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Helps administer emergency general relief for Veterans in need. Assists legal resident, indigent, honorably discharged Veterans, their spouses, widows, and dependent children.

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

Offers General Assistance (GA) for residence with in Marengo Township. GA is a 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.

The General Assistance Program is primarily for those adults without minor children, without adequate income, and ineligible for any other monetary forms of assistance.

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General Relief
Temporary Financial Assistance

Provides general assistance for individuals in need who are ineligible for any other forms of government support. May also provide temporary financial assistance for expenses such as rent and utilities.

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Temporary Financial Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Offers to learn about persons situation and needs, then help explore options and steps to help stabilize resources. Program support included but not limited to financial assistance, resource referral, budgeting and finance help, prayer and encouragement. Please enter the north door on the east side of the building.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Temporary Financial Assistance

General emergency assistance and case management program for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Emergency Assistance may be granted to alleviate a life-threatening circumstance or to assist in attaining self-sufficiency. Funds are intended to assist in emergency situations, such as a disconnection notice on a utility bill, a letter of pending eviction, or an eviction notice.

If the amount needed to alleviate the emergency exceeds the payment amount adopted by the Township, the Township may not pay until the client comes up with the difference. The cooperation of several agencies may be needed to alleviate the problem.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance

Emergency financial assistance for people who have experienced a recent loss or disaster of some sort, such as fire, flood, or loss of parent/provider. Helps pay for things like clothes, household goods, and other expenses due to disaster.

Offers to learn about persons situation and needs, then help explore options and steps to help stabilize resources. Program support included but not limited to financial assistance, resource referral, budgeting and finance help, prayer and encouragement. Please enter the north door on the east side of the building.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Temporary Financial Assistance
Provide assistance to veterans, active military personnel and first responders with PTSD, suicide prevention, homelessness, and family needs, such as clothing and food.

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Temporary Financial Assistance
First Responder Trauma Counseling
Veteran Reintegration Counseling
Food Pantries
General Clothing Provision
Embrace Iowa is a project through the Des Moines Register that is administered by Community Action Agencies in the state and is only accessible during a certain time period.

Requests that are considered for this project may include beds, clothing, car repairs, medical expenses (including pharmacy, dental and corrective lenses), furniture, rent, utilities, home repairs, household items, appliances, and miscellaneous other things (computer, etc.) If there is not a service available to assist someone, this could be a possibility for them to apply for these funds during this time period. The maximum dollar amount awarded per household is $500.

Provides emergency assistance when funds are available. Assistance is provided through vouchers written directly to the service provider and may include assistance with rent, utilities, medical prescriptions, clothing, and food.

Also participates with the Nicor Gas Sharing program, which provides assistance with natural gas bills for those in need. Applications are available during those months in which the program is operating.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
General Clothing Provision
Food Vouchers
Temporary Financial Assistance
General Assistance is available through the Township for qualifying residents with very low or no income.

Offers temporary financial assistance on a case-by-case basis for rent and utility payments. Assistance is strictly financial, and St. Vincent De Paul members cannot provide links to find work, housing, etc.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance

Provides temporary support, up to $425 per month, for Urbana residents who are out of work or disabled. Participants cannot be receiving any other cash benefit such as SSI/SSDI, TANF, or AABD. Assistance is provided regardless of immigration or criminal conviction status to the extent allowed by law.

Free printing, scanning and help with emailing documentation can be found at the Urbana Library, across the street from the Township.

Provides rent, utility assistance, and emergency financial support to people living with HIV/AIDS.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
The Campbell Fund distributes funds to those that are considered very low income for temporary financial needs. Help given is to cover basic needs.

The Campbell fund will consider the following requests:
  • Medical needs (including dental and vision)
  • City Utilities (excluding deposits and late fees)
  • Gas and Electric Utilities (excluding deposits)
  • Rent only if need is caused by medical issues or domestic violence
  • Grocery vouchers - one-time emergency
  • People Rides

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation is a Community Action Agency. Family Service Specialists work with individuals and families facing difficult and crisis situations. They are able to provide assistance in connecting to needed community programs and services. In addition, base on funding and donations, the office can support a crisis fund which allows them to provide assistance with rent, medical and prescription expenses, gas money, utilities, and other basic necessities when the household is facing an emergency situation. The agency actively seeks funds for the crisis program and all funds donated to a county stay in that county and are used to support the residents of that county.

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Rent Payment Assistance
General Relief
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Gas Money
Specialized Information and Referral
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Community Action Agencies
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Provides short-term assistance involving basic necessities and resource help with budgeting. A home visit will be required. Cash is not provided, bills are paid by vouchers or certificates. Can provide furniture as well as certificates for grocery items not available at food pantries or through the LINK (food stamp) program.

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Food Vouchers
Financial Literacy Training
Temporary Financial Assistance
Household Goods Vouchers

Provides a variety of primarily financial assistance for older adults. Services intended as one-time assistance.

Services include Medical care, supplies, and medication, assistive technology, nutrition services, material aid (purchasing of food, clothing, furniture, etc.), transportation.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance

Offers a summary of assistance programs through Troy Township:


- General Assistance provides monthly payments to help residents meet basic needs.
- Emergency Assistance is available to qualified individuals and families facing emergencies that are work related or life threatening such as eviction, utility disconnection, and transportation.
- Salvation Army Service Extension Program funds are available once in any 12-month period for residents which also may be helped using Salvation Army welfare guidelines.
- Nicor Sharing is a one-time annual grant given, with no requirement to be paid back to qualified residential customers to make payments to Nicor Gas on resident's behalf.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Provides crisis assistance to households. Includes utility assistance as well as assistance for incidental items that are needed to attain/maintain employment (car repairs, work clothes, etc.). Amount of crisis assistance available depends upon funding.

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Temporary Financial Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Provides emergency assistance with rent, utilities, mortgage, medications, and other needs.

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

Offers grants of up to $500 based on need and availability of program funds.