Solid Ground
FreeKing County anti-poverty nonprofit running housing, food, transportation, and AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP programs. Sponsors RSVP for King County, placing 300+ volunteers age 55+ at roughly 35 nonprofit partners.
King County anti-poverty nonprofit providing housing, food, transportation, and benefits navigation services. Solid Ground sponsors the AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP program for King County, placing more than 300 volunteers age 55 and over with about 35 nonprofit partners across the county. Other site programs include Medicare information and education, accessible transportation, tenant services and homelessness prevention, legal help with public benefits, the Resource Wire information line, and free workshops and webinars. Based in Seattle, Washington.
Cost. RSVP volunteer participation is free; volunteer mileage and supplemental insurance may be provided.
Cost structure. free
Programs offered
Services offered
- Medicare Help and InformationMedicare
Medicare information and education for King County beneficiaries.
www.solid-ground.org/medicare-info/ - Accessible TransportationTransportation
Accessible transportation services for people with disabilities and older adults.
www.solid-ground.org/accessible-transportation/ - Food resourcesFood assistance
Food access and nutrition support information.
www.solid-ground.org/get-help/food-resources/ - Housing and homelessness preventionHousing assistance
Tenant services, housing stability, and homelessness prevention programs.
www.solid-ground.org/what-we-do/housing-homelessness/ - Legal Help with Public BenefitsLegal aid
Navigation and legal help applying for and keeping public benefits.
www.solid-ground.org/get-help/health-care-and-public-benefits/ - Resource WireHelpline
Information and referral resource for King County residents.
www.solid-ground.org/resource-wire/ - Workshops and webinarsAdult education
Free workshops and webinars on tenant rights, benefits, and financial topics.
www.solid-ground.org/get-help/workshops/
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Compass Housing Alliance
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Crisis Connections
FreeNonprofitKing County nonprofit operating the 24/7 crisis line and 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline locally; connects people in mental-health or substance-use crisis to assessment, referrals, and mobile crisis teams.
Not sure which one fits? Your local Area Agency on Aging can talk through the options with you and help you compare, for free. No one will sell your information, and no one will cold-call you.
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