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Co-pay assistance based on availability of funds by disease diagnosis.
Administers the General Assistance Program for Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek counties to offer emergency financial assistance with rent, utilities, food, burial/cremation, and prescription medications.

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Food Vouchers
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance

Funding to help families care for their children with disabilities at home include:

- Respite care

- Mileage, meals and lodging for long-distance medical trips

- Special equipment

- Home modifications

Provides medications that are accessible and affordable.

Provides emergency assistance:

-- Rent

-- Utilities.

-- Mortgage.

-- Medicine.

-- Temporary financial assistance.

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

Provides emergency financial assistance for low-income individuals and families in Macon County. Assistance covers basic needs such as rent, prescription payment costs, and emergency shelter vouchers for those who are homeless and needing a place to stay,

Also offers financial support for the following on a case-by-case basis water bills, state issued IDs and birth certificates, GED testing fees, gas for out-of-town doctor appointments, bus cards and tokens, diapers and baby formula, and assistance with work-related items.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Formula/Baby Food
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Homeless Motel Vouchers
Temporary Financial Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Diapers

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

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.

Also serves as an agency of last resort for temporary financial assistance for rent, utilities (electric/heating fuel), prescription drugs, and other basic needs.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance

Offers Housing services, including rent and utilities. Also offers a food pantry, gas vouchers for medical appointments only, and prescription assistance.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Food Pantries
Community Action Agencies

Provides financial assistance to senior and disabled individuals with unmet needs. Services could include car repairs, eye glasses, medical equipment, dental care, or help with clothing.

Senior Basket Program assists seniors with various items that cannot be acquired with food stamps. Basket varieties include things like cleaning supplies, kitchen items, or personal hygiene supplies. Two Baskets are distributed each year in the Spring and Fall.

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Clothing Vouchers
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Expense Assistance
General Assistance provides limited funding for assistance for rent, utilities, and some medical expenses. Also accepts applications for county funding for mental health services.

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General Relief
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Provides assistance on a temporary basis for a limited time for basic needs. Help may include rent/lot rent, interest on mortgage, utilities-gas, electric, water, possible prescription medication costs, burial assistance, and food vouchers for clients who are unable to work. Cannot be on Subsidized Housing, a student, receive Social Security, or a Veteran.

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

Offers to meet basic needs such as food, shelter, food, medical, and utilities. It is not intended to provide on-going, long term assistance to any individual and/or family.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment 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.

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

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

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).

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).

Provides limited funding for necessities such as rent, food, clothing, utilities, medical care, and burial costs. Funds must be repaid.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
The Patient Prescription Assistance Advocate assists low-income individuals who do not have prescription coverage with receiving free or low-cost prescriptions from the pharmaceutical companies.

Provides financial assistance to senior and disabled individuals with unmet needs. Services could include car repairs, eye glasses, medical equipment, dental care, or help with clothing.

Senior Basket Program assists seniors with various items that cannot be acquired with food stamps. Basket varieties include things like cleaning supplies, kitchen items, or personal hygiene supplies. Two Baskets are distributed each year in the Spring and Fall.

Categories

Clothing Vouchers
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Expense Assistance

Provides emergency financial assistance for rent, utilities, mortgage, and life-saving prescription medications to those that meet income guidelines.

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Prescription Medication Services
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Free, downloadable prescription discount card.
Prescription assistance, up to $25.

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.

Helps eligible seniors with:

- Prescription drug costs.

- Co-pays and deductibles.

- Dental examinations and basic dental services.

- Hearing aid batteries.