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Community Block Build - House-by-house approach to improving focused areas of high need. Includes:

- Handicap accessibility modifications.

- Plumbing/electrical work.

- Energy efficiency upgrades.

- Landscaping.

- Painting.

Safe at Home - Improves access and reduces risk for seniors and people with disabilities. Some repairs include:

- Hand railings/grab bars.

- Ramps.

- Broken/weak steps.

- Walk-in shower.

- ADA-accessible doorways.

- Lever door knobs.

- Additional lighting.

- Deadbolts and locks.

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Home Rehabilitation Programs
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Assists low income individuals with a range of needs including mobility equipment, vehicle modifications, ramps and minor house modifications for accessibility, medical equipment and prostheses.

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Medical Equipment/Supplies
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Assistive Technology Equipment
Provides affordable home repairs, accessibility modifications, and emergency appliance repair/replacement.

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Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Offers small to minor home repairs to those in need. Repairs must be small and can include (but not limited to) repairs such as painting, minor plumbing, ramp installation, or window screen replacements.

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Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Wheelchair ramp installation.

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Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services

**Applications available starting March 1, 2025.**

Offers exterior repairs to porches, minor carpentry, and limited repairs to roofs and siding. Also provides critical home repairs, minor electrical work, and minor plumbing.

Weatherization work provided for windows, gutters, doors, and storm doors.

Provides smoke alarms and fire extinguishers.

Provides accessibility ramps, grab bars, railings and steps, limited flatwork, and limited bathroom modifications.

Unable to help with major renovations, foundations, and HVAC systems.

Serving households up to 80% of HUD Income Guidelines.

HUD Income Guidelines for 2024:

1 person household: Max Household Income (gross) $50,150;

2 person household: Max Household Income (gross) $57,300;

3 person household: Max Household Income (gross) $64,450;

4 person household: Max Household Income (gross) $71,600;

5 person household: Max Household Income (gross) $77,350;

6 person household: Max Household Income (gross) $83,100.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Weatherization Programs
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Smoke Alarms

Caregiver services are available to informal or family caregivers of persons over the age of 60 or to grandparents raising grandchildren.

Services can include respite care (services that give caregivers a rest), home modification, assistive devices, transportation, and financial assistance.

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Caregiver Counseling
Adult In Home Respite Care
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Assistive Technology Equipment
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Offers healthcare services for seniors, which includes:

- Health assessment.

- Medication management.

- Individual, Group, and Family therapy.

- Fall prevention.

- Home modifications.

- Health and wellness training.

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Geriatric Assessment
Case/Care Management
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Fall Prevention Programs
Medication Information/Management
Rehabilitates the houses of low-income homeowners (particularly the elderly, disabled, and families with children) so that they may continue to live in warmth, safety and independence. All work is provided free of charge to the homeowner. Referrals come from health and human service agencies, community and faith-based organizations, service groups, case managers, and individuals. The homeowners, if physically able, work with the volunteers in the spirit of neighbor helping neighbor. Home assessments determine a home's eligibility based on national and local criteria.

Repairs vary from painting and trash removal to minor repairs such as electrical or plumbing work. Smoke detectors and new locks may be installed. Home modifications and accessibility needs given priority. The repairs must be able to be completed in one day; no major structural repairs and no tree removal.

Yard cleanup is offered by a group of volunteers, a couple of times throughout the summer months (will NOT help with tree removals, tree limbs/branches removals from dead or dying trees, mowing yards or snow removal).

Volunteer Opportunities are available as Rebuilding Together relies on donations of time, money, material and volunteers both skilled and unskilled to help with repairs.

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Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Building Materials/Supplies Donation Programs
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Home Rehabilitation Programs

Services for individuals with disabilities. Includes information and referral, service coordination, independent living skills training, individual and system advocacy, equipment loan and rental, equipment repair, barrier removal consultations and grants, peer mentoring, and disability awareness training. Personal assistant referral and management program.

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Disease/Disability Registries
Assistive Technology Information
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Specialized Information and Referral

Services include:

-- Transportation for Doctor Appointments and Errands.

-- Short-Term Meal Preparation.

-- Telephone Reassurance.

-- Companionship/Visiting.

-- Grocery Shopping.

-- Chores.

-- Respite Care.

-- Ramp Building.

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Friendly Visiting
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Friendly Telephoning
Adult In Home Respite Care
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Personal Care
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Senior Ride Programs
In Home Meal Preparation

Services for individuals with disabilities. Includes information and referral, service coordination, independent living skills training, individual and system advocacy, equipment loan and rental, barrier removal consultations and grants, and disability awareness training. Assists people with disabilities to transition from nursing homes to community based living. Offers a personal assistant referral and management program. Peer mentoring. Mobility options equipment repair and sales.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Specialized Information and Referral
Disease/Disability Registries
Mentoring Programs

Provides home modifications to help remove barriers in the homes of seniors to help them remain in their homes longer. Improvements are meant to reduce the risk of falling, improve general safety, increase accessibility, and to improve the functional abilities of the home.

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Home Rehabilitation Programs
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services

Offers a variety of rental medical equipment and supplies.

Products include:

-- Mobility aids

-- Breast pumps and accessories

-- Bandages and wound care

-- Medical instruments

-- Orthopedic products

-- Aids for daily living

-- Ostomy products

-- Hosiery and medical legwear

-- Oxygen, respiratory and CPAP machines and accessories

-- Hospital beds and accessories

-- Home safety products (grab bars, bath/shower benches, elevated toilet seats)

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Medical Equipment/Supplies
Assistive Technology Equipment
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
The Elderly & Disabled Housing Repair program assists income eligible seniors (age 62 and older) and disabled Sioux City homeowners who are in need of home repairs.

The program typically provides repairs to, but not limited to, the following:
-- Electrical
-- Plumbing
-- Repairing roofs & soffits
-- Repairing masonry and concrete
-- Repairing porches
-- Furnishing & installing gutters and downspouts
-- Installing energy efficient doors
-- Renovating bathrooms
-- Widening interior doorways
-- Replacing door and window hardware
-- Installing grab bars or railings
-- Relocating laundry facilities to the main level

Provides seniors and/or disabled individuals minor home improvements to help remove barriers that may affect their health and safety in their home (such as repair of non-working heating system, mobility ramp, etc.). Applicant must be the homeowner and live in the home.

Administers a wheelchair ramp program for rental units or home owners meeting Federal Poverty guidelines in the city of Springfield. Residents can request a ramp to be built on their home at no cost.

May require names to be added to a waiting list.

Caregiver services are available to informal or family caregivers of persons over the age of 60 or to grandparents raising grandchildren.

Services can include respite care (services that give caregivers a rest), home modification, assistive devices, transportation, and financial assistance.

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Caregiver Counseling
Adult In Home Respite Care
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Assistive Technology Equipment
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Financially assists homeowners within Dallas County with housing repairs and correcting code violations by offering forgivable loans. It is funded through grants. The mission of the Dallas County Local Housing Trust Fund is "to provide and expand safe and affordable housing to low income residents of Dallas County"

PROGRAM ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES include:
1) Basic structural repairs: (a) exterior walls (b) roof and roof structure (c) foundation (d) floor joists and ceilings
2) Building systems: (a) electrical (b) plumbing (c) heating
3) Weatherization: (a) insulation (b) windows (c) siding
4) Handicap Accessibility: (a) exterior ramp (b) bathroom facilities

REQUIREMENTS:
1) the property to be assisted must be located within Dallas County
2) proof of home ownership of the applicant must be provided. The property to be assisted must be the homeowner's primary residence and a single family structure
3) property taxes and/or mortgage payments must be current and paid to date and there cannot be any mechanics liens on the property to be assisted
4) income limits of the household must fall at or below 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI) for Dallas County. Priority is given to households at 50% or less of the Area Median Income

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Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Weatherization Programs
Home Rehabilitation Programs
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Builds residential wheelchair accessible ramps.

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Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services

Offers a variety of rental medical equipment and supplies.

Products include:

-- Mobility aids

-- Breast pumps and accessories

-- Bandages and wound care

-- Medical instruments

-- Orthopedic products

-- Aids for daily living

-- Ostomy products

-- Hosiery and medical legwear

-- Oxygen, respiratory and CPAP machines and accessories

-- Hospital beds and accessories

-- Home safety products (grab bars, bath/shower benches, elevated toilet seats)

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Medical Equipment/Supplies
Assistive Technology Equipment
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services

Caregiver services are available to informal or family caregivers of persons over the age of 60 or to grandparents raising grandchildren.

Services can include respite care (services that give caregivers a rest), home modification, assistive devices, transportation, and financial assistance.

Categories

Caregiver Counseling
Adult In Home Respite Care
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Assistive Technology Equipment
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Home modification projects to protect vulnerable individuals and families from harmful exposures to health and safety hazards, ramp installation and maintenance for qualifying individuals, and critical home repairs (roof, floor, bathroom, plumbing, etc.).

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Home Rehabilitation Programs
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Services for individuals with disabilities. Includes information and referral, service coordination, independent living skills training, individual and system advocacy, equipment loan and rental, barrier removal consultations and grants, and disability awareness training. Assists people with disabilities to transition from nursing homes to community based living.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Disease/Disability Registries
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services

Offers home repairs and improvements necessary for restoring and maintaining safe living conditions and home values. This program is applicable for low-income families, seniors, and those with a disability. Services include interior or exterior work performed to alleviate critical health, life and safety issues or code violations. This includes a change to or repair of materials or components, a reconfiguration of space, a modification for accessibility and interior modifications, installation or extension of plumbing, and mechanical or electrical systems on an existing structure.

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Home Rehabilitation Programs
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services