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Applying for Public Assistance
Information about the application process to receive public assistance. Publication #7903EN Read More
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DSHS Benefits and Lump Sum Payments
A lump sum is any money you get once and do not expect to get regularly. Examples are a settlement from a court case, insurance claims or a back payment of benefits you are owed (such as from Social Security or L&I). You must report these payments to DSHS. Publication #7140EN Read More
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DSHS Support Services for WorkFirst Participants
DSHS may provide goods and services for WorkFirst participants to help them look for work, prepare for work, or keep work. Read More
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Student Financial Aid and Welfare Benefits
This publication explains the effect of receiving student financial aid when you also receive welfare benefits. Publication #7914EN Read More
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The Self-Sufficiency Calculator for Washington State
The Calculator can help you: plan and develop career goals so you can work towards a better paying job; decide if a job you are considering will pay enough to meet your family's needs; determine if you might be eligible for public benefits that can help with expenses like health care or child care; test and compare different work or living options and see how they affect your bottom line. Read More
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Washington State Self-Support Reserve
Basic subsistence limitation chart for determining amount necessary to provide for basic needs. The amounts are adjusted annually. Read More
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Your Rights Dealing with DSHS
This publication lists services available by DSHS and your rights when dealing with this state agency. #7900EN. Read More
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Denials and Terminations (4)
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Fighting a Denial of DSHS Public Assistance
Read this for what to do if you apply for cash, food stamps, medical, or child care assistance from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and their office denies you benefits. Publication #7100EN Read More
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How To Fight a Termination or Reduction of DSHS Public Assistance
This explains your rights if DSHS tells you it will stop (terminate) or cut back (reduce) the cash, food stamps, medical, or child care assistance they have been giving you. The most important thing to know is that you must ask for an administrative hearing soon, usually within ten days of DSHS mailing written notice, to keep getting your benefits while you appeal. Publication #7102EN Read More
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Representing Yourself at an Administrative Hearing
If you do not agree with any decision, either verbal or written, made by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), you have the right to appeal that decision by asking for an administrative hearing. This tells you about 1) the deadline to request a hearing, 2) how to make the request, 3) how to prepare for your hearing, and 4) what to expect at your hearing and afterward. Read More
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What if DSHS Stops My Benefits Because I am a “Fleeing Felon” or it Thinks I am Violating a Condition of Probation or Parole?
If you are a fleeing felon, you are not eligible for many federal and state public benefits. This publication defines "feeling felon" and discusses the benefits that are affected. Publication #7406EN. Read More
Emergency cash (3)
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Additional Requirements (AR)
If you qualify for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), State Financial Assistance (SFA), or a Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) welfare grant through DSHS and you have an emergency, you may be eligible to get "Additional Requirements (AR).” AR is a once-a-year cash grant for emergency needs. Publication #71085EN Read More
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Consolidated Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP): Extra Money for Needy Families
CEAP is a welfare (DSHS) program that provides money to needy families, children and pregnant women facing an emergency. You may qualify for a CEAP emergency grant only if you are not eligible for any other DSHS financial or emergency assistance program. Publication #7106EN Read More
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Diversion Cash Assistance
Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA) is an emergency grant to a family facing a temporary financial crisis. Publication 7121EN Read More
Low income energy assistance programs (1)
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Additional Requirements (AR)
If you qualify for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), State Financial Assistance (SFA), or a Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) welfare grant through DSHS and you have an emergency, you may be eligible to get "Additional Requirements (AR).” AR is a once-a-year cash grant for emergency needs. Publication #71085EN Read More
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Overpayments (1)
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Fighting an Overpayment of Cash or Medical Assistance
Use this when the Department of Social & Health Services (DSHS) or Health Care Authority (HCA) notifies you of a cash or medical overpayment. An overpayment is when you get benefits you are not eligible for according to DSHS or HCA rules. Read More
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Public Benefits and Accommodations (2)
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DSHS Help for People with Disabilities: Necessary Supplemental Accommodations
7151EN - If you get DSHS benefits, such as TANF, SFA, Disability Lifeline, Medicaid, or food assistance, DSHS must accommodate your disabilities. This means that DSHS must try to make their services and benefits available to you to the same extent that they are available to people without a disability. Read More
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How to Ask for a Reasonable Accommodation of Your Disability from the Office of Administrative Hearings
The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) must make sure its services and its hearings are fully available to all persons with disabilities. This may mean OAH needs to make a change in the way it handles a hearing or communicates with you to make sure you have the same chance to take part in the hearings as a person without disabilities. Read More
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) rules (7)
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for Teen Parents
If you are a teenager under the age of 18, low income, and have children or are pregnant, you may be able to get help (money) from the state TANF program. Read on for answers to your questions about how to get TANF. Publication #7122EN Read More
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DSHS Benefits and Lump Sum Payments
A lump sum is any money you get once and do not expect to get regularly. Examples are a settlement from a court case, insurance claims or a back payment of benefits you are owed (such as from Social Security or L&I). You must report these payments to DSHS. Publication #7140EN Read More
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Questions and Answers on the TANF 5-Year Time Limit
There is a sixty-month (five-year) time limit for receiving TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and SFA (State Family Assistance) cash assistance. The existence of the time limit does not mean that your family will automatically stop receiving cash assistance at the end of 60 months. Read More
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TANF and WorkFirst for College Students
7138EN - If you get a TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) grant, you probably have to take part in WorkFirst if you want to go to college and keep getting TANF. Read More
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Rules and Eligibility
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is the welfare program that gives cash grants to needy families. This publication discusses who is eligible for TANF and what is required under the law. Read More
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The Self-Sufficiency Calculator for Washington State
The Calculator can help you: plan and develop career goals so you can work towards a better paying job; decide if a job you are considering will pay enough to meet your family's needs; determine if you might be eligible for public benefits that can help with expenses like health care or child care; test and compare different work or living options and see how they affect your bottom line. Read More
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Washington State Self-Support Reserve
Basic subsistence limitation chart for determining amount necessary to provide for basic needs. The amounts are adjusted annually. Read More
WorkFirst rules, benefits and problems (6)
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Questions and Answers about Workfirst
7126EN - Almost all families who get TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) must participate in Workfirst. Most parents must do a job search program and take a job if one is offered. Read More
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WorkFirst For Working Families
7137EN - This publication should help you understand how working affects your family’s eligibility for TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and other public benefits. Read More
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WorkFirst: Individual Responsibility Plans (IRP)
7134EN - This publication is designed to help you understand how an IRP is created so that you can get the best possible plan for yourself. Read More
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Workfirst and the Family Violence Amendment
DSHS will screen and identify TANF (Welfare) recipients for a history of family violence, notify TANF recipients about the Family Violence Amendment, maintain confidentiality, refer individuals needing counseling to supportive services, and waive Workfirst requirements where the requirements would make it more difficult to escape family violence, or put victims at further risk of family violence. Read More
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WorkFirst Education and Training Opportunities
Are you interested in training or education? You can ask your WorkFirst worker to add the options in this booklet to your IRP as WorkFirst activities. Most of these activities are not required. However, studies show that the best way to get and keep a good job is to improve your education and training. Publication #7135EN Read More
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WorkFirst Sanctions
Read this to understand sanctions under the WorkFirst program and help you fight a sanction that is wrong. Publication #7132EN Read More
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