Comprehensive Health Services offered by Sea Mar Community Health Center at Vancouver Medical Clinic Fourth Plain
Offers comprehensive health services, including preventive health exams, acute care visits, and referrals for other community resources.
Offers comprehensive health services, including preventive health exams, acute care visits, and referrals for other community resources. Has staff to help clients or general public enroll in DSHS programs, and health insurance, both Washington Apple and the Health Care Exchange. Screens for Take Charge program which covers sexual/reproductive health related services including birth control, emergency contraception, sterilization for both men and women, and education and supplies for contraceptives, natural family planning and abstinence.
Student Support Services offered by United Way Benefits Hub at Bellevue College
Helps students stay enrolled in school through benefits enrollment, homelessness prevention, campus food pantry, and referrals to other support services. Must be an enrolled student taking classes worth at least six credits. Offers in-person and Zoom appointments.
Helps college students stay enrolled in school by offering benefits access, financial coaching, income supports, and referrals to other support services.
Limited emergency financial grants available for homelessness prevention and emergencies.
Students meet one-on-one with a coach to discuss college and career goals.
Appointments typically last one hour, but there is no limit to the number of appointments.
Typical areas of assistance:
- Managing debt
- Signing up for ORCA LIFT, SNAP/EBT, health insurance, WIC, etc.
- Building credit & pulling credit reports
- Budgeting
- Scholarships
- Tax preparation
- Access to on-campus food pantry
- Referrals to additional resources
Comprehensive Health Services offered by Sea Mar Community Health Center at Vancouver Medical/Dental/Women's Health Clinic Salmon Creek
Offers comprehensive health services, including preventive health exams, acute care visits, and referrals for other community resources.
Offers comprehensive health services, including preventive health exams, acute care visits, and referrals for other community resources. Has staff to help clients or general public enroll in DSHS programs, and health insurance, both Washington Apple and the Health Care Exchange. Screens for Take Charge program which covers sexual/reproductive health related services including birth control, emergency contraception, sterilization for both men and women, and education and supplies for contraceptives, natural family planning and abstinence.
Basic Needs Assistance offered by Akin's North Seattle Family Resource Center
Provides food bags containing baby food as well as general food for families, maternity and children's clothing. Also offers health care enrollment and ORCA LIFT cards. Work Source Connection community site. information and referral, application assistance. Mina and Kabiye also available for language assistance.
Description of Program: Provides free nonperishable food, used children’s clothing, and diapers all based on availability. Provides information and referral to other basic needs resources. Offers assistance with health care enrollment, employment, education resources, and ORCA LIFT cards. It is a WorkSource Connections community site. Hosts occasional Community Resource event with items such as food, hygiene supplies, books, and resource tables staffed by various social service agencies.
AIDS/HIV Drop in Center offered by Cascade Aids Project
Offers assistance with orientation and navigation of services including employment and housing applications, short-term rent assistance, and connection to community resources.
Offers assistance with orientation and navigation of services including employment and housing applications, short-term rent assistance, and connection to community resources.
Comprehensive Health Services offered at Sea Mar Community Health Center
Offers comprehensive health services, including preventive health exams, acute care visits, and referrals for other community resources.
Offers comprehensive health services, including preventive health exams, acute care visits, and referrals for other community resources. Has staff to help clients or general public enroll in DSHS programs, and health insurance, both Washington Apple and the Health Care Exchange. Screens for Take Charge program which covers sexual/reproductive health related services including birth control, emergency contraception, sterilization for both men and women, and education and supplies for contraceptives, natural family planning and abstinence.
Community Outreach and Referral offered by Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services at Cathlamet Hope Center
Provides rent and utility assistance (based on funding capacity), and emergency shelter for up to 30 days.
Community outreach provides the following programs:
- Up to 1 year of rental assistance and/or assistance with move-in related costs.
- One-time per calendar year assistance with utilities (electric, gas, heating fuel, and water), and a PUD discount program.
- Emergency shelter for up to 30 days; limited space.
- Assists with applications for DSHS programs and Section 8 housing.
- Provides information and referral for all community members including older adults and adults with disabilities, to other agencies and services, including comprehensive employment services, and produces a Community Resource Guide.
Basic Food Program Application and Eligibility Review Assistance offered at Greater Columbia 211
Greater Columbia 211 can complete food applications over the phone and then immediately submit them to the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) for processing. Also completes eligibility reviews over the phone and answer any eligibility questions.
Greater Columbia 211 can complete food applications over the phone and then immediately submit them to the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) for processing. Also completes eligibility reviews over the phone and answer any eligibility questions.
Adoption offered by Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families in Kelso
This program assists families adopting special needs children by providing ongoing financial and medical benefits based on state and federal regulations.
Recruits and screens families interested in adopting children who are in the care and custody of the Department of Social and Health Services.
Places waiting children with interested, approved adoptive families and provides adoption planning, preparation and pre- and post- placement services to the adoptive child and family.
Assists families adopting special needs children by providing ongoing financial and medical benefits to qualified children based on state and federal regulations.
Enhanced services for Indian children are available at the Office of Indian Child Welfare.
Student Support Services offered by United Way Benefits Hub at University of Washington/Cascadia College Bothell
Helps students stay enrolled in school through benefits enrollment, homelessness prevention, campus food pantry, and referrals to other support services. Must be an enrolled student taking classes worth at least six credits. Zoom and in-person appointments available.
Helps college students stay enrolled in school by offering benefits access, financial coaching, income supports, and referrals to other support services.
Limited emergency financial grants available for homelessness prevention and emergencies.
Students meet one-on-one with a coach to discuss college and career goals.
Appointments typically last one hour, but there is no limit to the number of appointments.
Typical areas of assistance:
- Managing debt
- Signing up for ORCA LIFT, SNAP/EBT, health insurance, WIC, etc.
- Building credit & pulling credit reports
- Budgeting
- Scholarships
- Tax preparation
- Access to on-campus food pantry
- Referrals to additional resources
Washington Connections/DSHS and Apple Health Application Assistance offered by Family Resource Center - Sumner/Bonney Lake
Offers Family Resource Navigators at all Family Resource Centers to assist with applications for DSHS programs like Basic Food, Child Care, Long-Term Care, and Medicare Savings Programs. Navigators will also help start the Apple Health/Washington Health Plan Finder process.
Offers Family Resource Navigators at all Family Resource Centers to assist with applications for DSHS programs like Basic Food, Child Care, Long-Term Care, and Medicare Savings Programs. Navigators will also help start the Apple Health/Washington Health Plan Finder process.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), called Basic Food in Washington, helps people with low incomes make ends meet by providing monthly benefits to buy food.
Student Support Services offered by United Way Benefits Hub at Highline College
Helps students stay enrolled in school through benefits enrollment, homelessness prevention, campus food pantry, and referrals to other support services. Must be an enrolled student taking classes worth at least six credits. Zoom and in-person appointments available.
Helps college students stay enrolled in school by offering benefits access, financial coaching, income supports, and referrals to other support services.
Limited emergency financial grants available for homelessness prevention and emergencies.
Students meet one-on-one with a coach to discuss college and career goals.
Appointments typically last one hour, but there is no limit to the number of appointments.
Typical areas of assistance:
- Managing debt
- Signing up for ORCA LIFT, SNAP/EBT, health insurance, WIC, etc.
- Building credit & pulling credit reports
- Budgeting
- Scholarships
- Tax preparation
- Access to on-campus food pantry
- Referrals to additional resources
Benefits Assistance offered by Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs at Portland Veterans Services Office
Provides application assistance for VA benefits, such as disability compensation, pension, education, insurance, home loans, direct deposit information, burials, and vocational rehabilitation.
Provides application assistance for VA benefits, such as disability compensation, pension, education, insurance, home loans, direct deposit information, burials, and vocational rehabilitation. Loan guarantee program serves Oregon and Southwest Washington.
County Veterans Service Offices (CVSOs) offer a variety of services to veterans, as well as their dependents and survivors, including veterans' benefits counseling and claims preparation to obtain education, service-connected and non-service-related disability and survivor benefits for Oregon veterans, their dependents and survivors, veterans home loans, and Oregon Veterans' Home Conservatorship services, including total estate management for certain veterans, their dependents, and survivors who are legally determined to be "protected persons" under Oregon law.
Washington Connections/DSHS and Apple Health Application Assistance offered by Family Resource Center - Eastside
Offers Family Resource Navigators at all Family Resource Centers to assist with applications for DSHS programs like Basic Food, Child Care, Long-Term Care, and Medicare Savings Programs. Navigators will also help start the Apple Health/Washington Health Plan Finder process.
Offers Family Resource Navigators at all Family Resource Centers to assist with applications for DSHS programs like Basic Food, Child Care, Long-Term Care, and Medicare Savings Programs. Navigators will also help start the Apple Health/Washington Health Plan Finder process.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), called Basic Food in Washington, helps people with low incomes make ends meet by providing monthly benefits to buy food.
Washington Connections/DSHS and Apple Health Application Assistance offered by Family Resource Center - Hilltop
Offers Family Resource Navigators at all Family Resource Centers to assist with applications for DSHS programs like Basic Food, Child Care, Long-Term Care, and Medicare Savings Programs. Navigators will also help start the Apple Health/Washington Health Plan Finder process.
Offers Family Resource Navigators at all Family Resource Centers to assist with applications for DSHS programs like Basic Food, Child Care, Long-Term Care, and Medicare Savings Programs. Navigators will also help start the Apple Health/Washington Health Plan Finder process.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), called Basic Food in Washington, helps people with low incomes make ends meet by providing monthly benefits to buy food.
Provides drop-in support services for adult American Indians and Alaska Natives, including clothing, nursing, health care, mental health, cultural programming, housing case management and DSHS support. Operates as a cooling center during weather advisories.
Provides emergency drop-in support services for Native clients.
Services include the following:
- Advocacy/case management
- Emergency clothing
- Nursing services
- Assessment and referral to drug and alcohol treatment
- Cultural programming
- Applications and questions regarding DSHS benefits, as well as BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) benefits.
Also provides a place for clients to socialize, watch television, and participate in Native cultural activities. Offers Native arts and craft sessions weekly.
Operates as a cooling center during weather advisories.
Student Support Services offered by United Way Benefits Hub at Shoreline Community College
Helps students stay enrolled in school through benefits enrollment, homelessness prevention, campus food pantry, and referrals to other support services. Must be an enrolled student taking classes worth at least six credits. Zoom and in-person appointments available.
Helps college students stay enrolled in school by offering benefits access, financial coaching, income supports, and referrals to other support services.
Limited emergency financial grants available for homelessness prevention and emergencies.
Students meet one-on-one with a coach to discuss college and career goals.
Appointments typically last one hour, but there is no limit to the number of appointments.
Typical areas of assistance:
- Managing debt
- Signing up for ORCA LIFT, SNAP/EBT, health insurance, WIC, etc.
- Building credit & pulling credit reports
- Budgeting
- Scholarships
- Tax preparation
- Access to on-campus food pantry
- Referrals to additional resources
Student Support Services offered by United Way Benefits Hub at South Seattle College
Helps students stay enrolled in school through benefits enrollment, homelessness prevention, campus food pantry, and referrals to other support services. Must be an enrolled student taking classes worth at least six credits. Offers Zoom and in-person appointments.
Helps college students stay enrolled in school by offering benefits access, financial coaching, income supports, and referrals to other support services.
Limited emergency financial grants available for homelessness prevention and emergencies.
Students meet one-on-one with a coach to discuss college and career goals.
Appointments typically last one hour, but there is no limit to the number of appointments.
Typical areas of assistance:
- Managing debt
- Signing up for ORCA LIFT, SNAP/EBT, health insurance, WIC, etc.
- Building credit & pulling credit reports
- Budgeting
- Scholarships
- Tax preparation
- Access to on-campus food pantry
- Referrals to additional resources
Services may include health screening, medical and dental care, vision, housing resources, counseling and substance abuse referrals, haircuts, pet care, job fairs, help accessing VA services and benefits, DMV and legal assistance.
Stand Downs are typically one- to three-day events during which VA staff and volunteers provide food, clothing and health screenings to homeless and at-risk Veterans. Veterans also receive referrals for health care, housing solutions, employment, substance use treatment, mental health counseling and other essential services.
Social Services offered at Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
Provides a wide array of social service to promote the safety and welfare of tribal members. Services include child/adult protection services, benefits assistance, crime victim/sexual assault services, and domestic violence services.
Provides a wide array of social service to promote the safety and welfare of tribal members. ### Services include: - Child Protection Services - Indian Child Welfare - Probation - Sex Offender Registration - Elder Protective Services - General Assistance - Veteran’s Service - Assistance with Social Security issues - Legal Services - Crime Victim Services - Sexual Assault Services - Therapy for Victims - Emergency Protection Services for Adult and Children - Crime Victim Claim forms and Service Center - Caregiver Support Services - Pre-School Assistance - Violence Prevention Activities - Domestic Violence Intervention Services - Elder Services - Court Appointed Special Advocate - And other services