Below is a list of financial support available for immigrants. If you come across any outdated information, please let us know by sending an email to update@immway.com, so we can promptly make the necessary updates.

Spokane County Financial Support

World Relief Spokane
Provides newly arrived refugees and other immigrants with access to basic necessities and educational services, including financial literacy and English classes, training in public transportation, and employment services.
wrspokane@wr.org
worldrelief.org
Spokane Valley
11707 E Sprague Ave, Suite 106, Spokane Valley, WA 99206
(509)-484-9829
Spokane
512 S Bernard St, Spokane, WA 99204
(509) 484-9829
Fax: (509) 462-7279

Spokane Valley Partners
Offers emergency financial assistance, support, and referrals to residents in need, including immigrants.

Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs (SNAP)
Offers Spokane Washington residents several programs and resources that they can take advantage of to help them through difficult times. SNAP is the local non‐profit Community Action Agency that offers resources and serves Spokane County residents. The primary goal of the SNAP is to assist both families and individuals with paying their bills, and they help struggling people make a successful transition from dealing with a crisis to self‐ sufficiency over the long term.
(509) 456‐7627

Salvation Army ‐ Citadel Corps
Which is based in Spokane is one of the leading agencies to call for help and to find information on Washington and federal government programs, information on local charities and non‐profits, and other aid. They may even have, from time to time, limited financial assistance that they can offer people on a select basis. Crisis and emergency programs are administered by the Salvation Army from two locations in Spokane County. Some of the services offered include emergency rent and utility bill help, food, and holiday meals and free gifts for children. However case management is one of the primary resources, and is required of most applicants. This includes Life Skills, food, housing stabilization, and other community services.
(509) 325‐6810

DSHS ‐ Community Services Office ‐ Eastern Washington
Spokane Washington runs the government Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), State Family Assistance (SFA), or Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA). Applicants and people who want help must have an emergency housing, utility, heating or other financial need; and the applicant also needs to have a good reason that you had insufficient funds to pay your housing or utility bills. The government agency also provides other forms of assistance. They help low income families obtain nutritional support from SNAP food stamps, and also offer services to the disabled. DSHS offers many other public benefits in the county as well.
(877) 501‐2233

Catholic Charities
May offer some short term financial assistance. The non‐profit charity may provide emergency utility bill assistance or rent help for low income and poor families in the Spokane County region. The agency will request that people get referrals from other social service agencies and partner with other churches. A focus is also on households with young children and seniors. The charity, and partner churches, will also direct families to self‐sufficiency resources such as job training.
12 East 5th Avenue, Spokane, Washington, 99202.
(509) 358‐4250

The City of Spokane Human Services Department
Offers government benefits and public aid; this can include limited financial assistance, housing stabilization, and applications for programs such as SNAP food stamps or Medicaid. LIHEAP can help people with heating costs as well. The main office is at 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
(509) 625‐6130

New Hope Resource Center
Has emergency assistance for utilities. This includes water and electric bills.
4211 East Colbert Road, Colbert, WA 99005
(509) 467‐2900

Northeast Washington Housing Solutions
Runs the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program; this will help low ‐income and working poor families. They can get assistance in obtaining safe, decent and affordable housing in Spokane County. Clients will need to pay a portion of their income towards rent; however they can select any pre‐approved housing that they want to live in.
55 West Mission, Spokane, WA, 99201
(509) 328‐2953

Spokane Valley Partners
Contact them for aid, as they provide emergency financial assistance, support, cash aid and referrals to Spokane Valley residents. The agency assists with energy shut offs, emergency food assistance, rent evictions, transportation for employment, and some prescription medications.
(509) 927‐1153

Volunteers of America of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Provides help with paying utilities, city water bills, gasoline vouchers, 2‐hour bus passes, and personal hygiene items. They also administer both emergency and low income housing, including Crosswalk, for families, including veterans and single parents. Many other services are available from VOA in Spokane. Case managers will help with employment or educational needs, such as GED training.
(509) 624‐2378

Our Place Ministries
Spokane Washington can help pay a utility bill if you have a disconnection.
(509) 326‐7267

St Vincent De Paul Spokane District Council
The non‐profit Society provides qualified individuals with emergency free food, financial assistance for rent, travel, utilities, clothing, and medical care. Prescriptions and other requests. Spokane Washington.
(509) 362‐7621

Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center
Offers rent assistance to qualified families within city limits. This program can provide emergency rent help, eviction prevention grants. Applicants to the program must also be employed or on unemployment. The program can help with at most up to 50% of one month of rent.
845 South Sherman Street, Spokane, WA, 99202.
(509) 868‐0856

Cancer Patient Care
Patients diagnosed with cancer and their immediate family members may qualify for financial assistance for items such as utilities or basic needs. For example, the non‐profit provides up to $100 cash grant to be used for assistance on electric/heat and/or water bill every three months.
1507 East Sprague, Spokane, WA 99202
(509) 456‐0446

Caritas Center
Organization provides emergency assistance for paying utilities and some other basic needs for those who qualify.
2919 N. Monroe, Spokane, WA 99205
(509) 326‐2249