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Provides representation and advocacy for low-income and homeless people with disabilities applying for, receiving or appealing decisions on Social Security benefits. Charges 25% of past due benefits owed to the client by Social Security if client wins case. No charge for cases where past due benefits are not owed to the client by Social Security.
Provides legal services related to Social Security benefits, including advocacy, counsel, advice, and sometimes full representation for low-income and homeless individuals with disabilities.
Offers free self-help packets designed for those who need explanative information regarding their specific SSI/SSDI issue.
Can assist with:
- Overpayment and underpayments
- Terminations and reductions
- Continuing disability reviews
- Fraud (non-criminal only)
- Age 18 re-determinations
- Applications, denials, and appeals
Also can assist if someone is having trouble accessing their benefits because of a warrant.
Categories
Individual Advocacy
SSI Appeals/Complaints
Welfare Rights Assistance
Social Security Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Offers a public access point for long term supports and services.
Offers a public access point for long term support and services. This is a FREE service for older individuals, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers to navigate and access a wide range of community-based resources by providing information, referrals, and counseling to support an individuals and/or their family. This service includes assisting individuals experiencing financial issues, especially related to health care costs, apply for services that they may qualify for, such as: Low-Income Subsidy program (LIS), Medicare Savings Program (MSP), the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program (Med D), and WA Apple Health (Medicaid), Social Security, and Basic Food Stamp applications.
Categories
Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Enrollment
Managed Health Care Information
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Medicare Information/Counseling
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Social Security Retirement Benefits
Offers a public access point for long term supports and services.
Offers a public access point for long term support and services. This is a FREE service for older individuals, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers to navigate and access a wide range of community-based resources by providing information, referrals, and counseling to support an individuals and/or their family. This service includes assisting individuals experiencing financial issues, especially related to health care costs, apply for services that they may qualify for, such as: Low-Income Subsidy program (LIS), Medicare Savings Program (MSP), the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program (Med D), and WA Apple Health (Medicaid), Social Security, and Basic Food Stamp applications.
Categories
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Enrollment
Managed Health Care Information
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
Medicare Information/Counseling
Social Security Retirement Benefits
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
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
Represents adults and children seeking social security disability benefits (SSI and SSD). Services include assisting individuals by preparing initial applications and function reports, handling appeals, representation at hearings, and in federal appeals court.
Represents adults and children seeking social security disability benefits (SSI and SSD). Services include assisting individuals by preparing initial applications and function reports, handling appeals, representation at hearings, and representation in federal court appeals if necessary.
Categories
Social Security Retirement Benefits
General Benefits Assistance
Social Security Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
Offers disability awards and pensions for workers injured on the job when the injury results in a permanent inability to work at gainful employment.
Pays out permanent partial disability awards based on legal statute and determined by degree of bodily impairment.
Pension benefits are paid when the job injury results in a permanent inability to work at gainful employment.
Interpreter services are available upon request with one day notice.
Categories
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
State Disability Insurance 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
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
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
Provides monthly checks for people who have worked in the past or who are unable to work because of a disability. Checks may start at the sixth full month of the disability. Recipients of SSDI may also be eligible for Medicare benefits.
Provides monthly checks for people who have worked in the past and who are now unable to work because of a disability.
The amount of the monthly disability benefit is based on the Social Security earnings record of the insured worker.
SSDI checks may start at the sixth full month of the disability, although claims may be filed before that time.
Claims may also be filed for up to 12 months retroactively.
Individuals with disabilities may qualify for vocational rehabilitation services which could result in a return to work.
Recipients of SSDI may also be eligible for Medicare benefits.
Offers a Compassionate Allowances initiative that benefits people with certain rare diseases.
This initiative will fast-track applications for Social Security disability for applicants with any of 25 rare diseases and 25 cancers whose medical conditions are very severe.
Currently, many people with rare diseases experience lengthy delays when they apply for Social Security assistance because those making the decisions are not familiar with their diseases.
Categories
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
Operates a legal clinic where a free 30-minute legal consultation is available for individuals with cases in King County who are not already represented by an attorney. Focus is on serving African American clients but clinic is open to all.
Operates a legal clinic providing a free 30-minute consultation with an attorney (60 minutes if an interpreter or other accommodation is needed)
Clinic is open to all, but particular focus is on providing culturally-informed legal services in a safe and welcoming environment to individuals who identify as African American or Black. This clinic is staffed primarily by attorneys of color.
Clinic attorneys can:
- Determine whether the client has a legal problem
- Suggest possible options
- Help answer papers, summons and requests
- Provide appropriate referrals
Neighborhood Legal Clinic attorneys may not have expertise in all areas of the law, but they will make every attempt to answer questions accurately.
Attorneys CANNOT give advice on criminal legal issues or provide representation on any legal matters.
Categories
Taxpayer Advocate Services
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Alimony Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Collection Complaints
Welfare Rights Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Impounded Vehicle Services
Contract Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Deferred Action on Alien Removal
Legal Counseling
Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions
Automobile Complaints
General Legal Aid
Organizational Start Up Services
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Consumer Law
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Driver License Retention/Reinstatement Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Warranty Complaints
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Work Permits
Constitutional/Civil Rights Groups
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
Predatory Lending Assistance
Medicaid Appeals/Complaints
Elder Law
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Home Sanitation
Alien Travel/Reentry Document Filing Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Bankruptcy Assistance
Divorce Assistance
HIPAA Complaints
General Education Advocacy
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Intellectual Property Law Training/General Information
Will Preparation Assistance
Corporate/Business Law
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Traffic/Parking Ticket Information/Advice
Social Security Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Identity Theft Reporting/Recovery Programs
State Unemployment Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Post Conviction Restoration of Civil Rights
Housing Complaints
Adult Guardianship Assistance
Emancipation of Minors
Estate Entitlement Assistance
Naturalization Support/Legal Services
Asylum Application Filing Assistance
Special Education Advocacy
Voting Rights Protection
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Education Discrimination Assistance
Native American/Tribal Law
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Food Stamps/SNAP Appeals/Complaints
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Elder/Dependent Adult Abuse Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Patient Rights Assistance
Paternity Suits
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
Provides general information and assistance to seniors in Klickitat County, including document filling and benefit enrollment assistance.
Provides general information and assistance to seniors in Klickitat County. Information provided could be van schedules, what's for dinner at the Senior Center, how to find information about Medicare or Social Security, how to apply for food stamps or the P.U.D. discount, etc.; if the information is unknown, seniors will be pointed in the right direction. Assistance could include making a call or an appointment, helping figure out insurance billings, fill out application for benefits, or accompany seniors to an eligibility review or fair hearing of another agency. Information and Assistance is available to all senior citizens (over 60) regardless of income.
Categories
Specialized Information and Referral
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
SSI Applications
TANF Applications
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Medicaid Applications
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Free legal assistance related to Social Security Disability applications and appeals.
To provide compassionate assistance to individuals, in a respectful manner, throughout every stage of the disability process, by providing open and honest advice and services, meeting individuals wherever they are comfortable and providing assistance in navigating the disability process while maintaining dignity and leveraging community partnerships to provide needed referrals and services.
Categories
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
Social Security Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Offers a public access point for long term supports and services.
Offers a public access point for long term support and services. This is a FREE service for older individuals, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers to navigate and access a wide range of community-based resources by providing information, referrals, and counseling to support an individuals and/or their family. This service includes assisting individuals experiencing financial issues, especially related to health care costs, apply for services that they may qualify for, such as: Low-Income Subsidy program (LIS), Medicare Savings Program (MSP), the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program (Med D), and WA Apple Health (Medicaid), Social Security, and Basic Food Stamp applications.
Categories
Medicare Information/Counseling
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
Managed Health Care Information
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Enrollment
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Social Security Retirement Benefits
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
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Electric Service Payment Assistance
TANF Applications
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Case/Care Management
TANF Appeals/Complaints
State Disability Insurance Applications
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Contracts with Social Security Administration to adjudicate medical eligibility benefits under Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid rules and regulations.
Contracts with Social Security Administration to adjudicate medical eligibility benefits under Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income rules and regulations.
Processes initial applications, reconsiderations, continuing disability reviews, continuing disability review reconsiderations and disability hearings.
The following claims are processed in the Washington DDDS:
- Initial Applications
- Reconsiderations
- 1st appeal of denial
- Continuing Disability Reviews
- periodic reviews to determine if those who are on benefits still qualify.
- Disability Hearings - face to face informal hearing as part of the appeal of Continuing Disability Review cessation.
- DSHS Non-Grant Medical Assistance
Categories
Social Security Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
SSI Appeals/Complaints
Medicaid Appeals/Complaints
Provides monthly checks for people who have worked in the past or who are unable to work because of a disability. Checks may start at the sixth full month of the disability. Recipients of SSDI may also be eligible for Medicare benefits.
Provides monthly checks for people who have worked in the past and who are now unable to work because of a disability.
The amount of the monthly disability benefit is based on the Social Security earnings record of the insured worker.
SSDI checks may start at the sixth full month of the disability, although claims may be filed before that time.
Claims may also be filed for up to 12 months retroactively.
Individuals with disabilities may qualify for vocational rehabilitation services which could result in a return to work.
Recipients of SSDI may also be eligible for Medicare benefits.
Offers a Compassionate Allowances initiative that benefits people with certain rare diseases.
This initiative will fast-track applications for Social Security disability for applicants with any of 25 rare diseases and 25 cancers whose medical conditions are very severe.
Currently, many people with rare diseases experience lengthy delays when they apply for Social Security assistance because those making the decisions are not familiar with their diseases.
Categories
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
Welfare Rights Assistance
Offers disability awards and pensions for workers injured on the job when the injury results in a permanent inability to work at gainful employment.
Pays out permanent partial disability awards based on legal statute and determined by degree of bodily impairment.
Pension benefits are paid when the job injury results in a permanent inability to work at gainful employment.
Interpreter services are available upon request with one day notice.
Categories
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Provides monthly checks for people who have worked in the past or who are unable to work because of a disability. Checks may start at the sixth full month of the disability. Recipients of SSDI may also be eligible for Medicare benefits.
Provides monthly checks for people who have worked in the past and who are now unable to work because of a disability.
The amount of the monthly disability benefit is based on the Social Security earnings record of the insured worker.
SSDI checks may start at the sixth full month of the disability, although claims may be filed before that time.
Claims may also be filed for up to 12 months retroactively.
Individuals with disabilities may qualify for vocational rehabilitation services which could result in a return to work.
Recipients of SSDI may also be eligible for Medicare benefits.
Offers a Compassionate Allowances initiative that benefits people with certain rare diseases.
This initiative will fast-track applications for Social Security disability for applicants with any of 25 rare diseases and 25 cancers whose medical conditions are very severe.
Currently, many people with rare diseases experience lengthy delays when they apply for Social Security assistance because those making the decisions are not familiar with their diseases.
Categories
Welfare Rights Assistance
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
Offers a public access point for long term supports and services.
Offers a public access point for long term support and services. This is a FREE service for older individuals, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers to navigate and access a wide range of community-based resources by providing information, referrals, and counseling to support an individuals and/or their family. This service includes assisting individuals experiencing financial issues, especially related to health care costs, apply for services that they may qualify for, such as: Low-Income Subsidy program (LIS), Medicare Savings Program (MSP), the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program (Med D), and WA Apple Health (Medicaid), Social Security, and Basic Food Stamp applications.
Categories
Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Enrollment
Medicare Information/Counseling
Social Security Retirement Benefits
Managed Health Care Information
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Offers disability awards and pensions for workers injured on the job when the injury results in a permanent inability to work at gainful employment.
Pays out permanent partial disability awards based on legal statute and determined by degree of bodily impairment.
Pension benefits are paid when the job injury results in a permanent inability to work at gainful employment.
Interpreter services are available upon request with one day notice.
Categories
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Offers classes on various subjects including ESL and computer literacy. Helps fill out applications for state and local benefits. Assists with finding housing.
System Navigation helps families and individuals navigate resources and applications at the local, state and federal level with spanish language access.
SERVICES WE CAN PROVIDE
Bill Assistance Navigation: PSE Utility Discount Enrollment, SCL Utility Discount Enrollment
Housing: Mediation planning & Tenant Rights Workshops, Housing navigation & guidance
Government Programs: SNAP, DSHS, Disability, SSI, Unemployment
Translation/Interpretation support - Ie, Medical Charity Application, Records Request for Police Reports, Motor vehicle claim for damages (initial report only)
Transportation: Bus Tickets distribution (Adult & RRFP), ORCA Lift referral, Access KCM, Parking Permits, Disabled Parking Pass, Residential Disabled Request Form, Car registration FAQs
Categories
Bus Fare
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Disability Parking Permits
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
English as a Second Language
Residential Parking Permits
SSI Applications
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Housing Search Assistance
Offers a public access point for long term supports and services.
Offers a public access point for long term support and services. This is a FREE service for older individuals, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers to navigate and access a wide range of community-based resources by providing information, referrals, and counseling to support an individuals and/or their family. This service includes assisting individuals experiencing financial issues, especially related to health care costs, apply for services that they may qualify for, such as: Low-Income Subsidy program (LIS), Medicare Savings Program (MSP), the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program (Med D), and WA Apple Health (Medicaid), Social Security, and Basic Food Stamp applications.
Categories
Social Security Disability Insurance Applications
Managed Health Care Information
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Enrollment
Social Security Retirement Benefits
Medicare Information/Counseling
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications