Washington Mutual
 Alumni Emergency Assistance

Hello and welcome to the Washington Mutual Alumni Fund's Emergency Assistance website. We, the sponsors, are the same group that has been working to create a scholarship fund for WM employees who lost their savings just as they were hoping to send their kids, or themselves, to college. Now we are trying to do something on a nationwide basis for some of the laid off employees who have even more immediate needs.  Over $600,000 has been raised to help WM employees and families so far.  Although we have many more families to help, click here to read more about where we are to date.

We are partnering with  Wellspring Family Services to offer you some counseling and financial assistance with particular needs you may have at this difficult time.  Wellspring Family Services has been working with us to identify referral sources in all locations where Washington Mutual employees have been laid off.

If you are a former Washington Mutual employee who was laid off after April 1, 2008, were making $29.00 an hour or less as of your last paycheck, and are having difficulty paying for medical care, food or housing or for child care, transportation or other job hunting expenses, you may be eligible for assistance.

Please download, print and complete the Washington Mutual Alumni Emergency Assistance application and send it, along with a copy of your last pay stub and a copy of your termination letter from JP Morgan Chase, to: 
WM Alumni Emergency Assistance Fund
P.O. Box 221007
Seattle, WA 98122-0

If your application is accepted, you will receive a call from  Wellspring Family Services. In addition to finding out about your immediate need, one of their representatives will attempt to help you find other services in your community that may be of use to you on an on-going basis. As our funds are limited, we are only able to provide one-time financial aid, up to a maximum of $500 per family. But it is our hope that in addition to this small amount of financial assistance,  Wellspring Family Services will be able to provide information and contacts to you that may be of more lasting help.

To learn how to donate to this fund, click here.