FAMILY ASSISTANCE
Emergency
Family Assistance:
A
limited number of families with children can receive
assistance through this program. Assistance
is offered for families experiencing an emergency or
temporary financial difficulty. Beginning Fall
2009, only a handful of new families may be accepted
each month. We regret that we are not able to
accept all referrals we receive for this program at
this time. No waiting list is maintained for
services but families that are turned away are
welcome to have a new referral sent for a future
month. 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 and families must live in Seattle. Social workers and other
referrers can get our written referral forms
here. We
consider families for this program who have a
Seattle zip code or are in zip codes 98178, 98155,
98177, 98133. We are not able to offer
services through this program to families in South
or East King county or who live in Pierce or
Snohomish Counties. Please note that
students from the greater Seattle King County area
ARE eligible to apply for childcare and education
grants even if they live out of Seattle.
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, 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.
Why do families have to live in Seattle or zips
98178, 98155, 98133 or 98155 to benefit from this
program?:
Due to limited funds and volunteer time,
Seattle Milk Fund must limit this program only to
families in Seattle. We regret that we can not
serve all of King County with this program.
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 Thank you for my backpack.
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