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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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Rent Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
SSVF is a Veterans Affairs funded program which is delivered through Primary Health Care. This program is focused on helping homeless and unstably-housed Veterans and their families living in Warren, Polk, Dallas, Jasper, Story, and Marshall Counties. Services provided include:

CASE MANAGEMENT services that will assist participants in obtaining VA and other public benefits, including: health care referrals, daily living referrals, personal financial planning, fiduciary and payee referrals, legal services, housing counseling services, employment and training referrals.

TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (TFA) which may include rent assistance, moving expenses, security and utility deposits, transportation, and child care. All financial services based on eligibility and available funding.

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Utility Deposit Assistance
Moving Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Case/Care Management
Veteran service office.

Veteran service office.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran/Military Health Insurance

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 utility payments, and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Rent Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Food Vouchers
Veteran service office.

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Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits

Provides permanent supportive housing to male veterans. Provides and coordinates all services including treatment for post-traumatic stress syndrome, substance abuse, stress, anxiety and psychological counseling. Can also help with budgeting, clothing, legal assistance, food, transportation, entitlement benefits, medical care, job training, education, and job placement services.

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Consumer Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
General Legal Aid
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Legal Information Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Patient Rights Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
School System Advocacy
Discrimination Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Tax Information
Debt Management
Adoption Legal Services
Assists Veterans and their dependents residing in Pocahontas County in obtaining county, state and federal benefits to which they may be entitled.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
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, 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.

Categories

Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Offers disability compensation, retirement benefits and pension payments, rehabilitation benefits, guaranteed home loans, information and claims assistance for all VA benefits.

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Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans

Assists veterans and their families in obtaining the local, state, and federal benefits that they are entitled to receive. This may include assistance in obtaining military records, compensation and pension benefits, education and retraining grants, health insurance, and veteran burial benefits.

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Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits and burial benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws, including burial benefits.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Food Vouchers
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Burial Benefits
Mortgage Payment Assistance

County level services provide direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs. Personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents. Must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from active duty or wartime service. Must be a resident in Nebraska for the past one year.

State level services do not require wartime service. Assist in completing applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes; waivers of tuition.

Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
The Veterans Service Office will assist veterans and their families in obtaining the local, state, and federal benefits that they are entitled to receive. This may include assistance in obtaining military records, compensation and pension benefits, education and retraining grants, health insurance, and veteran burial benefits.

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Military Records
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Education Benefits

Assists veterans and their families in obtaining the local, state, and federal benefits that they are entitled to receive. This may include assistance in obtaining military records, compensation and pension benefits, education and retraining grants, health insurance, and veteran burial benefits.

Can also provide transportation for eligible veterans to the Veterans Administration (VA) for medical appointments.

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Veteran Burial Benefits
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
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, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expenses may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Consumer Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
General Legal Aid
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Legal Information Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Patient Rights Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
School System Advocacy
Discrimination Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Tax Information
Debt Management
Adoption Legal Services

Offers emergency assistance for Rent and Power Bills.

Also provides aid to those veterans and their families that reside in the county that may qualify for and need assistance and may not be available from other agencies.

Offers assistance in filing claims to the Veterans Administration for such benefits as Service-Connected Compensation, VA home loans, VA healthcare benefits, educational benefits, widows/survivors' benefits, GI insurance claims, Non-Service-Connected Pension, transportation to VA Hospital. Or any other benefits that the veteran or his/her family may be seeking from the Veterans Administration.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Bill Payment Plans
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

Helps veterans maneuver through the Department of Veterans Affairs in regards to:

- Healthcare.

- Disability Claims.

- Pension Claims.

- Education.

Also helps surviving family members with their dealings with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Financial assistance is provided to Military Veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States. This assistance is designed to help veterans and their families, who are in need of shelter. All assistance is paid by voucher to the vendor.

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 expenses may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

Veteran Burial Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits

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 grave markers may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Legal Representation
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Consumer Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
General Legal Aid
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Legal Information Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Patient Rights Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
School System Advocacy
Discrimination Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Tax Information
Debt Management
Adoption Legal Services

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.

Categories

Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Food Vouchers
County Government Departments/Offices
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits

Provides financial and support services to Veteran Families who are homeless or imminently at-risk of being homeless.

Aims to stabilize these families in housing, while providing on-going support as needed to sustain independent living.

Services may include, rental and utility deposits, limited rental and utility assistance, limited moving costs and emergency supplies, case management services, transportation assistance, information and referrals to community resources, assistance in obtaining VA benefits, assistance in obtaining and securing other public benefits, and assistance in securing permanent housing.