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Offers help with limited financial assistance (as funding allows) for basic needs such as rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, and more.

Clients must participate in ongoing case management.

Provides assistance to individuals and families in Clay County who need help with rent, utility bills, and burial services.

The program is designed to provide short-term emergency assistance to persons who are experiencing a financial crisis and are unable to be supported by their own means, relatives, or other public and private sources and cannot obtain assistance from any other source. It is not intended to provide on-going, long term aid to any individual or family. Must meet current income and resource guidelines to be eligible for assistance.

Offers short-term rental assistance for individuals that are unable to pay their rent or are currently behind on payments. Max yearly assistance of $300. Must fall at or below 175% of poverty guidelines. Long-term financial assistance may be available towards rent for 6 months and case management for 12 months. Must fall at or below 30% for poverty guidelines and only residents of Warren County may be eligible for long-term assistance.

The Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program may be eligible for household members for financial assistance for up to 2 years of rent if funding is available. Individuals must pay 30% of their income towards their rent.

One-time emergency financial assistance may be available for life-threatening situations such as help with rent and utilities.

Provides emergency financial assistance for rent (must have a 5 day eviction notice) and utilities (must have a disconnection notice from utility company). Payment will be up to $700 per household depending on need and qualifications, payable once in a 12 month period. Emergency Assistance is available to those who do not qualify for the Township’s General Assistance program.

​Rent/mortgage assistance when funding is available.

Basic Needs Assistance Program is designed to meet the emergency needs of low-income individuals age 60 or over. Funds are available for material aid: for emergency needs such as rent payment assistance, utility bills, eyeglasses, prescription medications, and minor home repairs. The limit for a request is $400 every 2 years. If a service or funds are available elsewhere the assistance will not be approved until all resources have been explored. Assistance can only be issued when funding is available.

Provides financial assistance designed for households with dependent children or individuals exceeding General Assistance budget guidelines and have an emergent need, such housing late payment or eviction notice, utility late payment or disconnect notice, or verified homelessness

Provides Nebraskans with a centralized location for viewing their current benefits, including helpful links to take action on their benefits programs.

Nebraskans may apply online for multiple assistance programs, including:

- Healthcare/Medicaid

- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

- Child Care Subsidy (CC)

- Aid to Dependent Children (ADC)

- Emergency Assistance (EA)

- Social Services for Families, Children, and Youth (SSCF)

- Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP)

- Assistance to Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD)

- State Disability Program (SDP)

- Social Services for the Aged and Disabled (SSAD)

- Personal Assistance Services (PAS)

- Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)

Emergency assistance provides financial aid for families with children to alleviate a life threatening circumstance or to assist in attaining self-sufficiency; residents must have a late, eviction or disconnect (utilities) notice to be eligible for this program.

Also covers residents of Andalusia Township, IL.

Emergency housing assistance through FEMA funds; those seeking assistance may apply when the money becomes available around February or March and it is first come first serve basis; must have been denied both General and Emergency Assistance through the township.

Offers rent assistance (does not help with rental deposits), prescription medications assistance, and funeral expense assistance for indigent individuals.

Provides financial and support services to Veteran Families who are homeless or imminently at-risk of being homeless.

Aims to stabilize these families in housing, while providing on-going support as needed to sustain independent living.

Services may include, rental and utility deposits, limited rental and utility assistance, limited moving costs and emergency supplies, case management services, transportation assistance, information and referrals to community resources, assistance in obtaining VA benefits, assistance in obtaining and securing other public benefits, and assistance in securing permanent housing.

Rent or utility assistance may be available to individuals or families with an eviction notice or utility shut-off notice.

Emergency aid limited to once every 12 months.

Limited financial assistance provided to prevent rent eviction or utility disconnection. May also assist with rent or utility deposit, where appropriate. Utility assistance can also include cell phone bill help. 

First apply for assistance at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (through ACCESSNebraska at www.accessnebraska.ne.gov) for an eligibility determination and referrals to community agencies with Letter of Eligibility, then schedule an appointment with the Community Service Coordinator.