Benefits resources for Douglas County. Each listing shows our confidence and when we last checked it.
Washington Department of Social and Health Services
Provides monthly cash grants to eligible low-income adults who are age 65 or older, blind, or likely to meet SSI disability criteria
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Provides cash, food benefits, housing assistance, and case management services
Cash aid, HEN referral, and SSI application help for low-income disabled adults
Bridge cash for likely-SSI adults; HEN rent/essential-needs referral
Free training and state certification for a paid Medicaid-billable peer-support career (reentry peer navigation)
Hunger Free Washington
Monthly benefits for buying groceries, averaging $327 per month per household in Washington
Start SSI app/reinstatement + SS card before release
Suspend/reinstate around incarceration
Cash for some families ineligible for federal TANF
Food assistance.
Free child-care referral and financial-help guidance
Hunger Free Washington
Assistance with completing Basic Food (SNAP) application
Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS)
Interview and processing for Basic Food (SNAP) applications
Monthly EBT food benefits
Cash assistance and job services for families with children
Washington 2-1-1
Just dial 2-1-1 from any landline phone or search the website to get information referrals for social services such as housing, food, medical care, transportation, child care, senior services and more.
SNAP application assistance and guidance