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Assists SNAP participants in finding employment and/or training for employment. Provides gas vouchers and other supportive services for independent job search, to attend job search training, vocational training and for job retention.

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Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Welfare to Work Programs
Salvation Army may be able to assist with emergency food, fuel, shelter (vouchers); assistance with utility bills sometimes available; must have children in the home. Gas vouchers for medical appointments or getting to and from work may be available. All services dependent on available funding.

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Homeless Motel Vouchers
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Gas Money
Electric Service Payment Assistance

Pilot program to provide free bus, MOBY, and ORBT rides during Metro's regular service hours for any K-12 student in Omaha and the surrounding area.

High school students must show school-issued IDs when boarding. Students without school-issued ID, may receive a free Metro K-12 card by bringing proof of high school enrollment to the Metro office Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm.

Elementary and middle school students can inform the bus operators that they are students.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Transportation Passes
Local Bus Services

Bus tickets are provided for for those participating in the General Assistance program and Work Readiness Program.

Provides assistance to eligible families in need. Assistance may include rent, auto repairs, gas cards, help with medical care, homelessness, referrals to other organizations, etc. Clients must agree to allow a two person team to make an in-home visit to review the situation.

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Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Offered to those who have a vehicle and a medical appointment in Iowa City.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
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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Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction 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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Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction Expense Assistance
Assists SNAP participants in finding employment and/or training for employment. Provides gas vouchers and other supportive services for independent job search, to attend job search training, vocational training and for job retention.

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Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Welfare to Work Programs

Provides assistance to eligible families in need. Assistance may include rent, auto repairs, gas cards, help with medical care, homelessness, referrals to other organizations, etc. Clients must agree to allow a two person team to make an in-home visit to review the situation.

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Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Travelers Aid may help with a voucher from the Salvation Army (when funds are available) for a tank of gas if person is on the highway outside Omaha city limits.

Provides various forms of transportation assistance to residents of Champaign County who are employed or actively seeking employment.

Services include:

-- Assistance with vehicle repairs

-- Annual bus passes for public transportation

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Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Transportation Passes
Transportation Expense Assistance

Law enforcement agency.

Vouchers for gas, meals, and lodging for stranded motorists may be provided by the Salvation Army when funds are available. Call for more information if needed.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Sheriff
Travelers Assistance

Provides a certain amount of money available each week for this program that changes from week to week. The agency will take applicants as long as the weekly funding holds out. Can be used for various needs, such as rent, power bills, and other essentials. Program may provide a referral for individuals needing more than $30.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance

Provides assistance to eligible families in need. Assistance may include rent, auto repairs, gas cards, help with medical care, homelessness, referrals to other organizations, etc. Clients must agree to allow a two person team to make an in-home visit to review the situation.

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Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Offers help with laundry, gas, clothing, and Thanksgiving and Christmas assistance.

For Thanksgiving 2024, meal box registration is Nov 4-7, from 10 am-12 pm and 1 pm-3 pm. Bring photo ID, proof of address, and proof of household size.

For Christmas 2024, assistance registration is Dec 2-5, from 10 am-12 pm and 1 pm-3 pm. Meal boxes and toys for children ages 0-12. Bring photo ID, proof of address, roof of household size, and proof of children's birthdates.

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Thanksgiving Programs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Christmas Programs
General Clothing Provision

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.

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Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Medical Expense Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Rent Payment Assistance
Work Clothing
Case/Care Management
Rental Deposit Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Provides a process through which clients in need may seek emergency financial aid. Funds are provided to help with the costs of clothes, transportation, medicine, rent,and utility shut-off notices for gas, electricity or water.
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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Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Rent Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Limited financial aid for emergency situations including utility deposits, rent, prescription medications, glasses, clothing, school supplies, holiday assistance, transportation, birth certificate retrieval, Iowa identification, books for GED testing, etc.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
School Supplies
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Christmas Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Rent assistance.

Utility payment assistance.

Gas vouchers are available for doctor appointments and job interviews.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense 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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General Relief
Community Action Agencies
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Gas Money
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

When funding allows, may be able to help with limited financial assistance for basic needs such as childcare payments, 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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Temporary Financial Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Child Care Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
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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Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Offers emergency assistance, including help with rent and utility bills, prescriptions, and transportation expenses. Provides personal hygiene and baby supplies, such as diapers and formula. Offers thrift store vouchers for clothing and household supplies.

Provides fans during the summer to eligible households.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Household Goods Vouchers
Diapers
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Formula/Baby Food
Clothing Vouchers
Personal/Grooming Needs
Fans
Medical Expense Assistance