Emergency Assistance offered at St Vincent de Paul - Pacific
Offers financial assistance on a case by case basis depending on the request and availability of funds. May help with obtaining beds, clothing, travel aid, back to school clothing, and other needs.
Offers financial assistance on a case by case basis depending on the request and availability of funds. May help with obtaining beds, clothing, travel aid, back to school clothing, and other needs.
Financial Assistance offered by Hopelink in Bellevue
Offers emergency financial assistance to residents of Bellevue, Medina and Mercer Island. **FOR INCOME 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.
Basic Needs Assistance offered at St Vincent de Paul in Pasco
Provides help with basic needs, such as: food boxes; gas vouchers & bus passes for employment or medical appointments; kitchenware; small furniture; motel vouchers for families with children; and prescription assistance.
Provides help with basic needs, such as: food boxes; gas vouchers & bus passes for employment or medical appointments; kitchenware; motel vouchers for families with children; and prescription assistance.
Emergency Services Open Doors Fund offered at Olympic Community Action Programs - Port Angeles
Offers discretionary dollars to provide assistance for all basic needs (rent, utilities, prescriptions, gas, public transportation, etc.) for low-income households. Funding comes from generous community members.
Discretionary dollars used to provide assistance for basic needs (i.e., assistance with, prescriptions, gas, etc.) for low-income households. Funding comes from generous community members donating to OlyCAP's Open Doors Fund.
Employer Sponsored Bus Pass Program offered at Spokane Transit
STA will sell monthly passes to the company or organization at a discount of $4.00 per pass provided that the company or organization agrees to pass that savings on to the employees and offer an additional discount of not less than $4.00 per pass. If any employer has a minimum of 100 people who wish to participate in the program, and the employer will make passes available to all employees at no cost, then STA will sell passes to the employer at a 25 percent discount.
Provides fixed-route service on 44 routes to the cities of Airway Heights, Cheney, Liberty Lake, Medical Lake, Millwood, Spokane and Spokane Valley. These services include connections between downtown Spokane and Spokane International Airport, major shopping malls, area colleges and universities, and Fairchild Air Force Base. Service is offered 365 days a year, with special hours on Saturday and Sundays as well as holidays. Check individual route schedules for specific times.
Comprehensive Services Center offered at North Kitsap Fishline
***FOR THOSE CURRENTLY IN NORTH KITSAP ONLY. Provides a variety of services to those living in North Kitsap. Services may include: case management, veterans benefit assistance, safe park program, bus tokens, emergency clothing, prescription assistance vouchers and firewood.
Fishline's Comprehensive Services Center offers various support programs offered through on-site partner agencies. These services include housing assistance through the Kitsap County Housing and Essential Needs Program, which provides rental assistance, security deposits, and essential needs like hygiene items. The Kitsap Division of Aging and Long Term Care offers resources for older adults and adults with disabilities. The Housing Solutions Center provides housing assistance, including shelters and rental aid. NAMI Kitsap offers mental health support groups, while Peninsula Community Health Services provides dental care on a sliding scale. Additionally, Soundworks Job Center helps low-income and homeless individuals, as well as veterans, find employment.
Housing and Essential Needs (HEN) offered at Community Action Council Mason County
Housing and Essential Needs (HEN) may provide non-cash housing and other assistance for those who are unable to work for at least 90 days due to a physical or mental incapacity. Sometimes housing help is available. Requires referral from DSHS.
Provides non-cash housing and other assistance for those who are unable to work for at least 90 days due to a physical or mental incapacity.
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, and security deposit.
- 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.
Transportation Expense Assistance offered at Salvation Army - Bremerton
Offers limited assistance to help homeless clients with Kitsap Transit bus tokens, Washington State Orca cards, and Washington State ID cards (no driver licenses).
Offers limited assistance to help our homeless clients with Kitsap Transit bus tokens, limited Gas Cards available, and Washington State ID cards (no driver licenses).
Subsidized Annual Pass offered by King County Metro Transit's Customer Service Office
Provides a subsidized bus pass for travel on King County Metro and Sound Transit to residents of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties who are at or below 80% FPL and enrolled in certain benefit programs.
Provides fully subsidized annual transit pass to those enrolled in certain state benefit programs to be used on
- King County Metro
- King County Water Taxi
- Access Transportation
- Via to Transit
- Sound Transit
- Seattle Monorail
- Seattle Streetcar
- Trailhead Direct
Provides partially subsidized annual passes (ORCA Lift) to low-income area residents.
The subsidized annual pass will cover all trips from Metro to Metro, from Sound Transit to Sound Transit, and from Metro to/from Sound Transit.
If a customer uses their subsidized ORCA LIFT card to pay for travel on Community Transit, Pierce Transit, Kitsap Transit, or Everett Transit, standard transfer rules apply for transfers within and between those transit agencies.
HEN - Housing and Essential Needs offered at Serenity House Housing Resource Center - Forks
Provides wraparound financial support to adults who are deemed incapacitated by DSHS and have no income or are enrolled in ABD. May assist with rent, move-in, utilities, hygiene supplies and transportation costs.
Provides wraparound financial support to adults who are deemed incapacitated by DSHS and have no income or are enrolled in ABD. May assist with rent, move-in, utilities, hygiene supplies and transportation costs. Provides the following for individuals approved by DSHS: Transportation Assistance (gas card or bus pass), Essential Needs (hygienic and cleaning supplies once per month), Ongoing Rent/Utility Assistance (most housing situations qualify), Limited Rental/Utility Assistance (as funds are available), Limited Move in Cost Assistance (as funds are available), Housing Search Assistance for those experiencing homelessness, Employment Counseling. Payments are processed to landlords and/or utility companies on behalf of program participants. HEN can only guarantee monthly payments 90 days at a time.
Financial Assistance offered at St Vincent de Paul - Bremerton
Provides limited financial help on a case-by-case basis for assistance including power, water, natural gas, food handler cards, birth certificates, cremation assistance, and at times limited bus tokens. Call Mondays to be put on list, and T - F for more information.
Provides limited financial help on a case-by-case basis for assistance including utilities, food handler cards, ID renewal, and at times limited bus tokens. Cremation/burial assistance extremely limited.
Mission Outreach offered at Saint Vincent de Paul Pierce County
Email is the best way to connect with the program. It will take some time to process the requests. See program details for more information. Dropping in for assistance does not guarantee assistance.
Provides case work support to those facing a crisis or in need of resources. Also assists with coordinated entry.
Partners with 12 local Catholic churches that provide assistance to those residing in their zip code.
Assistance is limited but can include funding for emergency basic needs such as rental deposits, utilities, gas vouchers, food vouchers, and more.
Those in need contact their closest SVdP Catholic Parish, email the SVdP Help Line, or visit the Community Resource Center next to the Thrift Store.
Can provide assistance up to every three months for gas vouchers and food vouchers unless other extreme circumstances arise.
St. Vincent de Paul's Mission Outreach Program includes the Homeless Prevention & Basic Needs Program and the Hispanic & Immigrant Family Support Program, which helps Latino & immigrant families with case management in Spanish, access to community resources, legal assistance, education (including ESL) and more. Se habla espanol.
All programs operate out of the Community Resource Center located next to the Thrift Store.
The Community Resource Center does not provide direct rental assistance.
Unhoused Services offered by Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank
Offers services to the unhoused of King County.
Offers a variety of services focused on assisting the unhoused,
Food: Sandwiches, snacks, water, and select canned goods & dry goods, as supplies last first come first serve
Mail: Client needs to sign mail agreement form. We do not accept packages.
Bus Tickets: as supplies last, bus tickets weekly.
Resource Referrals: Referrals are made based on need & requested assistance.
ID Replacement: Assistance with identifying locations for free IDs and/or directly assisting with ID replacements.
Case Management: Assistance on a case-by-case basis and requested assistance.
HEN - Housing and Essential Needs offered at Olympic Community Action Programs - Port Townsend
Provides wraparound financial support to adults who are deemed incapacitated by DSHS and have no income or are enrolled in ABD. May assist with rent, move-in, utilities, hygiene supplies and transportation costs.
Provides wraparound financial support to adults who are deemed incapacitated by DSHS and have no income or are enrolled in ABD. May assist with rent, move-in, utilities, hygiene supplies and transportation costs. Provides the following for individuals approved by DSHS: Transportation Assistance (gas card or bus pass) Essential Needs (hygienic and cleaning supplies once per month) Ongoing Rent/Utility Assistance (most housing situations qualify) Limited Rental/Utility Assistance (as funds are available) Limited Move in Cost Assistance (as funds are available) Housing Search Assistance for those experiencing homelessness Employment Counseling Payments are processed to landlords and/or utility companies on behalf of program participants. HEN can only guarantee monthly payments 90 days at a time.
Offers financial assistance to cancer patients who are within a three-month window of treatment. Includes help with rent, food & medical supplies.
Offers financial assistance to cancer patients in urgent need who are within a three-month window of treatment. Cancer patients may be eligible for a one-time grant of up to $450 to help with expenses including the following:
- Rent/mortgage
- Utilities
- Food
- Transportation
- Dental care
- Childcare
- Medical supplies
- Prescription copays
Financial assistance may take up to two to three months, so program is not able to assist with immediate shut-off or eviction notices.
Accepts ORCA LIFT adult fare payment on Pierce Transit bus and Runner services. ORCA LIFT offeres income eligible adults a reduced fare on many transit services thorughout the Puget Sound area. See details for more information.
Accepts ORCA LIFT adult fare payment on Pierce Transit bus and Runner services.
Offers a reduced adult fare program that is offered to individuals that meet the eligibility requirements up to or equal to 200% of the current Federal Poverty Level Guidelines.
Those who qualify will be able to pay $1 per one-way trip on the following transit agencies’ services:
- Sound Transit Services such as ST Express, Link Light Rail, Sounder Commuter Rail
- King County Metro Buses, Seattle Streetcar
- Kitsap Transit buses
- Everett Transit buses and
- Pierce Transit buses and Runner services.
An ORCA LIFT card lasts for two years, and then the rider will need to renew by reapplying for the card.
HEN - Housing and Essential Needs offered at Coastal Community Action Program - Pacific - Long Beach
Provides wraparound financial support to adults who are deemed incapacitated by DSHS and have no income or are enrolled in ABD. May assist with rent, move-in, utilities, hygiene supplies and transportation costs.
Provides wraparound financial support to adults who are deemed incapacitated by DSHS and have no income or are enrolled in ABD. May assist with rent, move-in, utilities, hygiene supplies and transportation costs. Provides the following for individuals approved by DSHS: Transportation Assistance (gas card or bus pass) Essential Needs (hygienic and cleaning supplies once per month) Ongoing Rent/Utility Assistance (most housing situations qualify) Limited Rental/Utility Assistance (as funds are available) Limited Move in Cost Assistance (as funds are available) Housing Search Assistance for those experiencing homelessness Employment Counseling Payments are processed to landlords and/or utility companies on behalf of program participants. HEN can only guarantee monthly payments 90 days at a time.
Subsidized Annual Pass offered by King County Metro at Catholic Community Services' Randolph Carter Center
Provides a fully subsidized bus pass for travel on King County Metro and Sound Transit to residents of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties who are at or below 80% FPL and enrolled in certain benefit programs. Partially subsidized passes available for those under 200% FPL.
Provides fully subsidized annual transit pass to those enrolled in certain state benefit programs to be used on
- King County Metro
- King County Water Taxi
- Access Transportation
- Via to Transit
- Sound Transit
- Seattle Monorail
- Seattle Streetcar
- Trailhead Direct
Provides partially subsidized annual passes (ORCA Lift) to low-income area residents.
The subsidized annual pass will cover all trips from Metro to Metro, from Sound Transit to Sound Transit, and from Metro to/from Sound Transit.
If a customer uses their subsidized ORCA LIFT card to pay for travel on Community Transit, Pierce Transit, Kitsap Transit, or Everett Transit, standard transfer rules apply for transfers within and between those transit agencies.
Will file claims on behalf of veterans (all conflicts and eras) with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and see them through till resolution. Can be a resource and referral point to veterans and their families for housing.
File claims on behalf of veterans (all conflicts and eras) with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and see them through until resolution; A resource and referral point to veterans and their families for housing and other social services; Provide a link between veterans and the VA Medical Centers for appointments, information and transportation; A source for acquiring your military records, awards and decorations; A community advocate for veterans and primary administrator of the Whatcom County Veterans Assistance Fund since 1990; Liaison between the veteran and the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs; Provide free Whatcom Transit Authority bus passes and tokens for veterans and their families in need; Provide scholarships for veterans through Bellingham Technical College Foundation.
Housing and Essential Needs (HEN) offered at Opportunity Council Island County Site
Provides recipients of DSHS MCS assistance with toiletries, toothpaste, shampoo, laundry/dish soap, and bus passes. Financial assistance may include rent, utilities, and move-in assistance if funding is available.
Provides some rental assistance and essential needs (hygiene products, household cleaning products, transportation support) to individuals who are disabled and unable to work for over 90 days. Clients must determine eligibility through DSHS first.