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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.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Respite Care Subsidies
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Prevocational Training
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
General Household Goods Provision
Supported Employment
Benefits Screening
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Care team members provide one-on-one support. Personalized help in the areas of finance, housing, parenting, and more. Faith and Finances course available.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling

Rent and utility assistance for those with an immediate need, such as a utility disconnection notice or an eviction notice from the landlord.

-- If you live in Nebraska - OUTSIDE of Douglas or Sarpy County and you're in need of utility assistance, please call the HeatShare program: (402) 898-5942 or (402) 898-5894

-- If you live IN Douglas or Sarpy County and need help paying your utility bills, please call our 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.

Connects youth and families to resources and support. Navigators help "fill gaps" by helping agencies partner around a common goal or by utilizing flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

Community Prevention reduces unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing the informal and community supports for youth and families. Coordinates existing resources and matches 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
Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Medical Expense Assistance
Work Clothing
Case/Care Management
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral

Provides Nebraskans with a centralized location for viewing their current benefits, including helpful links to take action on their benefits programs.

Nebraskans may apply online for multiple assistance programs, including:

- Healthcare/Medicaid

- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

- Child Care Subsidy (CC)

- Aid to Dependent Children (ADC)

- Emergency Assistance (EA)

- Social Services for Families, Children, and Youth (SSCF)

- Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP)

- Assistance to Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD)

- State Disability Program (SDP)

- Social Services for the Aged and Disabled (SSAD)

- Personal Assistance Services (PAS)

- Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)

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Refugee Resettlement Services
Rent Payment Assistance
Social Security Disability Insurance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP
General Relief
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medicaid
TANF
Child Care Expense Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
In Home Developmental Disabilities Habilitation Programs
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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Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Energy assistance program for low income households with assistance paying part of fuel bills through the winter months (Federal Fuel Assistance Program). Applications are accepted November-April. For those that are elderly or disabled, applications are accepted October-April. 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.

Donated funds are used to assist low-income people (with proof of need) with small emergencies. Utility bills and rent are occasionally paid by the agency.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Provides a one-time payment assistance program for water and wastewater bills when funding is available.

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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Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits 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 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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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Limited financial assistance for rent and utilities.

Offers rent assistance (does not help with rental deposits), prescription medications assistance, and funeral expense assistance for indigent individuals.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
General Relief
LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) provides supplemental help for the winter heating bills November 1st through April 15th: LIHEAP Crisis Assistance when funding available provides in a life threatening situation fuel, heaters, furnace repair; furnace replacement for homeowners when funds available. Applications are accepted October 1-April 30 for elderly or disabled households and November 1-April 30 for all other households.

May have some crisis funding available outside the normal LIHEAP months, call local County Outreach Office for availability of funding.
Provides assistance on a temporary basis for a limited time for basic needs that may include rent/lot rent; interest on mortgage, utilities-gas, electric, water; food vouchers for clients who are unable to work. Cannot be on Subsidized Housing, a student, receive Social Security, or a Veteran.

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

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

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

Provides necessities of life to persons who meet the eligibility guidelines. May be able to assist with rent and utilities (no deposits).

Emergency medical assistance can also be provided when eligibility guidelines are met.

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

Offers short-term financial assistance to qualified persons residing in Carroll County. Assistance can be for rent, utilities, transportation for medical care, prescription medications, and burial expenses.

Categories

Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
General Assistance is a county-funded program that can help with emergency financial needs including:

Current rent
Current utility monthly usage including water, electric, or gas
Non-psych prescriptions of up to $100 in a one-month period
Burial/cremation assistance

Does not assist with deposits of any kind. Eligibility is based on Federal Poverty Guidelines. All funding approved through General Assistance will be paid directly to the vendor or landlord.

General Assistance is located within the Auditor's Office on the main floor of the Poweshiek County Courthouse.

Categories

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

Provides a one-time payment option to assist with water and wastewater bills.

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

Case/Care Management
Transportation Expense Assistance
Work Clothing
Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Medical Expense Assistance
Provides general assistance which helps aid with emergency food assistance, shelter, utilities, medical services and burial.

Categories

Utility Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Provides general assistance services.

Categories

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 (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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Utility Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Utility assistance and some rent assistance provided.