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How to use your prepaid bank card
If your application is approved and you chose to receive your payment as a prepaid card, it will be mailed to you by January The prepaid...
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Contact the Immigrant Relief Fund Helpline
Call our helpline at (844) 620-1999 and leave a message If your application was approved but you haven't gotten your money yet, or you're...
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Having problems with your prepaid card?
If you are having any problems with your prepaid card (including issues of theft, or cards arriving with less than $3,075), call...
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Yakima County Rental Assistance
Yakima County is nearing the end of the COVID Rental Assistance Program. Applications submitted on or after March 13, 2023 may not be...
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Applications are now closed
Payments for $3,075 went out in the mail in February to all approved applicants. If your application was approved but you haven’t gotten...
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How to Cash Check - Immigrant Relief Fund
If your application is approved, the money will be sent as either a check or prepaid card, depending on which one you picked when you...
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Affordable Connectivity Program
Affordable Connectivity Program Fri, 08/05/2022 What is the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)? ACP provides help paying for internet...
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How to access the money
If your application is approved, the money will be sent as either a check or prepaid card, depending on which one you picked when you...
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Payments are going out now!
✅Payments are going out in February! By February 17, you should have received a text message and email to let you know if your...
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Working Families Tax Credit Details
✅This money belongs to you The Working Families Tax Credit will give $50 – $1,200 annual cash payments to eligible Washingtonians....
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What is the working family tax credit?
Who is eligible for a tax credit? Individuals and families are eligible for the Working Families Tax Credit if they meet all of the...
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What is the Affordable Connectivity Program?
What is ACP? The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that helps families and...
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Payments are going out now!
Payments are going out now! You should have received a text message and email to let you know if your application was approved or denied....
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Approved applications will receive a grant of $2,500 - $3,000. Money will be sent in the mail by Ja
If your application is approved, you will receive a text message and email about it by January 23. The money will be sent in the mail by...
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How to use your check: Immigrant Relief Fund
If your application is approved and you chose to receive your payment as a check, it will be mailed to you by January You must cash your...
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Cómo usar las tarjetas bancarias prepagadas
Si se aprueba su aplicación y usted eligió recibir el pago en la forma de tarjeta bancaria prepagada, se le enviará por correo para el...
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What to expect: Immigrant Relief Fund
Applications for the fund are now closed. If you applied, you’ll get email and text message updates in November or December when your...
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Immigrant Relief Fund Information Clarification
If you have submitted your application,you might receive an email, text message, or phone call from the fund to clarify your information....
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🚨The Washington #COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund is now open.
🚨The Washington #COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund is now open. To apply you must: ✅Live in WA ✅Be at least 18 years old, ✅NOT be eligible...
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How to tell if Voting Information is accurate
It can be tough to sort through all the election information out there, especially when so much misinformation exists. Election...
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Washington State Voter Eligibility
Voter Eligibility To register to vote in the state of Washington, you must be: A citizen of the United States A legal resident of...
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Inslee announces end to remaining COVID-19 emergency orders and state of emergency by October 31
Gov. Jay Inslee today announced the upcoming rescission of all remaining COVID-19 emergency proclamations and state of emergency by Oct....
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What WA needs to know about the new omicron-specific COVID boosters
While many Americans say they’ve resumed life as if COVID-19 were in the rearview mirror, people are still dying, coronavirus variants...
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This Relentless Pandemic Can Tax Your Mental Health. Here’s How to Cope
Remember those brief, blissful weeks at the beginning of the summer? Vaccination rates were rising, COVID-19 infections were dropping and...
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COVID-19 and the Flu: Know the Symptoms
COVID-19 is still here and, unfortunately, flu season is also on its way. It’s not possible to definitively predict what will happen in...
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Long COVID: 5 Big Questions Answered About Post-COVID Syndrome
What is long COVID? “An individual with long COVID has symptoms that persist, relapse or reoccur for more than 30 days after first being...
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BEHIND THE HIGH-TECH COVID-19 TESTS YOU PROBABLY HAVEN’T HEARD ABOUT
WhenWhen you think about getting tested for COVID-19, you’re most likely picturing two types of tests: the at-home rapid antigen tests...
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The real COVID surge is (much) bigger than it looks. But don't panic
Cases of COVID-19 are – yet again – on the rise. The U.S. is seeing an average of more than 100,000 reported new cases across the country...
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How Often Can You Be Infected With the Coronavirus?
A virus that shows no signs of disappearing, variants that are adept at dodging the body’s defenses, and waves of infections two, maybe...
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Are COVID surges becoming more predictable?
Nearly six months after researchers in South Africa identified the Omicron coronavirus variant, two offshoots of the game-changing...
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2 new Omicron variants detected in the U.S., could spark another COVID wave.
Two new strains of COVID that appear to be more transmissible than even “stealth Omicron,” and that have the ability to evade antibodies...
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Unvaccinated children hospitalized at twice the rate during Omicron surge -U.S. study
April 19 (Reuters) - Hospitalization rates for unvaccinated children ages 5 to 11 were twice as high as among those who were vaccinated...
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What triggers severe COVID? Infected immune cells hold clues
Immune cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 can trigger a massive inflammatory response that contributes to severe COVID-19, suggest two papers...
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First Covid-19 Challenge Study Yields Valuable Insights into How We Get Sick
It only takes a tiny virus-laden droplet -- about the width of a human blood cell -- to infect someone with COVID-19. That's just one of...
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Black adult hospitalizations reached a pandemic high during the omicron wave, CDC study finds
During the peak of the omicron variant wave of the coronavirus this winter, Black adults in the United States were hospitalized at rates...
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A Latina scientist co-created a new Covid vaccine. She's nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
María Elena Bottazzi doesn't forget where she comes from. Her face softens as she, in the midst of complex scientific terms, speaks of...
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What’s changing? WA schools go mask optional next week
The Washington state Department of Health published new guidance on Tuesday that will guide public schools after the statewide indoor...
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Latest COVID-19 numbers in Washington State
The Washington state Department of Health reported 3,185 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. The state reported 737 new cases on Tuesday, 984...
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Isolation and Quarantine in Early Care and Education
Quick Guide: Isolation What to do when a child in your early care and education (ECE) program might have COVID-19. DAY 0 Child is sick or...
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New CDC Studies: COVID-19 Boosters Remain Safe
Data from two CDC reports today show COVID-19 vaccine boosters remain safe and continue to be highly effective against severe disease...
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How Your Personal Brand Will Affect The Growth Of Your Company
You’ll Find Your Core Customer Companies grow not just by finding more customers, but by finding and connecting with those who share...
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How to create a digital content strategy for your small business
What is a digital content strategy? So let’s start here: A digital content strategy is a group of tactics you’ve chosen strategically to...
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Starting a Business in 2022: What to Know
Entrepreneurism is on the rise across America. According to the United States Census Bureau, Americans registered 4.3 million new...
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Consider a Business Mentor
January is National Mentoring Month, a time to benefit from the expertise of an experienced business coach, adviser, or role model — if...
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New Year's resolutions for your business
The New Year arrives in a few days, so consider these resolutions for your business for 2022: Business plan As we enter the second year...
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COVID-19 boosters now recommended for everyone 16 and older
Eligibility expansion will further increase protection as omicron variant spreads OLYMPIA – Booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine...
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What to Know About Omicron, a New Covid Variant of Concern
What is it called? The variant was initially referred to as B.1.1.529, but on Friday was designated as a variant of concern (VOC) by the...
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FDA Expands Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUA) for both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech...
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10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered across Washington
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is pleased to announce another significant milestone has been reached in the state’s...
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Pfizer announces that its pill against Covid-19 is 89% effective
The Pfizer laboratory announced this Friday that a clinical trial on its anticovid pill showed high effectiveness. This is the second...
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