Seattle Relief Fund – App Deadline 11/15

Program Overview:

The Seattle Relief Fund is $16,000,000 of funding for direct cash assistance to Seattle’s most vulnerable low-income residents and their households who have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

Award Amounts

• $1,000 – $3,000 per household, dependent on household size.

Timeline

• Application open period 3 weeks, from Monday, October 25, 2021 to Monday, November 15, 2021 at 11:59 pm.
• Application review period 2 weeks, from November 16, 2021 to November 29, 2021
• Award decisions (approved or denied) November 29, 2021 to December 6, 2021
• Payment disbursement After December 9, 2021

Eligibility

You are not eligible for this Fund if you’ve received payment from the Seattle COVID-19 Disaster Relief Fund for Immigrants in September or October of 2021.

You can apply to the Seattle Relief Fund only if you meet income eligibility requirements and one of these situations applies to you or a member in your household:

• Applicant must be 18 years old or older
  AND

Someone in your household must:

• Live within the boundaries of the city of Seattle OR
• Is a Seattle Promise student OR
• Is a Seattle Public Schools student OR
• Is an artist/culture-maker who has owned or rented an art studio or rehearsal space within the boundaries of the city of Seattle at any time since March 2020.

AND

• Your household income is under 50% of the median household income in Seattle in 2020 or in the past 9 months. The income eligibility chart can be found on the webpage.

For example, if you are applying for a family of four, and your household total monthly income is less than $4,821, then your family is eligible.

Funds are available to eligible applicants even if they are undocumented.

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