HopeSource

Housing & energy services: the energy assistance program helps low-income households with their home heating bills and avoid shutoff of utilities during winter months; ensuring warm healthy households for those in need. Provides emergency shelter services to unsheltered individuals, giving priority to families with children and households who are homeless after fleeing domestic violence. It also includes services for eviction prevention, move-in assistance, and support services for low-income families in the communities we serve.

Transportation services: this is a paratransit and a fixed route central transit transportation system. All systems offer ada compliant, wheelchair accessible busses and exceptional drivers. As a provider of paratransit transportation, this program offers door-to-door rides to the elderly, disabled, and low-income of kittitas county to medical, nutrition, social service, and employment commitments. As a fixed route, central transit offers 26 convenient stops for nutrition, hospital visits, shopping, and recreation for the residents of ellensburg and students of central Washington university.

The supportive services for veteran families (ssvf) program is designed to assist veterans and their families who are experiencing homelessness, or are imminently in danger of becoming homeless, in obtaining and maintaining stable housing. Hopesource was awarded the grant of the united states department of veteran affairs to serve veterans throughout north central Washington in the five counties of kittitas, grant, chelan, douglas, and okanogan area encompassing over 16,000 square miles. The program was developed to focus on the homeless veteran population that includes homeless prevention, rapid re-housing, and housing first models to combat the disproportionate number of veterans experiencing homelessness. Assistance to veterans will be delivered through a variety of services to address (see schedule o) current gaps in continuum of care for this group of individuals.

Nutrition, block grants, & other programs: the emergency food assistance program (tefap) helps alleviate hunger in low-income households through three to four food banks in the county.

Weatherization services: weatherization is the modification of buildings and homes to become more energy efficient through conservation measures such as air sealing and adding insulation. All homes are analyzed with the "building as a system" diagnostic approach which examines the house as one working unit to ensure safety and maximize energy efficiency. Weatherization improvements create a more safe and comfortable living space as well as lower utility bills.

Other programs include social enterprise and corporate projects.