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Provides necessities such as rent, utilities, medical care referrals and referrals to other programs.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
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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Prescription Medication Services
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Offers help to victims with certain out-of-pocket expenses (when costs are not covered by insurance or other sources). It is funded entirely by fines and penalties paid by criminals (not by taxpayers). Program can pay for crime-related expenses such as medical care, counseling, lost wages, and funeral expenses (when costs are not covered by insurance or other sources). Can also pay for crime-scene clean-up, replacement of clothing held as evidence, replacement of security items, child or dependent care, housing/shelter expenses, relocation expenses and travel.

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Crime Victim Support
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup Services
Provides assistance on a temporary basis for a limited time for basic needs that may include rent/lot rent; interest on mortgage, utilities-gas, electric, water; 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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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Provides assistance on a temporary basis for a limited time for basic needs that may include rent, lot rent, electric, water, medications, and funeral services. Ineligible if an eligible Veteran.

***County rent and utilities assistance is not distributed from the General Assistance office.

For Rent Assistance, applicants must call Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center or Eastside Ministerial Alliance for help as they do the intake for General Assistance.

For Utility Assistance, applicants must call Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center, Eastside Ministerial Alliance, or Operation Threshold for help as they do the intake for General Assistance.

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County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Rent Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Provides assistance on a temporary basis for a limited time for basic needs that may include rent/lot rent; interest on mortgage, utilities-gas, electric, water; 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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Rent Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Provides standard and emergency assistance to Air Force and Space Force families when unexpected financial emergencies arise with no-interest loans and grants. The programs are intended to help meet immediate financial emergency needs and help make a positive step toward a lasting financial solution. Assistance many be in the form of loans or grants.

Assistance programs may help with emergency assistance for rent or utilities, medical or dental care costs, funeral expenses, vehicle expenses (repair, payment, insurance, gas, etc.), pet medical care or transportation to/from an overseas assignment, food, personal hygiene items, child care expenses, and more.

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Child Care Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

Provides eligible Jasper County residents with emergency financial assistance. A completed application and certain backup documents are required to determine eligibility. Will help one time with rent, utilities, medications, and burial costs.

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

Reimburses for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. The maximum amount that DHS will pay is $1,370 for a funeral and $686 for a cremation/burial.

Provides assistance on a temporary basis for a limited time for basic needs that may include rent/lot rent; interest on mortgage, utilities-gas, electric, water; 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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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
County Government Departments/Offices

General Assistance helps with rent and utility payments that prevent eviction or utility shut-off. Funding for direct cremation with no services for residents, when other resources are not available.

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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
General assistance offers emergency rent and utility assistance; limited assistance with dental care, emergency prescriptions and medical expenses; burial assistance; and food assistance.

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Rent Payment Assistance
General Relief
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense 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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Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Utility Service 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, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expense may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent, utility and food assistance by way of vouchers paid directly to vendors.

Funeral payment assistance.

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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
General Relief
Utility Service 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, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expenses 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 Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Burial Benefits

Assists the families of children between the ages of 3 and 18 who have passed away by lifting the economic burden and ensuring a proper end-of-life ceremony.

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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Provides assistance on a temporary basis for a limited time for basic needs that may include rent/lot rent; interest on mortgage, utilities-gas, electric, water; 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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County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Provides assistance on a temporary basis for a limited time for basic needs that may include rent/lot rent, interest on mortgage, utilities-gas, electric, water. Can also help with food vouchers for clients who are unable to work. Cannot be on Subsidized Housing, a student, receive Social Security, or a Veteran.

Categories

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

Reimburses for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. The maximum amount that DHS will pay is $1,370 for a funeral and $686 for a cremation/burial.

Reimburses for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. The maximum amount that DHS will pay is $1,370 for a funeral and $686 for a cremation/burial.

Reimburses for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. The maximum amount that DHS will pay is $1,370 for a funeral and $686 for a cremation/burial.

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, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expenses 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
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Provides short-term monetary help to Dubuque County very low income residents in financial crisis.

Persons interested in rent or utility assistance should first contact ECIA (East Central intergovernmental Association) at 1-833-587-8322 before completing a General Assistance application. ECIA is the Coordinated Entry agency in Dubuque County for persons in need of rent or utility assistance, and will assist in directing persons to assistance resources.

Applications for Dubuque County General Assistance rent or utility assistance program must come through a referral from Coordinated Entry partner agencies.

Persons interested in burial assistance should contact the Dubuque County Veterans Affairs office at (563) 589-7840.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance

Reimburses for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. The maximum amount that DHS will pay is $1,370 for a funeral and $686 for a cremation/burial.