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• Transportation assistance for low-income disabled Polk County residents and individuals 60 & over whom have no other means.
• A home delivered lunchtime meals for those unable to prepare a meal for themselves or transportation to a senior meal site.
• Financial management and budget counseling for low-income individuals

A protective service for limited-income seniors who need help managing their finances. Bill payer volunteers assist individuals who are able to make decisions about their financial affairs but who need help organizing bills and paying them on time.

Representative payee volunteers are appointed by Social Security to receive and manage benefits of a person who is determined incapable of managing his or her own finances. In contrast to the bill payer program, the representative payee signs the checks and has full control of the benefits. They pay bills and make sure the client's needs are being met.

Provides payee services to help individuals manage their monthly income and develop financial management skills. Services include paying monthly bills and assisting individuals with creating budgets to help manage their financial needs.

Provides help with budgeting money and bill-paying. 

Provides residential and vocational support services to persons with mental and physical disabilities. Includes HCBS waiver programs, supported community living, transportation, job coaching and placement, CDAC, medication management, independent living skills, and payee services for clients.

Offers older adults and adults with disabilities basic assistance with money management tasks including, balancing a checkbook, managing bills, identifying scams, and providing advocacy with creditors.

A protective service for limited-income seniors who need help managing their finances. Bill payer volunteers assist individuals who are able to make decisions about their financial affairs but who need help organizing bills and paying them on time.

Representative payee volunteers are appointed by Social Security to receive and manage benefits of a person who is determined incapable of managing his or her own finances. In contrast to the bill payer program, the representative payee signs the checks and has full control of the benefits. They pay bills and make sure the client's needs are being met.

Offers budgeting, bill payor, representative payee, or advisory assistance through the Illinois Department on Aging's Illinois Volunteer Money Management Program, available to participants in the Community Care Program (CCP) or clients through the Adult Protective Service Program (APS).

A representative payee is an individual or organization appointed by the Social Security Administration to receive Social Security and/or SSI benefits for someone who cannot manage or direct someone else to manage their money.

- The main responsibilities of a payee are to use the benefits to pay for the current and foreseeable needs of the beneficiary and properly save any benefits not needed to meet current needs. A payee must also keep records of expenses.

- When SSA requests a report, a payee must provide an accounting of how benefits were used or saved.

- Rent and utilities assistance may be available. Must have an eviction notice for rent assistance, and must have disconnect notice for utility assistance. Does not help with first month's rent or security deposits for rental homes.

- Indigent burial assistance (cremation).

- Payee services for Social Security/Disability recipients which uses funds to pay rent, utilities, nursing home. Assigned by courts or Social Security Administration.

- Emergency food assistance (works through local food pantries). Does not offer food vouchers.

Provides help with budgeting money and bill-paying. 

A protective service for limited-income seniors who need help managing their finances. Bill payer volunteers assist individuals who are able to make decisions about their financial affairs but who need help organizing bills and paying them on time.

Representative payee volunteers are appointed by Social Security to receive and manage benefits of a person who is determined incapable of managing his or her own finances. In contrast to the bill payer program, the representative payee signs the checks and has full control of the benefits. They pay bills and make sure the client's needs are being met.

Provides residential and vocational support services to persons with mental and physical disabilities. Includes HCBS waiver programs, supported community living, transportation, job coaching and placement, CDAC, medication management, independent living skills, and payee services for clients.

Offers help to the homeless, mentally ill, disabled, and older adults to budget, manage, and pay their monthly bills. Services include representative payee services for social security checks and money management services are offered for a fee.

Provides payee services to help individuals manage their monthly income and develop financial management skills. Services include paying monthly bills and assisting individuals with creating budgets to help manage their financial needs.

Provides payee services to help individuals manage their monthly income and develop financial management skills. Services include paying monthly bills and assisting individuals with creating budgets to help manage their financial needs.

Offers older adults and adults with disabilities basic assistance with money management tasks including, balancing a checkbook, managing bills, identifying scams, and providing advocacy with creditors.