.
Once per year, Our Place may provide West Central residents with Avista assistance of up to $300.
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Electric Service Payment Assistance
Provides assistance (up to $75 per year) for utilities, any sort of heating, some medical prescriptions, employer directed work clothes, and transit passes in the Port Angeles area. Call to schedule an appointment.
Provides assistance for drug and alcohol evaluations, utilities, drivers test expenses, any sort of heating, some medical prescriptions, employer directed work clothes, and transit passes in the Port Angeles area. Does not provide assistance with rent or telephones. Assistance is limited to $75 in a twelve month period. You must call to schedule an appointment for an eligibility interview.
Categories
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Driver License Fee Payment Assistance
Work Clothing
Laundry Facilities
Bus Fare
Water Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance