FAMILY ASSISTANCE
Emergency
Family Assistance:
Assistance
is offered for families experiencing an emergency or
temporary financial difficulty. Our assistance
varies but may include household supplies (cleaning
products, personal hygiene products, towels, kitchen
items), food assistance (Safeway gift cards), infant
supplies, shoe vouchers and other items. To qualify for these
services a family must be experiencing a change in
their situation- either due to illness, job loss,
the arrival of a new baby or other emergent
situation. Our assistance is temporary to help
families with emergencies rather than ongoing.
For the Emergency Family
Assistance program, clients are referred through Family Support Workers, Counselors, or Nurses in the
Seattle Public Schools, Public Health Nurses or Social Services Agencies
on the Seattle Milk Fund referral form.
No applications will be considered without a
referral. Social workers and other
referrers can get our written referral forms
here.
Shoe Vouchers
and Backpacks: On receipt of our
written referral form, our volunteers send a card
for shoes. Families then shop for and select
the shoes with their child. We are only able
to fill 1 request per child per year. We are
generally able to meet 100% of demand. In the
fall, backpacks are filled with school supplies for
each grade and available throughout the year until
we run out. These resources can be accessed on
the same forms. Backpacks must be picked up at
the Seattle Milk Fund office either by the referrer
or the client. Due to the increase
applications and in order to reduce the
administrative costs of this program, starting
12/14/2007, the shoe voucher-only referral
form may only be submitted by school social workers
or domestic violence shelters.
Assistance for adults without children:
Seattle Milk Fund is a family support agency.
We regret that we are unable to offer services
for adults who are not parenting young and school
aged children. If you are looking for
assistance for low-income adults, please contact the
Crisis Clinic for suggestions on where to turn.
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 Thank you for my backpack.
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