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Provides limited financial assistance vouchers for people in need living in Whatcom County. Helps pay for gasoline, food, utilities, phone bills, bus passes, and ID and driver's licenses. Amounts range from $50 to $200. Available only once every twelve months.

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Help Pay for Gas
Help Pay for Internet or Phone
Help Pay for Utilities
Help Pay for Transit
Help Pay for Food
Financial Assistance
Allows groups of people to "lease" a WTA-owned van for the purpose of commuting to and from a common worksite. The vanpool group pays a fare based on the number of miles the van travels each month. Fares cover all costs to operate the van, including fuel, maintenance and insurance.

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Transportation
Transit
Discounted ferry tickets for eligible Lummi Island residents. Call for an appointment.

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Low-Income
Transportation
Help Pay for Transit
Transit
Free non-emergency medical transportation for Medicaid eligible recipients. At least two full business days' notice required. Assistance for bus passes and gas vouchers also available.

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Help Pay for Gas
Transportation for Healthcare
Help Pay for Transit
Bus Passes
Provides curb-to-curb (and if needed, door-to-door) transportation to riders whose disability prevents them from riding fixed route bus system. \u200bEveryone who rides paratransit must qualify and be approved before riding. Read about paratransit eligibility online.

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Transportation
Transit
All Disabilities
Provides limited transit service to rural areas of Whatcom County. There are no eligibility requirements for using zone service; anyone within the designated area can request a ride. Service is only available to each zone on certain days of the week. Advance reservations are required.

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Transportation
Transit
Fixed routes provide service to designated bus stops using large transit buses.\u200b\u200b \u200bWTA provides service seven days a week, with more limited service on Saturdays, Sundays and evenings.\u200b Fixed routes serve Bellingham, Ferndale, Lynden, Blaine and Birch Bay, Lummi Nation, Sudden Valley, Kendall, Everson, Nooksack and Sumas.

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Transportation
Transit
Can provide a small amount of emergency financial assistance for personal needs such as: Utility bills, gas, medical costs, bus fare, insurance, storage fees, clothing, groceries, and auto repair parts (no rent or auto repair labor). Assistance with ID/driver's licenses as well as referral to other resources are available as well.

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Help Pay for Transit
Financial Assistance
Help Pay for Food
Help Pay for Gas
Provides charitable, need-based commercial airline assistance for non-emergency medical transportation to on-going or critical treatment.

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Transportation
Help Pay for Transit
Transportation for Healthcare
Helps Lynden community members with short-term, emergency assistance which may include utilities, rent, clothing, household goods, laundry, and transportation. Call to set up an appointment.

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Clothing
Help Pay for Utilities
Home Goods
Help Pay for Housing
Help Pay for Transit
Financial Assistance
Bus Passes
Emergency
Goods
Help Pay for Gas
Provides gas cards, or commercial bus or Amtrak tickets to medical-related treatment. Trips must be for non-local medical care more than 50 miles away.

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Transportation for Healthcare
Help Pay for Transit
Transportation
Free WTA 6-ride passes distributed as available at the Community Resource Center. Limit 2 per person per visit.
Free WTA 6-ride passes distributed as available at the Community Resource Center. Limit 2 per person per visit.

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