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

Provides a program that makes health and safety improvements to homes to those that income qualify. There are several programs that a homeowner or renter can participate in, including a program to assist families with young children. Homes built before 1978 pose a risk of lead paint and our Lead Paint and Healthy Homes program makes the home lead safe while also making other improvements.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Lead Abatement
Handyman and housekeeping services for older adults.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Homemaker Assistance
Wheelchair ramp installation.

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Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services

Small home repairs for the elderly, disabled, and low-income individuals of Shelby County.

Call for assistance on a specific job and make an appointment for SCCO to evaluate the project, gather the needed supplies, and perform the work.

Service calls usually last between 30 minutes and 2 hours, depending on the number and type of jobs being worked on.

Homeowners are responsible for the cost of materials, while the labor is provided on a donation basis.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services

Assists property homeowners, who need a small home repair completed in their home in McHenry County. Senior Services maintains a pool of volunteers and service organizations that are able to help with small handyman tasks and yard maintenance.

Staff can also provide a list to connect seniors to preferred professional service providers and individuals for private pay who have consented to a background and reference screening process. This list is a reliable substitute to choosing an unknown service provider from the phone book. Preferred providers are available to perform general home repairs and odd jobs, plumbing, window washing, waste removal, lawn maintenance, snow removal, etc. Based on availability, financial assistance may be an option for seniors who qualify."

Connects youth and families to resources and support. Navigators help "fill gaps" by helping agencies partner around a common goal or by utilizing flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

Community Prevention reduces unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing the informal and community supports for youth and families. Coordinates existing resources and matches participants with a resource to either solve an immediate need or develop a longer-term coaching relationship.

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

Works to prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases. Services include:
- Food-borne illness investigations
- Sanitation referrals to Illinois Department of Public Health
- Septic and water well inspections and permitting
- Tanning facility inspections
- Tattoo and body art facility inspections
- Smoke-Free Illinois inspection and enforcement


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Personal Service Health Inspections
Public Facility Health Inspection
Building and Safety
Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services

Provides minor home repair services. This includes, but is not limited to, repair on things like, doors, windows, handrail installation, furniture, painting, siding and interior construction that doesn't require licensing (no plumbing or electrical work).

Rehabilitates the houses of low-income homeowners (particularly the elderly, disabled, and families with children) so that they may continue to live in warmth, safety and independence. All work is provided free of charge to the homeowner. Referrals come from health and human service agencies, community and faith-based organizations, service groups, case managers, and individuals. The homeowners, if physically able, work with the volunteers in the spirit of neighbor helping neighbor. Home assessments determine a home's eligibility based on national and local criteria.

Repairs vary from painting and trash removal to minor repairs such as electrical or plumbing work. Smoke detectors and new locks may be installed. Home modifications and accessibility needs given priority. The repairs must be able to be completed in one day; no major structural repairs and no tree removal.

Yard cleanup is offered by a group of volunteers, a couple of times throughout the summer months (will NOT help with tree removals, tree limbs/branches removals from dead or dying trees, mowing yards or snow removal).

Volunteer Opportunities are available as Rebuilding Together relies on donations of time, money, material and volunteers both skilled and unskilled to help with repairs.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Building Materials/Supplies Donation Programs
Home Rehabilitation Programs
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Meals on Wheels, adult day care, home repair, outreach in English and Spanish, chore program, Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP), congregate meal sites, and durable medical equipment lending closet.

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Medical Equipment/Supplies
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Housekeeping Assistance
Adult Day Programs
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
Offers small to minor home repairs to those in need. Repairs must be small and can include (but not limited to) repairs such as painting, minor plumbing, ramp installation, or window screen replacements.

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Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Provides home rehabilitation/small repairs to those in need through the Housing Trust Fund. Improvements/repairs can include roofing improvements, siding, window and door improvements, other exterior repairs and furnace replacement.

Applications will be accepted continuously, placed on a waiting list, and reviewed on a first-come, first served basis as funding is available.

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Weatherization Programs
Home Rehabilitation Programs
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services

Offers exterior home repairs to homeowners that meet income guidelines, who are unable to make the repairs on their own. Homeowners pay for materials and Habitat volunteers assist with minor improvements like painting, landscaping, exterior door replacements, and accessibility improvements.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Home Rehabilitation Programs

Free home repairs and modifications for low-income homeowners age 60 and over. Services include plumbing, electrical, roofs, gutters, flooring, grab bars, handrails, ramps, tub/shower modifications and other critical repairs.

Work is done by staff, volunteers and trade professionals.

Volunteers help with a variety of needs for individuals and families dealing with cancer. Sample tasks may include lawn service, snow removal, housekeeping, companionship, shopping, household repairs, health care billing, legal advice, and computer assistance.

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General Yard Work
Friendly Visiting
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Residential Snow Shoveling
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Housekeeping Assistance
Legal Counseling
Provides affordable home repairs, accessibility modifications, and emergency appliance repair/replacement.

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Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Volunteers from the churches, when available, work together accomplish small home and yard projects for neighbors in need in Mahaska County.

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General Yard Work
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services

Offers minor home repairs that can be requested and are then assessed. If the repair is beyond the scope of this program, clients will be referred to another entity or for-profit business that may be able to assist at a discount. Repairs that are only aesthetic in nature (such as cleaning windows or painting) will not be considered.

Seasonal yard work projects will also be considered.

Provides the volunteers and helps find funding to build wheelchair ramps for individuals' homes that need to be adapted.

Collaborates with other communitywide groups such as 4-H, FFA, Scout programs, Student Council groups, church youth & adult groups, etc, for projects that may involve yardwork and landscaping, painting, and moving furniture.

Connects clientele with other organizations or services which may help meet their immediate needs.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
General Yard Work

Provides free home repairs to eligible homeowners, on the first Saturday in October. Repairs are prioritized to keeping home warm, safe, and dry.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
General Yard Work
Handyman and housekeeping services for older adults.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Homemaker 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

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

Provided at no cost if furnace is malfunctioning. Income must be at or below 200% of poverty guidelines. Applicant must be a county resident and homeowner. Applications are accepted on a year round basis but funding is limited.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Furnaces