Housing Assistance

Hopelink works on many levels to help families find or stay in safe, affordable housing. The Hopelink Housing Programs include: Eviction Prevention, First Month's Rent, Emergency Family Shelter, and Transitional Housing.

Food Assistance

At each of its six centers, Hopelink food banks offer food from every nutritional group, as well as baby items and personal care products. Please call the food bank in your specific service area (see below) so that we can schedule an appointment for you to register for food bank. The six centers are: Hopelink Bellevue, Hopelink Northshore, Hopelink Kirkland, Hopelink Redmond, Hopelink Shoreline , and Hopelink Sno-Valley, including Carnation, Duvall, Fall City, Preston, Baring, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie Pass within King County, and North Bend.

Family Development Program

The Family Development Program helps prevent homelessness by helping families build strength, stability and resources. In Hopelink’s Family Development Program, families at risk of homelessness work with a trained Family Development Specialist; together they focus on identifying strengths, addressing obstacles, and working to set and attain goals. Based on the success of their Transitional Housing program model, the Family Development Program works to prevent homelessness and help families on the edge of crisis move to greater stability.

Everyone needs a support system. For many of us, that safety net comes in the form of family, friends, job contacts, financial resources, skills and resilience. The Family Development Program first provides a Hopelink support system for struggling families, and then helps the family build its own support network.

The power of the Family Development Program is its holistic approach. The Family Development Specialists help the family determine its own strengths and direction, and then is there to support the family in making practical and lasting change.

Interpreter Services

Hopelink brokers spoken language interpreter services to assist clients during medical and DSHS office appointments. Interpreters work for one of several qualified firms and must pass a DSHS competency test before receiving an assignment from Hopelink.

Interpreters provide not only the translation that’s important for clear exchange of information, but also help to overcome cultural differences that can hinder full understanding of a client’s concerns.

Only healthcare providers or DSHS staff may make requests for interpreters

425-869-6000

http://www.hope-link.org/gethelp/food

Transportation

Hopelink Transportation provides an essential link for seniors, people with disabilities, families with children and others needing assistance.

Medicaid Transportation
In partnership with the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Hopelink coordinates transportation to and from medical appointments for low income residents on Medicaid assistance.

Dial-a-Ride
Hopelink operates Dial-a-Ride Transit (DART) under a contract with King County Metro. DART offers variable routing in some areas within King County. It operates on a fixed schedule, but one that has more flexibility than regular Metro Transit buses.

Address
16225 NE 87th Street
Suite A-1
PO Box 3577 Redmond, WA 98073

General transportation information:
425-943-6789

Medicaid transportation:
800-923-7433

Metro DART reservations:
866-261-3278

http://hope-link.org/gethelp/transportation

Useful Web links:

http://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/maa/Transportation

http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/dart/dartinfo.html