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Locally administered welfare program which provides monthly financial assistance to persons who do not have adequate income or resources to provide for their own basic needs.

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Food Vouchers
Clothing Vouchers
Temporary Financial Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
HIV positive individuals may receive assistance with the costs of medical care, dental care, substance abuse services, mental health care, etc.

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Medical Expense Assistance
HIV Testing
AIDS/HIV Prevention Counseling

Provides a range of services to healthcare consumers, including:

- Certified Application Counselors.

- Enrollment in free or affordable health insurance.

- Access to free or affordable health care.

- Medicaid and SNAP (food stamp) applications.

- Assistance with Medicare Advantage plans and prescription drug plans.

- Access to free or affordable dental care.

- Access to free or affordable eye exams and glasses.

- Access to free or affordable prescriptions.

- Dealing with medical bills and applying for hospital financial assistance.

- Applications for SafeLink phones.

Other services include:

- Information and referrals.

- Assistance.

- Advocacy.

- Case management.

- Disability Services.

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Affordable Care Act Insurance Information/Counseling
Medical Expense Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Hospital services.

Community health services, including education and blood pressure screenings.

Flu clinic.

Immunization clinics select Tuesdays each month through Community Action Partnership; call for an appointment.

Medication assistance program.

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General Immunization
General Health Education Programs
Prescription Medication Services
Hospitals
Flu Vaccines
Blood Pressure Screening

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).

Individuals can receive help paying for their prescriptions up to a limited dollar amount (currently $100 every six months).
Community clinic providing a variety of family practice services.

Women's health, including pap tests and prenatal care visits.

Physicals for anyone, including well-child checkups, kindergarten physicals, sports physicals.

Acute care.

Immunizations, including flu shots.

Tests for diabetes, high blood pressure, HIV, tuberculosis.

STD testing and treatment.

Medical assistance program assists low income individuals in applying to drug companies for a reduction in the cost of monthly/regular prescriptions.

Behavioral health care for routine conditions such as anxiety and depression.

Counseling provided by a licensed practitioner (PLMHP).

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Prescription Medication Services
General Counseling Services
Blood Pressure Screening
Diabetes Screening
General Immunization
Sexually Transmitted Infection Treatment
Tuberculosis Screening
HIV Testing
Pap Tests
General Physical Examinations
Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening
Flu Vaccines
Prenatal Care
Community Clinics
Birth Control
Provides sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment as well as Hepatitis A, B and C testing. Can also prescribe medications for those living with HIV.

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Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening
Prescription Medication Services
Hepatitis Testing
Sexually Transmitted Infection Treatment

When funding allows, may be able to help with limited financial assistance for basic needs such as childcare payments, rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, car repairs, transportation, prescription costs, etc., through the Community Services Block Grant. Eligibility requirements will apply, and ongoing case management will be required. Contact your local County Outreach Office for more information.

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Child Care Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Food Vouchers
Medical Expense Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
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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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance

Basic Needs Assistance Program is designed to meet the emergency needs of low-income individuals age 60 or over. Funds are available for material aid: for emergency needs such as rent payment assistance, utility bills, eyeglasses, prescription medications, and minor home repairs. The limit for a request is $400 every 2 years. If a service or funds are available elsewhere the assistance will not be approved until all resources have been explored. Assistance can only be issued when funding is available.

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Temporary Financial Assistance
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Grants/Loans
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Medication assistance program for indigent patients.

Offers financial assistance to those who are income eligible and who have no insurance or other methods in which to pay for needed dental work. Applicants must be experiencing current dental pain and/or have difficulty eating/chewing, or the applicant must have missing/broken and/or decayed front teeth with such an appearance that the condition hinders the applicant's ability to obtain employment.

**The dentist being used must be willing to accept a voucher and to send the bill directly to MCHA.

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

The program will assist customers needing health or dental assistance, up to $300, with vision screenings, prescription payments, prescribed lift chairs, hearing aid assistance, dental cleanings/services, etc.

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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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
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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Opioid Antidote Distribution
Prescription Medication Services
Offers assistance to those in need with rent, utilities, food, shelter, medical expenses and burial expense assistance. Must meet eligibility guidelines.

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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Food Pantries
Assists individuals and families that have an immediate need with a voucher for prescription medication assistance.
Medication assistance program for indigent patients.
Medication assistance program for indigent patients.

Provides emergency assistance:

- Rent

- Utilities

- Mortgage

- Medicine

- Temporary financial assistance

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

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
Offers crisis funding for those needing transportation assistance, rent, utilities, medicine and other bills to help families out in a crisis situation.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance

When funding allows, may be able to help with limited financial assistance for basic needs such as childcare payments, rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, car repairs, transportation, prescription costs, etc., through the Community Services Block Grant. Eligibility requirements will apply, and ongoing case management will be required. Contact your local County Outreach Office for more information.

Categories

Child Care Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Food Vouchers
Medical Expense Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance