County Assistance

MISSION
Provide medical and non-medical assistance to indigent Kootenai County residents as mandated by Idaho Code Title 31 Chapters 34 & 35. 
 
VISION
Timely payment for medical and non-medical services for qualified applicants regardless of socio-economic background.

​VALUES
  • Deliver services promptly and accurately
  • Serve the public with moral and ethical strength
  • Showing compassion while adhering to statutes
  • Being competent and professional
  • Create solutions
  • Confidentiality
  • Honesty and integrity
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  •  WHAT WE DO
  • Stewards of taxpayer dollars assuring that County Assistance is the payer of last resort
  • Investigate and analyze applications and file liens per statue
  • Accounting for payment of services and using collection processes to recover funds on delinquent accounts​
​FUTURE GOALS
  • Streamline processes and reduce time spent completing tasks while increasing service to those needing assistance.
             For example: An electronic bill pay system for loan repayments would save money on paper and postage.   
  • Collections for County Assistance could be housed in the County.
  • Promoting legislation that allows County Assistance to take state tax returns of applicants until the bill is paid in full
For more about the County Assistance, please visit the Kootenai County Clerk's website.