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Assists legally resident, indigent, honorably discharged veterans, their wives, widows, and dependent children. Administer emergency general relief for veterans in need.

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

Assists low-income homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs for the winter heating season. Assistance is based on household income, size, type of fuel and type of housing. The application period is from October 1-April 30 for elderly and disabled households and November 1-April 30th for the rest of the households.

LIHEAP also offers a crisis program that may be able to assist homeowners who are with no heat or limited heat. The furnace component for crisis runs October 1-April 30th.

Provides rent and utility assistance for individuals in need. Applicants that are eligible, may only receive help once every 12 months.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
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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Prescription Medication Services
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Utility A&R (Assessment and Resolution): Provide customer services that encourage and enable households to reduce their home energy needs, and thereby reduce their need for energy assistance. Services may include conservation education, referrals to other programs, needs assessment, budget counseling, vendor negotiations, energy assessment, energy plans, and low-cost energy efficiency measures. Staff will assist the family to explore payment options with their energy company if funding is available. Will help based on eligibility and can also provide resource navigation.

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent and utility payments, and burial assistance may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Provides temporary emergency financial assistance to families and individuals for shelter, utilities, rent, prescription medications, necessary medical transportation and burial/cremation expenses.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance

Provides energy assistance for eligible low income families in which a benefit is paid directly to the utility companies on behalf of eligible households, or directly to renters if the utility costs are included in their rent.

Some applicants may qualify for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP), where an eligible client pays a percentage of their income, receives a monthly benefit towards their utility bill, and receives a reduction in overdue payments for every on-time payment they make by the bill due date. Contact for more information.

If the homeowner's furnace is not working or is dangerous or emitting carbon monoxide into the household, LIHEAP may be able to provide a furnace repair or replacement. Contact for more information.

Offers emergency assistance for such things as utility bill shut off notices, eviction notices, and emergency gas or food.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities, burial expense, prescription medication co-pays, non-emergency medical transportation, and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Medical Expense Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Provides a matching fund program to help with utility bills for customers of Ameren Illinois only.

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Food Vouchers
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits 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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Food Vouchers
Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Child Care Expense Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Provides Nebraskans with a centralized location for viewing their current benefits, including helpful links to take action on their benefits programs.

Nebraskans may apply online for multiple assistance programs, including:

- Healthcare/Medicaid

- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

- Child Care Subsidy (CC)

- Aid to Dependent Children (ADC)

- Emergency Assistance (EA)

- Social Services for Families, Children, and Youth (SSCF)

- Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP)

- Assistance to Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD)

- State Disability Program (SDP)

- Social Services for the Aged and Disabled (SSAD)

- Personal Assistance Services (PAS)

- Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)

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Rental Deposit Assistance
Social Security Disability Insurance
Food Stamps/SNAP
TANF
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medicaid
Child Care Expense Assistance
Refugee Resettlement Services
In Home Developmental Disabilities Habilitation Programs
General Benefits and Services Assistance
General Relief
Rent Payment Assistance

Provides rent, utility, or medication assistance. Does not assist with past due rent/utilities or rent/utility deposits. Does not assist anyone eligible or receiving FIP. Repayment agreement is required.

Interim Disability Program assists adults who are 100% disabled as deemed by their doctor and have zero income and resources in the household. All members of the household must meet requirements to qualify for this program.

Back to Work program provides assistance for up to 3 consecutive months not to exceed a fixed limit for a 1 month period. Clients must complete 40 volunteer hours and submit 8 job applications per month.

One-Time Needy Assistance Program provides assistance once within a Fiscal Year with the amount of assistance not to exceed a fixed limit; clients must have a plan to pay future bills.

Provides a Burial Assistance Program; approved person must have been previously residing in Pottawattamie County but considered homeless, i.e. indigent, transient.

The General Assistance Program is to be considered the agency of last resort; all callers will be directed to contact other assistance agencies prior to funding consideration.

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General Relief
Medical Expense Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) provides supplemental help for the winter heating bills November 1st through April 15th: LIHEAP Crisis Assistance when funding available provides in a life threatening situation fuel, heaters, furnace repair; furnace replacement for homeowners when funds available. Applications are accepted October 1-April 30 for elderly or disabled households and November 1-April 30 for all other households.

May have some crisis funding available outside the normal LIHEAP months, call local County Outreach Office for availability of funding.

Provides financial assistance for those experiencing financial hardship from a layoff, mental health issues, or strain from medical bills. Various assistance includes, rent, utilities, gas vouchers and prescriptions.

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

Provides a one-time payment assistance program for water and wastewater bills when funding is available.

Financial assistance for rent, mortgage, and utilities.

Emergency services to homeless and other individuals in need, including motel vouchers.

Food pantry.

Gas vouchers.

Prescription expense assistance.

Money management education.

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Community Action Agencies
Medical Expense Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP
Transportation Expense Assistance
Food Pantries
Homeless Shelter
Mortgage Payment Assistance

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

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Temporary Financial Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Provides assistance to residents who are needy and poor and in need of immediate assistance and who cannot obtain assistance from any other source. Recipients must be at least 18 years of age and meet current income and resource guidelines.

Assistance may be provided for rent, utilities, or indigent burial, to name a few. A voucher system is utilized with direct payment to the vendor, never cash. General Relief is unable to assist with deposits or first month rent payments.

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

Offers financial assistance for Indianola residents once a year for rent or their IMU utility bill.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Financial assistance is available for mortgage/rent payments, utilities, or car repairs.

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Mortgage Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance