OLYMPIA – The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) provides services to 2.4 million clients in our state at any given time and when people cannot get to a DSHS office – the office comes to them via a 40-foot truck known as the “Mobile CSO.”
That is exactly what will happen from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 8 when the agency’s Economic Services Administration’s mobile community services office makes a stop in Olympia at the Union Gospel Mission.
DSHS will also be bringing services to residents of Olympia’s Plum Village located at 830 Union Avenue SE. From 8 a.m. to noon, a staff member will be on site to help people apply for services.
“We have a goal of reducing the number of people living in poverty by 50 percent by the year 2025 in a way that eliminates disparities,” said, Babs Roberts, Director of the Community Services Division within DSHS. “Our hope is by bringing services directly to underserved populations we will help our clients get the tools they need to build themselves a strong foundation to get out of poverty.”
The Mobile CSO has a reception area, interview station that allows experienced program specialists to determine financial eligibility for cash and food assistance programs. DSHS has two of these trucks and they travel around to communities around the state.
To find out more about where the Mobile CSO will be next, or how to schedule an event, please visit our website.