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Provides monthly financial assistance to individuals who do not have adequate income or resources to provide for their own basic needs.

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Temporary Financial Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers

Provides rent, utility, or medication assistance. Does not assist with past due rent/utilities or rent/utility deposits. Does not assist anyone eligible or receiving FIP. Repayment agreement is required.

Interim Disability Program assists adults who are 100% disabled as deemed by their doctor and have zero income and resources in the household. All members of the household must meet requirements to qualify for this program.

Back to Work program provides assistance for up to 3 consecutive months not to exceed a fixed limit for a 1 month period. Clients must complete 40 volunteer hours and submit 8 job applications per month.

One-Time Needy Assistance Program provides assistance once within a Fiscal Year with the amount of assistance not to exceed a fixed limit; clients must have a plan to pay future bills.

Provides a Burial Assistance Program; approved person must have been previously residing in Pottawattamie County but considered homeless, i.e. indigent, transient.

The General Assistance Program is to be considered the agency of last resort; all callers will be directed to contact other assistance agencies prior to funding consideration.

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Medical Expense Assistance
General Relief
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Provides uninsured and underinsured individuals with free screening mammograms. Patients must call to register, and then will receive a voucher in the mail. Letter will include scheduling information for hospital closest to patient. Screening mammograms are done at fifteen locations in Chicago. Patients must make their own appointments.
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.

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

Assist individuals in obtaining a one month supply of prescription medication up to $50.00. May receive help every 6 months from Siouxland Community Health Pharmacy.

Provides medical and cash assistance for customers who are 65 years of age or older, blind, or disabled. Also includes the QMB (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) program which provides payment of Medicare premiums and some Medicare co-payments.

The online application is called "Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE)." When applying, the state will determine the applicant's eligibility for this AABD, as well as SNAP and medical assistance (Medicaid).

Adult wellness clinic offers full lipid profile (Cholesterol) with glucose, tuberculosis clinic, adult immunization clinic, immunization clinic.

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General Immunization
Communicable Disease Control
Cholesterol/Triglycerides Tests
Medical Expense Assistance
Partners with nearly all pharmacies nationwide to negotiate prescription discounts, so participants receive a lower price. The pharmacy discount card is for everyone nationwide, whether someone has health insurance coverage or not.

Provides the following services

- Case coordination.
- Advocacy.
- Transportation resources.
- Financial resources.
- Medication assistance.
- Special care.
- Education outreach.
- Seizure response training.

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Case/Care Management
Medical Expense Assistance
Disability Awareness Training
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Limited emergency financial assistance available on a case-by-case basis for needs such as medical, prescription, rent, and utilities. Provides referrals to other agencies when unable to assist.

Food pantry.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Food Pantries

Facilitate an income maintenance program administered and funded entirely by the county that provides financial assistance, such as for rent, utilities, food, or other essential needs, primarily for adults who have no minor children in the home and are ineligible for any of the federally-funded cash grant programs.

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Prescription Medication Services
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers

Provides medical and cash assistance for customers who are 65 years of age or older, blind, or disabled. Also includes the QMB (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) program which provides payment of Medicare premiums and some Medicare co-payments.

The online application is called "Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE)." When applying, the state will determine the applicant's eligibility for this AABD, as well as SNAP and medical assistance (Medicaid).

Assists legally resident, indigent, honorably discharged veterans, their wives, widows, and dependent children. Administer emergency general relief for veterans in need.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Food Vouchers
Medical Expense Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Individuals may call to request assistance for basic life needs, which may include financial assistance for utilities and rent, furniture, prescriptions (non-narcotic), and car repair. If St. Vincent de Paul may be able to assist, a home visit will need to be scheduled. If St. Vincent de Paul cannot help, the person will receive information regarding other organizations that may be able to assist. Home visits are completed in person and in pairs, to determine how to provide assistance appropriately related to basic needs.

Does not provide assistance for rent deposit.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Furniture
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Provides Vouchers for prescriptions to those in need. Vouchers can only be used for prescription medications. The House of Compassion has agreements with HyVee Grocery Pharmacy, HyVee Drugstore, NuCara Pharmacy and Walmart Pharmacy.

Medical and financial services including prescriptions, rent, utilities, and vouchers for personal care items.

Categories

Utility Service Payment Assistance
General Relief
Personal/Grooming Needs
Rent Payment 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.

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

Information concerning Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma and other blood related cancers for professionals and the general public. Patient services, science and research and advocacy information. Free education, literature, and video and audio tapes.

Transportation assistance program and co-pay assistance program.

Telephone support group and traditional support groups are available for patients and families of any age who have leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, or myeloma. Call for support group times and location.

Peer Support for newly diagnosed patients who wish to talk to a person going though the same situation (trained volunteers).

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Medical Expense Assistance
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information
Assists individuals and families that have an immediate need with a voucher for prescription medication assistance.

Provides emergency assistance:

- Rent

- Utilities

- Mortgage

- Medicine

- Temporary financial assistance

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Temporary Financial Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Provides services to individuals with mental health issues. Services include case management, counseling, prescription administration and representative payee services.

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Psychiatric Case Management
General Counseling Services
Representative Payee Services
Prescription Medication Services
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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Medical Expense Assistance
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Limited prescription assistance is available.
Co-pay assistance based on availability of funds by disease diagnosis.

Provides services to individuals with mental health issues. Services include case management, counseling, prescription administration and representative payee services.

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Psychiatric Case Management
General Counseling Services
Representative Payee Services
Prescription Medication Services