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When funding allows, may be able to help with limited financial assistance for basic needs such as childcare payments, rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, car repairs, transportation, prescription costs, etc., through the Community Services Block Grant. Eligibility requirements will apply, and ongoing case management will be required. Contact your local County Outreach Office for more information.

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Food Vouchers
Child Care Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Loans up to $300 or 1/2 of the deposit, whichever is less. May use service if needed once every 6 months.

Connects youth and families with resources and support. Navigators have the ability to "fill gaps", either through helping agencies partner around a common goal, or through flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

Community Response is designed to reduce unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing the informal and community supports for youth and families. The goal is to coordinate existing resources and match participants with a resource to either solve an immediate need or develop a longer-term coaching relationship.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Work Clothing
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Transportation Expense Assistance
Case/Care Management
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral

Provides help with rent and rent deposit assistance. Can also help with financial counseling.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
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 Deposit Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rapid Re-Housing Programs
Rent Payment Assistance

Provides help with rent and rent deposit assistance. Can also help with financial counseling.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Connects youth and families with resources and support. Navigators have the ability to "fill gaps", either through helping agencies partner around a common goal, or through flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

Community Response is designed to reduce unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing the informal and community supports for youth and families. By utilizing Central Navigation, the goal is to coordinate existing resources and match participants with a resource to either solve an immediate need or develop a longer-term coaching relationship.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Case/Care Management
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Work Clothing
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Medical Expense Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Connects youth and families with resources and support. Navigators have the ability to "fill gaps", either through helping agencies partner around a common goal, or through flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

Proactive Families Financial Services is designed to reduce unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing the informal and community supports for youth and families. By utilizing Central Navigation, the goal is to coordinate existing resources and match participants with a resource to either solve an immediate need or develop a longer-term coaching relationship.

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Comprehensive Information and Referral
Rental Deposit Assistance
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Work Clothing
Medical Expense Assistance
Case/Care Management
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Grants/Loans
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs

Provides help with rent and rent deposit assistance. Can also help with financial counseling.

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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Homeless Diversion Programs
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
A fund that provides emergency assistance to help with utility or rent deposits, disconnects, rent eviction prevention, and utility(disconnect) prevention. Payments are made directly to the vendors and landlords. Maximum assistance is $200.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

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.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance

Connects youth and families with resources and support. Navigators have the ability to "fill gaps", either through helping agencies partner around a common goal, or through flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

Community Response is designed to reduce unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing the informal and community supports for youth and families. The goal is to coordinate existing resources and match participants with a resource to either solve an immediate need or develop a longer-term coaching relationship.

Categories

Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Work Clothing
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Transportation Expense Assistance
Case/Care Management
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral

Provides assistance to help prevent homelessness, including, but not limited to:
- Emergency rent assistance for families in imminent danger of eviction
- Security deposits or first month's rent to help a family move into permanent housing in order to divert homelessness
- Emergency financial assistance to prevent housing foreclosure
- Referrals to other services to help prevent homelessness

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Homelessness Prevention Programs
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

When funding allows, may be able to help with limited financial assistance for basic needs such as childcare payments, rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, car repairs, transportation, prescription costs, etc., through the Community Services Block Grant. Eligibility requirements will apply, and ongoing case management will be required. Contact your local County Outreach Office for more information.

Categories

Food Vouchers
Child Care Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Limited financial assistance provided to prevent rent eviction or utility disconnection. May also assist with rent or utility deposit, where appropriate.

First apply for assistance at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (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.

Categories

Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Provides medical and financial assistance including: rent and rental deposit assistance, assisted living financial assistance with a written statement from physician indicating client is in need of that level of care. Medical care provided through the Primary Health Care Clinic or authorized by clinic physician. Bus passes at a reduced rate and personal hygiene vouchers. Burial (cremation) expenses.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
General Relief
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Transportation 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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Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

When funding allows, may be able to help with limited financial assistance for basic needs such as childcare payments, rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, car repairs, transportation, prescription costs, etc., through the Community Services Block Grant. Eligibility requirements will apply, and ongoing case management will be required. Contact your local County Outreach Office for more information.

Categories

Food Vouchers
Child Care Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

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.

Categories

Homeless Diversion Programs
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance

When funding allows, may be able to help with limited financial assistance for basic needs such as childcare payments, rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, car repairs, transportation, prescription costs, etc., through the Community Services Block Grant. Eligibility requirements will apply, and ongoing case management will be required. Contact your local County Outreach Office for more information.

Categories

Food Vouchers
Child Care Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Limited financial assistance provided to prevent rent eviction or utility disconnection. May also assist with rent or utility deposit, where appropriate.

First apply for assistance at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (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.

Categories

Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Limited financial assistance provided to prevent rent eviction or utility disconnection. May also assist with rent or utility deposit, where appropriate.

First apply for assistance at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (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.

Categories

Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Limited financial assistance provided to prevent rent eviction or utility disconnection. May also assist with rent or utility deposit, where appropriate.

First apply for assistance at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (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.

Categories

Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Provides low-income clients with rent and security deposit assistance to help a household maintain housing. To qualify for this program the client needs to be behind on their rent and the landlord has to have served them a legal eviction notice. The client will also be required to have some type of income (employment, social security, TANF, unemployment, etc.) to qualify for assistance. Babysitting (or some other type of working) for cash will NOT be accepted as income. A client can only be assisted every two years through this program.

Transitional Housing is designed to move homeless families from streets and shelters into temporary housing and to maximize self-sufficiency, this program is for families only and they must be homeless in order to receive assistance. Homeless means living on the street, in an emergency shelter, or a place not meant for human habitation (cars, parks, sidewalks, abandoned building, etc.) Occupancy is limited.

Supportive Housing is designed to move homeless families/individuals with documented disabilities from streets and shelters into temporary housing and to maximize self-sufficiency. Enrollment is limited based on availability.

For more information regarding any of these programs, please call or schedule an appointment. ALL PROGRAMS ARE DEPENDANT UPON AVAILABLE FUNDING, AND APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE TAKEN BASED ON CLIENT INCOME ELIGIBILITY AND ARE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.

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Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance