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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.

Categories

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

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, 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.

Categories

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

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
Personal/Grooming Needs
Rental Deposit Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Gasoline assistance, first come first served. Available the first business day of each month.

Offers emergency assistance, including help with rent and utility bills, prescriptions, and transportation expenses. Provides personal hygiene and baby supplies, such as diapers and formula. Offers thrift store vouchers for clothing and household supplies.

Provides fans during the summer to eligible households.

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Personal/Grooming Needs
Fans
Household Goods Vouchers
Transportation Expense Assistance
Diapers
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Formula/Baby Food
Medical Expense Assistance

Provides a confidential, 24/7 crisis intervention for runaway and homeless youth and their families via phone, chat, email, text, and bulletin board. Referrals, conference calling with a parent upon youth's request, conflict mediation, and information hotline. Free bus tickets home to family or shelter for qualified youth ages 12-21. Call or text 1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929) or visit www.1800runaway.org

HOME FREE PROGRAM: In partnership with Greyhound Lines, Inc., NRS helps reunite qualified runaway youth ages 12-21 with their families, or alternate living arrangement through a free bus ticket home. Youth must call 1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929) to start the process.

Let's Talk: Runaway Prevention Curriculum:

A free 14-module, interactive prevention curriculum that is available in English and Spanish. This evidence-based tool builds life skills; increases knowledge about available resources; educates about alternatives to running away; and empowers youth to access and seek help from trusted community members.

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Homeless Family Reunification Services
Runaway/Homeless Youth Helplines
Transportation Expense Assistance
Internet Based Crisis Intervention

Law enforcement agency.

Vouchers for gas, meals, and lodging for stranded motorists may be provided by the Salvation Army when funds are available. Call for more information if needed.

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Sheriff
Travelers Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Assists SNAP participants in finding employment and/or training for employment. Provides gas vouchers and other supportive services for independent job search, to attend job search training, vocational training and for job retention.

Categories

Job Search/Placement
Transportation Expense Assistance
Prejob Guidance
Welfare to Work Programs

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.

Categories

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

Provides up to $150 to families for utilities, diapers, groceries, gas for vehicles, and other needs.

Categories

Utility Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Diapers
Transportation Expense Assistance

Provides financial help to individuals who do not live in Bloomington who are passing through the city of Bloomington to get to the next largest town or city. The most inexpensive form of transportation will be used. If traveling by car, assistance may be a voucher for gasoline.

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.

Categories

Utility Service Payment Assistance
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Prevocational Training
Respite Care Subsidies
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Specialized Information and Referral
Benefits Screening
General Household Goods Provision
Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Supported Employment
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
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Assists residents of the Adel-DeSoto-Minburn school district with emergency needs such as rent payment, utility assistance and gasoline (provided there is a verifiable income for person requesting). The Association provides other emergency needs, depending on personal situation and/or urgency, on a one-time basis.

Categories

Travelers Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

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.

Categories

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

Offers emergency financial assistance once per year to anyone in need. Assistance may be given in the areas of rental assistance, disaster relief, gasoline, utility (water/sewage/trash only), and uniforms assistance.

Categories

Disaster Related Cash Grants
Rent Payment Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Provides eligible customers with financial assistance to maintain employment, attend college/trade school, or meet basic transportation needs.

Administers the General Assistance Program for Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek counties to offer emergency financial assistance with rent, utilities, food, burial/cremation, and prescription medications.

Categories

Rent Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Prescription Medication Services
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense 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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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense 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.

Limited funding sometimes available for vehicle repair, minor home repairs and dental work.

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.

Categories

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

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

Flights to Healthcare by volunteer pilots in private aircraft or commercial airlines enabling patients access to distant healthcare.

Medical Care on the ground with gas cards, bus and train tickets or in the air with volunteer pilots and commercial airlines, transportation to medical care helps patients live their best lives.

Veteran Services serving those who have served our nation by providing travel to clinical care, service dog acquisition, healing retreats and PTS and TBI treatments.

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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Transportation Expense Assistance
Mercy Transportation

General Assistance to qualified applicants who live within the Township boundaries. Applicants must be in the process of applying for Social Security or have lost a job and searching for employment. Assistance includes help with rent, utilities, basic medical/dental expense, food, and bus tickets.

Emergency Assistance to qualified applicants who live within the Township boundaries who are facing a life-threatening situation and are awaiting other forms of assistance.

Categories

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

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.

Categories

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

Provides a fuel only gift card to help with auto gas expenses, person requesting assistance must own the vehicle and be licensed and insured.

Assists SNAP participants in finding employment and/or training for employment. Provides gas vouchers and other supportive services for independent job search, to attend job search training, vocational training and for job retention.

Categories

Job Search/Placement
Transportation Expense Assistance
Prejob Guidance
Welfare to Work Programs