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Offers financial assistance with heating and energy costs to families and individuals experiencing financial distress.
Provides financial assistance with initial rent payments and security deposits. Also provides assistance with transportation; child care; linkage to medical care, behavioral healthcare, and recovery services for veterans experiencing PTSD and other effects of combat; and other services to help veterans and their family re-establish financial stability and self-sufficiency.
Offers a "safety net" fund for those individuals who are ineligible for other assistance programs and services. Assistance may include food, clothing, utilities, prescription drugs, or other needs.
Provides limited water bill payment assistance. The program is not based on income.
What's Here
Assist low-income households in managing energy costs and maintaining safe, affordable utility service through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Universal Service Fund (USF).
LIHEAP Overview
Assists with heating and medically necessary cooling costs during designated program periods. Provides regular seasonal benefits and may offer emergency assistance for households facing shut-off or fuel shortages. Payments are typically made directly to the utility company or fuel supplier, ensuring continuity of service.Available to both homeowners and renters who meet income and residency requirements.
USF Overview
Offers monthly credits on electric and/or gas bills to reduce ongoing energy costs. Designed for households that spend a significant portion of their income on energy. Helps prevent service interruptions and promotes long-term affordability.
Provides emergency financial assistance, interest-free loans, grants, financial counseling, Quick Assist Loans (QAL), emergency travel assistance, disaster relief, Budget for Baby workshops, thrift shop services, and referrals to additional military family support resources for eligible Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their families.
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Provides emergency assistance to WFNJ/TANF/GA and SSI recipients, addressing essential needs such as shelter, household furnishings, temporary rental aid, utility payments (e.g., heat, water, electricity), moving expenses (e.g., security deposit or first month’s rent), and rapid rehousing support for TANF recipients.
What's Here
Assist low-income households in managing energy costs and maintaining safe, affordable utility service through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Universal Service Fund (USF).
LIHEAP Overview
Assists with heating and medically necessary cooling costs during designated program periods.
USF Overview
Offers monthly credits on electric and/or gas bills to reduce ongoing energy costs. Designed for households that spend a significant portion of their income on energy.
Assists low-income households in managing energy costs and maintaining safe, affordable utility service through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Universal Service Fund (USF).
LIHEAP Overview
Assists with heating and medically necessary cooling costs during designated program periods. Provides regular seasonal benefits and may offer emergency assistance for households facing shut-off or fuel shortages. Payments are typically made directly to the utility company or fuel supplier, ensuring continuity of service. Available to both homeowners and renters who meet income and residency requirements.
USF Overview
Offers monthly credits on electric and/or gas bills to reduce ongoing energy costs. Designed for households that spend a significant portion of their income on energy. Helps prevent service interruptions and promotes long-term affordability.
Offers emergency financial assistance for rental security deposit, back rent, utility bills, and mortgage payments. Case management also offered.
Provides emergency assistance to recipients of WFNJ/TANF/GA and SSI. Benefits include, but are not limited to: Essential food, Clothing, Shelter and household furnishings, Temporary rental assistance or back rent or mortgage payments, Limited utility payment assistance (such as heat, water and electric), Transportation to search for housing and Moving expenses
