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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
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service 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).

The AIDS/HIV Health Insurance Premium Payment Program provides premium payment for continuing health insurance coverage for people living with AIDS or HIV-related illnesses who can no longer pay their insurance premiums.
Provides financial assistance to low income Benton County residents on an emergency basis. The applicant must meet financial guidelines established by the Benton County Board of Supervisors and have applied for all other means of assistance. Veterans must meet with Veterans Affairs for assistance first. Cannot assist students, be on subsidized housing or receive Social Security benefits. Assistance may include rent, utilities, burial. Referrals to food pantry may be given with no regard to income.

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

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

Provides quality, affordable primary medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare to anyone who visits the clinic, without regard to insurance status or ability to pay. Services include but are not limited to:

-- Well-child visits

-- School and sports physicals

-- Prenatal care

-- Chronic disease management

-- Counseling

-- Medication Assistance Recovery treatment

-- On-site lab

-- On-site pharmacy

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Well Baby Care
Community Clinics
Dental Care
General Laboratory Tests
General Physical Examinations
Medication Based Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Chronic Disease Self Management Programs
Pharmacies
Prenatal Care
General Medical Care
General Counseling Services
Basic needs for indigent, honorably discharged veterans and their families, including assistance with rent, utilities, food, and personal hygiene items.

Other services include housing, job referral, emergency food orders, medical assistance referral, utilities (gas, lights, water, sewer), and hospital equipment loan closet.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Personal/Grooming Needs
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Job Search/Placement
Rent Payment Assistance
Financial assistance for rent (no deposits), utilities (no deposits), prescription and medical bills, and burial assistance.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
General Relief
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Medication assistance program for indigent patients.

Staff help individuals determine their eligibility and assist their applications for the programs that the pharmaceutical companies have for the uninsured/under-insured. Also offers additional assistance with immediate medication costs/co-pays, depending on the situation.

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Individuals can receive help paying for their prescriptions up to a limited dollar amount (currently $100 every six months).
Emergency assistance for food, utilities and rent, including General Assistance.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
General Relief
Rent Payment Assistance
Food Pantries
Medication vouchers for a local pharmacy are administered on an emergency need basis every 6 months.
Provides comprehensive HIV care. Provides clinical trials, education/information, medication services, social services and community referrals, HIV specific financial programs, counseling, psychiatry services, referrals to HIV-experienced professionals in other specializations, case management.

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AIDS/HIV Clinics
HIV Testing
AIDS/HIV Prevention Counseling
Prescription Medication Services
Disease/Disability Information
Medication assistance program for indigent patients.

Provides quality, affordable primary medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare to anyone who visits the clinic, without regard to insurance status or ability to pay. Services include but are not limited to:

-- Well-child visits

-- School and sports physicals

-- Prenatal care

-- Chronic disease management

-- Counseling

-- Medication Assistance Recovery treatment

-- On-site lab

-- On-site pharmacy

Categories

Well Baby Care
Community Clinics
Dental Care
General Laboratory Tests
General Physical Examinations
Medication Based Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Chronic Disease Self Management Programs
Pharmacies
Prenatal Care
General Medical Care
General Counseling Services

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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Rent Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Furniture
Co-pay assistance based on availability of funds by disease diagnosis.
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
Medical Expense Assistance
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
General assistance offers emergency rent and utility assistance; limited assistance with dental care, emergency prescriptions and medical expenses; burial assistance; and food assistance.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
General Relief
Rent Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Provides prescription assistance in the amount of $50 to residents once per year.

Provides low-income individuals who are not eligible for eye exams, glasses, hearing tests, or hearing aids through other public benefit sources can apply for those services through their local club.

Services include

Used Eyeglasses Collection. Eyeglasses collected for distribution and reuse in poverty areas worldwide.

Diabetic Eye Screening, Travels the state to give free, basic screenings to adults with diabetes and adults over 55 years of age to detect diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.

Mobile Hearing Screening Unit that travels the state to give free screenings to adults, detect possible hearing loss, and educate the public.

Used Hearing Aid Bank provides reconditioned hearing aids to persons who cannot afford them.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Eye Care
Medical Expense Assistance
Hearing Screening
Assistive Technology Equipment
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Offers pharmacy services for those in need. Also offers Naloxone distribution. Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose and binds to opioid receptors and can reverse and block the effects of other opioids.

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Prescription Medication Services
Opioid Antidote Distribution

Free clinic that provides primary care, specialty care, diagnostic tests and labs, prescription medications, therapies, surgeries, dental services, and patient education.

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Prescription Medication Services
Dental Care
General Laboratory Tests
Community Clinics
General Medical Care

Provides emergency financial assistance to those who qualify. Assistance includes rent, mortgage and utility payment assistance, and the cost of life saving prescription medications.

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