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RESOURCE CONNECTION

Your path to care and support starts here.

SERVICES

Call or email to connect with a live Community Resource Specialist who can assist you with a Basic Food application, direct you to food resources, connect you to community-based care coordination, provide transportation assistance, and help you connect to other vital resources. This service is free, confidential, and offered in your preferred language.

Simply call or
1-509-271-1344
Monday – Friday
8:00am – 5:00pm

Email us at 

COUNTIES SERVED

  • Adams
  • Asotin
  • Benton
  • Chelan
  • Columbia
  • Douglas
  • Franklin
  • Garfield
  • Grant
  • Kittitas
  • Klickitat
  • Lincoln
  • Okanogan
  • Walla Walla
  • Whitman
  • Yakima

GREATER COLUMBIA REGION MAP

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Basic Food

A program that helps supplement Washington residents’ diets with healthy, nutritious food.

TO APPLY OR RECERTIFY FOR BASIC FOOD

SIMPLY CALL 1-509-271-1344
MONDAY – FRIDAY, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

A TRAINED BILINGUAL SPECIALIST WILL HELP YOU DECIDE IF YOU QUALIFY.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Live in Washington State
  • Meet the household size and monthly income
  • Meet citizenship requirements
  • If you would like to apply for other DSHS services please visit www.washingtonconnection.org
  • Are you an agency interested in partnering with the BASIC FOOD OUTREACH PROGRAM? Please call 509-248-6726, ext. 356

Funded in part by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Basic Food is available to all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, or political belief.

Basic Foods
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Community Based Care Coordination

In the hardest moments, we walk with you. Together.

Become an Ombudsman

Ensuring the rights, dignity, and well-being of individuals living in long-term care.

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT A SENIOR’S RIGHTS WHO IS LIVING IN A LONG TERM CARE FACILITY?

FREE TRAINING

(36 hour requirement to become certified)
Call 509-453-0480 to learn more or click here to sign up: https://www.waombudsman.org/volunteer/

HELP ENSURE THEIR RIGHTS

  • Advocate for resident rights in long-term care facilities
  • Resolve quality of life and quality of care concerns
  • Work with, and on behalf of, the resident to solve issues
  • Provide education and information to empower residents
  • Monitor laws, regulations, and policies which affect a residents life
  • Provide education about long-term care option

Effective October 18, 2021, and pursuant to the Program’s policies and
procedures, all LTC Ombuds must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and must have
provided acceptable proof of full vaccination to the Program in order to enter LTC facilities and
provide on-site Ombuds services to residents on behalf of the LTC Ombudsman Program.

People for People is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Washington Relay Service 711. It is People For People’s policy to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise discriminated against under any of its federally funded programs and activities. Any person who believes his/her Title VI protection has been violated may file a complaint with People For People’s Human Resource Coordinator. For additional information regarding Title VI complaint procedures and/or information regarding our non-discrimination obligations, please contact the Human Resource Coordinator 509-248-6726. This material can be made available in an alternate format by emailing People For People’s Human Resource Coordinator at jrodriguez@pfp.org or by calling 509-248-6726. Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing may make a request by calling the Washington Relay Service at 711.

Home Office: 304 W. Lincoln Ave. Yakima, WA 98902 | P: 509-248-6726 | F: 509-249-4287

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