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Eligible for sliding scale and discounted rates if you:

• are unemployed

• are eligible for public assistance

• have immigration-related expenses

• are an elder with limited financial support

• have been denied work due to incarceration history

• unhoused or unstable housing

• regularly have difficulty paying basic needs

• do not have the ability to take time off without financial burden

• experience discrimination in hiring or pay level

• are descended from enslaved people or Native American Indians 

Consider paying the full fee if you:

•  have stable and safe housing

•  own or lease a car

•  employed full time

• may feel stress about meeting my basic needs but still regularly achieve them

• supporting children or have other dependents

• have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs

• have health insurance 

•  access to financial savings

•  have some expendable income to use for recreation or entertainment

•  able to buy some new items 

Consider an additional donation if you:

• work part time or are unemployed by choice, including unemployment due to full-time school in a degree-earning program

• own the home you live in

• have investments, retirement accounts, or inherited money

• travel for recreation

• have access to family money and resources in times of need

• have a relatively high degree of earning power due to level of education or gender and racial privilege, class background, etc. (Even if you are not currently exercising your earning power)

Donations help cover the cost of sliding scale and allow us to offer discounted services to those in most need.

The above framework is sourced from Alexis J. Cunningfolk's Green Bottle Method and Little Red Bird Botanicals Sliding Scale Fee