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If you are helping care for a family member or friend, you are not alone! Get information on resources and people who can offer support.
Navigating two systems of care for Dually Eligible people: Information and resources to help understand Medicare and Medicaid dual eligibility, including specialized Medicare…
Provides individual care coordination, offers expert medical consultation services, and ensures statewide and national partnership collaborations so that children in foster care…
Helps people with significant long‑term care needs move from institutions back into homes and community settings. It offers person‑centered planning, one‑time moving supports, and…
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.
On this page, you will find our DSHS Mission, Vision and Values, as well and links to our DSHS Strategic Goals.
Helps caregivers and social workers understand how the team provides care coordination, clinical consultation, medically fragile group home support, and connections to health and…
Washington Electronic Benefits Transfer and the Washington Quest EBT Card offer a safe and easy way to use your benefits.
If you are approved for food benefits, you can use…
If you are approved for food benefits, you can use…
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…
A spenddown is the amount of medical expenses for which you are responsible, similar to an insurance deductible.
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.
Every four years, the state is required under federal and state law as well as our state’s child support plan to review our child support guidelines. The Washington State Child…
Provides an alternative form of cash assistance for eligible families who have a short-term need and don't want to receive ongoing monthly assistance.
As part of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and State Family Assistance, provides cash assistance for eligible children who are in the care of a relative or other caregiver.
Provides cash assistance and a referral to the HEN program. This program is offered to eligible low-income individuals who are age 65 or older, blind, or determined likely to meet…
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,…
PWA is a state-funded program that provides women who are low-income and pregnant and who are not eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or State Family Assistance…
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…
ALTSA's Office of Housing and Employment (OHAE) teams work to increase access to permanent, affordable housing and employment opportunities. We ensure services and supports…
This page offers links to resources to help prevent or end homelessness, find affordable housing options, and find housing to meet an individual’s or family’s specific needs.
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 Basic Food Employment and Training program is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Employment and Training program in Washington state funded by the U.S. Department of…
The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program provides benefits to lower-income older adults to purchase locally grown fruits, vegetables, honey, and herbs.
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…
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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…
What can BFET providers help with?
BFET providers can help eligible federal Basic Food recipients with school, training, finding a job and support services.
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BFET providers can help eligible federal Basic Food recipients with school, training, finding a job and support services.
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If you have questions about eligibility reviews and mid-certification reviews, we have answers.
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…
Finding care can seem complicated and overwhelming. The key is to find knowledgeable people who can help you. The information included here can help you sort through what you need…
How to report abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults.
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…
The Medicare Savings Program can help with premium costs, copayments, deductibles and coinsurance for people who are entitled to Medicare and meet program requirements.
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…
Programs exists to support people experiencing disasters, emergencies and crises.
Secure your family’s well-being with child support enforcement, parentage establishment services, resources for employers and other programs for the community.
Connect with emergency housing assistance, stabilization services, and utility referral programs to secure safe, stable lodging.
The Department of Social and Health Services Mobile Office is on the open road with eight Mobile Office trucks deployed throughout the state every day, reaching clients where they…
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