Willma's Fund is available Mondays and Fridays from noon to 5pm by calling 608-255-8582. If our Willma's Fund Coordinator can take your call immediately the assessment process can begin right away but they may need to take your call later. If there is a waitlist, you will be informed of the next time the Willma's Fund Coordinator can call you.

The assessment takes about a half hour to 45 minutes to process and go through. After that, we can determine how best we can help.

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Things to know about Willma’s Fund assistance:

• We cannot guarantee exact amounts we can help with or what we can do until we have an assessment.

• Willma's Fund only assists with short-term, immediate needs.

• We cannot do long-term stays at hotels or pay both a security deposit and rent for permanent housing.  

• We do not guarantee amounts we can give for rent or a security deposit.

• If we provide a hotel room for clients they must also abide by the rules of the hotel or they forfeit help from Willma's Fund.

• We only help with one financial gift per year per client.

• We do not find places to live for clients, they must do the leg work and if they are offered a place to live, we must have a copy of the lease so we know where to send a check.

• If clients need a hotel instead we have a maximum of days we can do that. We would determine through an assessment.

• An assessment over the phone or in person needs to be done to determine the amount we can give or the help that is needed.

• We are only budgeted a certain amount for each month as the fund continues to be used. Sometimes we have to suspend the fund after a certain point each month if funds are low.

• While some of our funding is to assist homelessness or low income, we do not turn people away if they are in crisis. If there is a significant financial strain due to factors in people's lives, we will assist them regardless of income level.