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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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Transportation Expense Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Medical Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Provides crisis assistance to households. Includes utility assistance as well as assistance for incidental items that are needed to attain/maintain employment (car repairs, work clothes, etc.). Amount of crisis assistance available depends upon funding.

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Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Light auto repairs for a suggested donation of $20. Bring in the parts for simple repair work, such as oil change, tune up, brakes, etc.
Community Vehicle Checkup offers FREE windshield wiper blade replacements, fluids topped off, battery connector check, light bulb replacement, visual inspection, maintenance related items, and referrals for other services. Car seat safety checks also provided.

LOCATION: North High School Parking Lot, 501 Holcomb Avenue, Des Moines, 50313.
Can assist, when funding is available, eligible individuals and families with limited resources in need of help with past due or disconnected utilities, past due rent or mortgage, emergency medical and/or dental services, costs to engage in Mental Health services, costs to maintain or gain internet or phone access, transportation, vehicle repairs, swim lessons, seasonal swim passes, and costs associated with participation in extracurricular activities.

**While some costs may be covered under Federal funding sources, the Crisis Assistance program is largely funded by grants and donations. All Assistance identified above is dependent on available funding.

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Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Provides standard and emergency assistance to Air Force and Space Force families when unexpected financial emergencies arise with no-interest loans and grants. The programs are intended to help meet immediate financial emergency needs and help make a positive step toward a lasting financial solution. Assistance many be in the form of loans or grants.

Assistance programs may help with emergency assistance for rent or utilities, medical or dental care costs, funeral expenses, vehicle expenses (repair, payment, insurance, gas, etc.), pet medical care or transportation to/from an overseas assignment, food, personal hygiene items, child care expenses, and more.

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Child Care Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense 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

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

Provides assistance to eligible families in need. Assistance may include rent, auto repairs, gas cards, help with medical care, homelessness, referrals to other organizations, etc. Clients must agree to allow a two person team to make an in-home visit to review the situation.

Categories

Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Individuals may call to request assistance for basic life needs, which may include financial assistance for utilities and rent, furniture, prescriptions (non-narcotic), and car repair. If St. Vincent de Paul may be able to assist, a home visit will need to be scheduled. If St. Vincent de Paul cannot help, the person will receive information regarding other organizations that may be able to assist. Home visits are completed in person and in pairs, to determine how to provide assistance appropriately related to basic needs.

Does not provide assistance for rent deposit.

Categories

Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Furniture

Provides various forms of transportation assistance to residents of Champaign County who are employed or actively seeking employment.

Services include:

-- Assistance with vehicle repairs

-- Annual bus passes for public transportation

Categories

Transportation Passes
Transportation Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Can assist, when funding is available, eligible individuals and families with limited resources in need of help with past due or disconnected utilities, past due rent or mortgage, emergency medical and/or dental services, costs to engage in Mental Health services, costs to maintain or gain internet or phone access, transportation, vehicle repairs, swim lessons, seasonal swim passes, and costs associated with participation in extracurricular activities.

**While some costs may be covered under Federal funding sources, the Crisis Assistance program is largely funded by grants and donations. All Assistance identified above is dependent on available funding.

Categories

Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Financial assistance for shelter, utilities, and other basic needs. Emergency assistance available for rental eviction or utility disconnection. Assistance for car repair assistance for those employed or seeking employment.

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Rent Payment Assistance
General Relief
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Provides financial assistance to senior and disabled individuals with unmet needs. Services could include car repairs, eye glasses, medical equipment, dental care, or help with clothing.

Senior Basket Program assists seniors with various items that cannot be acquired with food stamps. Basket varieties include things like cleaning supplies, kitchen items, or personal hygiene supplies. Two Baskets are distributed each year in the Spring and Fall.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Expense Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Offers a low-interest, revolving loan for households that need financial assistance for unexpected large expenses such as emergency home repair, vehicle repairs, and/or employment-related expenses. Typical financial assistance is under $2,000. Applicants receiving revolving loan assistance will be required to participate in financial literacy courses in addition to repayment of the loan within an agreed-upon timeframe.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Grants/Loans
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Provides financial assistance to senior and disabled individuals with unmet needs. Services could include car repairs, eye glasses, medical equipment, dental care, or help with clothing.

Senior Basket Program assists seniors with various items that cannot be acquired with food stamps. Basket varieties include things like cleaning supplies, kitchen items, or personal hygiene supplies. Two Baskets are distributed each year in the Spring and Fall.

Categories

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Expense Assistance
Clothing Vouchers

Assists individuals who are homeless or disadvantaged with a variety of needs, including but not limited to rent, utilities, car repairs, and medical expenses.

Categories

Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Services include assistance for homeless prevention and moving out of homelessness; basic needs assistance (rent and utilities); gas vouchers, car repairs, and other transportation assistance; and prescription assistance.

Categories

Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Homelessness Prevention Programs

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

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

Offers assistance to individuals in crisis beyond their control such as car repairs for working persons and other emergency needs.

Offers a low-interest, revolving loan for households that need financial assistance for unexpected large expenses such as emergency home repair, vehicle repairs, and/or employment-related expenses. Typical financial assistance is under $2,000. Applicants receiving revolving loan assistance will be required to participate in financial literacy courses in addition to repayment of the loan within an agreed-upon timeframe.

Categories

Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Grants/Loans
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Offers a low-interest, revolving loan for households that need financial assistance for unexpected large expenses such as emergency home repair, vehicle repairs, and/or employment-related expenses. Typical financial assistance is under $2,000. Applicants receiving revolving loan assistance will be required to participate in financial literacy courses in addition to repayment of the loan within an agreed-upon timeframe.

Categories

Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Grants/Loans
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Offers a low-interest, revolving loan for households that need financial assistance for unexpected large expenses such as emergency home repair, vehicle repairs, and/or employment-related expenses. Typical financial assistance is under $2,000. Applicants receiving revolving loan assistance will be required to participate in financial literacy courses in addition to repayment of the loan within an agreed-upon timeframe.

Categories

Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Grants/Loans
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Provides a process through which clients in need may seek emergency financial aid. Funds are provided to help with the costs of clothes, transportation, medicine, rent,and utility shut-off notices for gas, electricity or water.

Categories

Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Shoes
General Relief
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
General Clothing Provision
Provides crisis assistance to households. Includes utility assistance as well as assistance for incidental items that are needed to attain/maintain employment (car repairs, work clothes, etc.). Amount of crisis assistance available depends upon funding.

Categories

Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Clothing Vouchers

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

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