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Offers programs for county residents who meet certain income and resource guidelines including general assistance such as rent, utilities, provisions for food and nonfood items, emergency medical and dental services, and funeral expenses. Also includes legal services when funding is available.

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Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Rent Payment Assistance
General Legal Aid
General Relief
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance

Offers limited emergency assistance for, rent (last $100), utilities (last $75), diapers, other basic needs (such as hygiene products) for individuals and families who are experiencing economic hardship, assistance based on an immediate precipitating event, refers callers to appropriate community agencies that may be able to assist.

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Personal/Grooming Needs
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Diapers

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent and utility payments, medical/dental assistance, prescription medications, burial assistance, and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Prescription Medication Services
Veteran Burial Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
Rent and utility assistance for families who have young children in the home and have been affected by COVID-19.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Offers crisis funding for those needing transportation assistance, rent, utilities, medicine and other bills to help families out in a crisis situation.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Provides emergency rent or mortgage assistance related to the prevention of homelessness to eligible individuals and families who are in danger of eviction, foreclosure, or homelessness or are currently homeless.

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Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Assists Polk County honorably discharged veterans, their wives, widows, and dependent children. Financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or house payments, utilities and food. Assistance may also be provided for glasses and funeral expenses

APPLICATIONS/ADMISSIONS into Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown for disabled veterans and/or spouse.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance

Provides rent, rent deposit, and utility assistance for people who are in a homeless situation. Case management services are also available as part of this program.

Homeless Case Manager Counties and Contact Information:

Lyn Carlen - Housing Coordinator 217-923-3113 ext. 274, cell 217-208-9175

Courtney Arnold - Cumberland and Edgar County Case Manager 217-921-5505 ext. 276, cell 217-549-115

Alexa Nunez - Coles County Case Manger 217-961-0831 ext. 405, cell 217-549-1081

Honey Arnold - Coles and Douglas County Case Manager 217-961-0831 ext. 602, cell 217-549-2463

Greg Ridenhour - Coles County Case Manager 217-500-3120 ext. 585, cell 217-549-4122

Romana Rodriquez - Crawford, Lawrence, and Richland Counties Case Manager 618-395-5505 ext. 264, cell 217-508-8070

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Assists area residents pay their rent or utility bills in order to prevent evictions or termination of services.

Provides basic financial assistance for people who are indigent, usually adults who have no minor children in the home and are ineligible for any of the federally-funded cash grant programs. Assistance available on a month-to-month basis for rent, utility bills, water, etc.

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General Relief
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Rent payment assistance for individuals in Champaign County with past-due rent. Must show proof that the next months' rent can be paid.

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Program services include rental assistance up to HUD Fair Market Rent allowance and case management. Can remain on program as long as eligibility requirements are met.

Homeless Case Manager Counties and Contact Information:

Lyn Carlen - Housing Coordinator 217-923-3113 ext. 274, cell 217-208-9175

Courtney Arnold - Cumberland and Edgar County Case Manager 217-921-5505 ext. 276; cell 217-549-1152

Alexa Nunez - Coles County Case Manager 217-961-0831 ext. 405, cell 217-549-1081

Honey Arnold - Coles and Douglas County Case Manager 217-961-0831 ext. 602, cell 217-549-2463

Greg Ridenhour - Coles County Case Manager 217-500-3120 ext. 585, cell 217-549-4122

Romana Rodriquez - Crawford, Lawrence, and Richland Counties Case Manager 618-395-5505 ext. 264, cell 217-508-8070

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

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Prevocational Training
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Benefits Screening
Supported Employment
Rent Payment Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Respite Care Subsidies
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
General Household Goods Provision
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Transportation Expense Assistance
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs

Case management, client needs assessment, goal setting/plan development, and assistance to stabilize housing for individuals and families. Services vary and may include assistance with rent, utilities, rental and/or utility deposits, depending upon verification of need and progress being made on goals. Eligibility and re-certification requirements may vary by program.

Limited funding is available and only offered during certain times of the year.

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Utility Deposit Assistance
Homeless Diversion Programs
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers; assists Veterans apply for compensation and pension programs.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices

Provides basic necessities and help those in crisis find the path to self-sufficiency.

Provides guidance, case management, referral, and advocacy.

When available, food, clothing and household vouchers, and rent and utility assistance may be offered. Does not provide assistance with security deposits.

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Case/Care Management
Rent Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Clothing Vouchers
General Household Goods Provision
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Utility Service Payment Assistance
One-time payment to prevent eviction. This program is dependent on available funding and assistance is not guaranteed to be available at all times.

Offers financial assistance for rent and utilities, as funds allow.

-- For those who live outside of Douglas or Sarpy County in Nebraska and are in need of utility assistance, call the HeatShare program at (402) 898-5942 or (402) 898-5894.

-- For those who live within Douglas or Sarpy County in Nebraska and are in need of help paying utility bills, call the Salvation Army's Utility Help Line at (402) 898-5966.


HeatShare is a Salvation Army-Black Hills Energy partnership that provides emergency utility assistance for individuals and families in greater Nebraska.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Provides rental assistance for affordable, decent, safe & sanitary housing to qualifying families that have a "disabled" person living in the household. The families must be on the EIRHA Section 8 HCV waiting list and have a disabled person living in the household in order to qualify and be at or below 60% CMI. The program provides gap assistance to families that are waiting for a Section 8 HCV.
Provides financial assistance to qualifying individuals and families with up to two (2) months' payment of a security deposit, utility deposit, past due rent, past due mortgage or past due utility. Along with the partial financial assistance, customers also receive one on one support.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rapid Re-Housing Programs
Provides financial assistance to low income Benton County residents on an emergency basis. The applicant must meet financial guidelines established by the Benton County Board of Supervisors and have applied for all other means of assistance. Veterans must meet with Veterans Affairs for assistance first. Cannot assist students, be on subsidized housing or receive Social Security benefits. Assistance may include rent, utilities, burial. Referrals to food pantry may be given with no regard to income.

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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
County Government Departments/Offices
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or utility payments may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transitional shelter for up to 24 months and assistance in finding permanent shelter. Rent assistance.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Transitional Housing/Shelter

Provides assistance to individuals and families who are facing a crisis situation with food and/or shelter. Homeless prevention services can assist families who are facing eviction or utility disconnection in preventing their family from becoming homeless.

Crisis funds may be available for one month's rent, utilities, or groceries for a short period of time. This assistance is intended for individuals and families who need temporary, one-time assistance to resolve an emergency situation.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Homeless Shelter
Rent Payment Assistance
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Food Vouchers