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Learn how to get started to become a paid caregiver, including steps for training, where caregivers can work, background checks, and certification.
A division of DSHS, Home and Community Services provides long-term care services and supports to people with disabilities and older adults with low incomes.
Language Testing and Certification (LTC) Program administers proficiency testing for spoken and written languages to credential DSHS bilingual employees, licensed agency personnel…
On this page, you will find our DSHS Mission, Vision and Values, as well and links to our DSHS Strategic Goals.
DSHS partners with people to access support, care, and resources. These services can help.
You can apply for DSHS services like food, cash and medical assistance online, in person and by phone.
The Community Relations team, within the Office of Communications and Government Affairs is dedicated to creating transparent, timely, and equitable access to services provided by…
At the Language Testing and Certification program (LTC), we provide bilingual certification for DSHS employees, as well as authorization and certification testing for those…
These resources provide more information about where to find programs and services for refugees and immigrants in Washington.
These services support employment, training and education.
You can find recent news from ORIA on this page.
Since 1979, Washington state has been welcoming refugees who flee persecution in their home country to rebuild their lives in our local communities.
This page provides updated information about public charge.
Various federal and state programs are available in Washington state to help refugees, immigrants and asylees with cash, food and medical assistance.
These services include the Refugee Medical Screening and Refugee Health Promotion program.
The Refugee Advisory Council helps ensure the coordination of services for refugees and immigrants and raises awareness of issues that affect refugee and immigrant communities…
This page shares information about rights that all people have regardless of immigration status and does not provide legal advice of any kind.
You can find answers to frequently asked questions below.
These services support the whole household, including school-aged children, young adults and older refugees.
These services help with naturalization and immigration-related legal services.
Provides cash assistance to eligible refugees and other humanitarian immigrants for up to eight months. RCA is for eligible people who do not have minor children.
Provides temporary, monthly cash to eligible families. Families must include a pregnant person or minor child. Some families are required to participate in the WorkFirst program,…
The Basic Food Employment and Training program helps people who get Basic Food assistance, also called SNAP, to gain skills, training and work experience. Services are available…
The Housing and Essential Needs Referral program provides access to essential-needs items and potential rental assistance. If you are not eligible for the Aged, Blind or Disabled…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP and called Basic Food in Washington, helps people with low incomes make ends meet by…
FAP is the state food assistance program that provides benefits to lawfully admitted immigrants who are not eligible for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,…
We've started processing SUN Bucks benefits following a delay in federal funding. As of August 2026, we have mailed about 400,000 SUN Bucks cards to eligible children. About…
Find more information about refugee resettlement in Washington state.
The DSHS Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance is working with community-based organizations to offer one-time housing support for recently arrived refugees and humanitarian…
The DSHS Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance’s Refugee Youth Mentoring program provides funding to match eligible youth, ages 15-24, with mentors who will support…
Washington is one of many states receiving Refugee School Impact funds from the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement. RSI program’s goals are to promote academic performance and…
The Unaccompanied Refugee Minors program provides care for federally referred children and youth who arrive in the United States without a parent or guardian.
PRIME stands for Promoting Refugee Integration, Mobility and Empowerment. PRIME provides refugees a continuum of services that are community-based, comprehensive and client-…
The Refugee Elders Services Project is funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s "Services to Older Refugees" Grant.
Immigration-Related Legal Services are available for Afghans, Ukrainians and refugees.
The Naturalization program provides citizenship services to legal immigrants who receive public assistance through cash, medical or food assistance programs administered by DSHS.
The career ladder for educated and/or vocationally experienced refugees program, better known as CLEVER, supports refugees who want to return to their careers in the United States…
FAP Employment and Training offers culturally and linguistically appropriate employment and training services to refugees and immigrants who receive benefits from the state food…
The ORIA BFET program offers culturally and linguistically appropriate employment and training services to refugees and immigrants who receive federal food assistance.
The LEP Pathway program helps eligible refugees with employment and education as they move towards economic stability.
DSHS provides direct customer services to the public through a network of 48 local Community Services Offices. Services are also provided through a variety of outstationed workers…
Information and resources on our commitment to delivering services and supports that preserve cultural values and promote the welfare of all people.
In Washington state, people who receive federal Basic Food assistance (also known as SNAP) may participate in the Basic Food Employment and Training program. BFET offers a variety…
Get answers to some questions about Basic Food benefits in Washington state.
Long-term care services for children, youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
More than one in five Washington residents turns to the DSHS Economic Services Administration for assistance with cash, food, child support, disability determination, support for…
On July 4, 2025, the president signed into law federal legislation known as H.R 1. It impacts programs managed by the Department of Social and Health Services as well as other…
Connect with emergency housing assistance, stabilization services, and utility referral programs to secure safe, stable lodging.
Empowering Washingtonians to thrive through employment, immigration services, health programs and services for the whole family.