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

Assists low-income homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs for the winter heating season. Assistance is based on household income, size, type of fuel and type of housing. Application period is from October 1-August 31 for elderly and disabled households and November 1-August 31 for the rest of the households. Persons applying must meet 200% poverty guidelines.

LIHEAP also offers a crisis program that may be able to assist homeowners who are with no heat or limited heat. The furnace component for crisis runs October 1-April 30th.

Offers assistance for a wide range of benefits to veterans, service members, and their families, including Federal, State, and County benefits.

County benefits include rent, utilities, transportation for medical care, medications, and burial expenses.

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Utility Deposit Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Veteran Burial Benefits
Rent Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Benefits 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.

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

Offers rent and utility assistance. Amounts for help are small and vary depending on the donations and/or grants awarded. Average amount of help may not meet the full rent amount requested.

**If needing help with a large amount of money for bills and rent, try calling Waypoint (listed separately).

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Offers rent and utility assistance when grant money is available.

Provides General Assistance and Emergency Assistance for residents living in Bruce Township.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
General Relief

Individuals can receive up to $150/year when funds are available.

Provides financial assistance for basic needs, such as rent and utility help, to residents of Tunbridge Township.

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General Relief
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Financial assistance, including rent assistance to prevent eviction and utility assistance to prevent shut-offs to residents of Pottawattamie County, Iowa.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Limited financial aid for emergency situations including utility deposits, rent, prescription medications, glasses, clothing, school supplies, holiday assistance, transportation, birth certificate retrieval, Iowa identification, books for GED testing, etc.

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Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
School Supplies
Christmas Programs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Offers the Warm Neighbors program which is a matching fund program to help with utility bills for customers of Ameren only.

Offers the Warm Neighbors program which is a matching fund program to help with utility bills for customers of Ameren only.

Project RELIEF is a CWLP program that offers financial assistance to customers with overdue electric or water bills who are facing service cut-off due to nonpayment. Customers may be required to cover some portion of their delinquent bills in order to receive help from Project RELIEF. Sign-up for Project RELIEF starts on or around December 1 of each year. The program runs through May or until funds are exhausted, whichever comes first.
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
Medical Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance

Provides emergency financial assistance for rent, utilities, mortgage, and life-saving prescription medications to those that meet income guidelines.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Provides emergency payment vouchers for people in need of short term emergency type assistance to meet their basic needs. It is not intended to provide on-going long term aid to any individual/or family. Services include financial assistance with rent, utilities, food and transportation expense assistance for medical treatment not available in Clarke County.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Assists low-income homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs for the winter heating season. Assistance is based on household income, size, type of fuel and type of housing. The application period is from October 1-April 30 for elderly and disabled households and November 1-April 30th for the rest of the households. Persons applying must meet 200% poverty guidelines.

LIHEAP also offers a crisis program that may be able to assist homeowners who are with no heat or limited heat. The furnace component for crisis runs October 1-April 30th.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Furnaces

LIHEAP (low income home energy assistance program) provides assistance with a utility bill. Applications are accepted November 1 - April 30; for elderly or disabled individuals applications are accepted starting October 1. Income must fall within 200% of poverty guideline. Call for an appointment. A letter has been sent to those who may be eligible for early application in August or September.

**This program is not designed to pay a household's total energy costs. The program will provide supplemental assistance based on several factors. This is a one-time payment to your energy provider.

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, mortgage interests payments, utilities, burial expense 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
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Food Vouchers

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 (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.

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Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent 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, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expense 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 Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance

Provides emergency financial assistance to low income individuals, without minor (age 17 and below) dependents, and who do not qualify for other financial aid programs (such as Social Security or TANF).

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Rent Payment Assistance
General Relief
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Offers a one-time, assistance program for water and wastewater bills.

LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) assists low-income homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs for the winter heating season. Also encourages households to make regular utility payments, to promote energy awareness and to encourage reduction of energy usage. All customers applying for this prgram will simultaneously be making an application for weatherization assistance as required by state law.

Assistance is based on household income. size, type of fuel, and type of housing. Applications accepted October 1-April 30 for the elderly and disabled households and November 1-April 30 for the rest of the households.