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Palatine Township provides senior and disabled residents with Taxi Voucher Cards. Taxi Voucher card swipes are worth $4.00 off the metered taxi fare. Only one voucher card swipe can be used per ride. After the card is swiped, the rider is responsible for paying the balance of the remaining fare and tips. Participants are allowed 10 voucher card swipes per month. Voucher card swipes do not carry over from the previous month.
Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) coordinates reduced fare and ride-free programs for the Cook County region. Older adults, people with disabilities, and military personnel may be eligible for discounts. Apply online using the Fare Portal, or for in-person assistance with Ride Free and Reduced Fare cards; applicants can find their nearest registration site using the online Registration Site Locator.
Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) coordinates reduced fare and ride-free programs for the Cook County region. Older adults, people with disabilities, and military personnel may be eligible for discounts. Apply online using the Fare Portal, or for in-person assistance with Ride Free and Reduced Fare cards; applicants can find their nearest registration site using the online Registration Site Locator.
Village of Hillsdale offers its senior residents a 50/50 taxicab reimbursement program. Unlike other village government bus or taxi programs that limit travel to within the village limits, Hillside's program allows residents to travel anywhere in Chicago and the suburbs. Coupons can pay for the entire fare, including the tip; or residents can use the coupons for the fare and tip the driver in cash. The coupon allows residents to bring up to three friends of any age on their trip at no additional cost.
Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) coordinates reduced fare and ride-free programs for the Cook County region. Older adults, people with disabilities, and military personnel may be eligible for discounts. Apply online using the Fare Portal, or for in-person assistance with Ride Free and Reduced Fare cards; applicants can find their nearest registration site using the online Registration Site Locator.

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.

Services

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

Offers a voucher program for people who need extra financial assistance for food or gas during difficult financial times.

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.

Services

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

Services

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

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

Services

Transportation Passes
Transportation Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Program focused on removing transportation barriers for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.

Provides a one-way trip to a safe house or program facility. The program's transports are limited, available to single mothers fleeing an abusive relationship or survivors of human trafficking seeking refuge.

Individuals in need of transport services must complete an application or have an agency they're working with submit an application. Once the application is submitted the client/agency will receive an email outlining the next steps.

More information is available on the program's website.

Services

Transportation Expense Assistance
Connects individuals and families to support systems in the community. Central Navigation can help find flexible and supportive funding to help in emergencies, connect with partner agencies to help with a specific need, and connect with community training or mentoring programs that are designed to help each family thrive.

Helps meet immediate needs such as rental and utility assistance, gas vouchers and work-related expenses. Helps anyone develop their own solutions through coaching for budgeting, parenting, employment, and application and enrollment assistance.

Services

Work Related Fee Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Rent Payment Assistance
The Allamakee County Relief Office provides emergency financial assistance in the areas of rent, gas money, utilities, prescription drugs, and funeral and cemetery expenses. This financial aid can be granted in addition to other types of financial aid the person may be receiving such as Social Security or Food Stamps on a one-time emergency basis. All financial assistance payments are made to the service providers, not to the clients themselves.

Services

Prescription Expense Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Gas Money
Gas Service Payment Assistance
General Relief
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Electric Service Payment 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.

Services

Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Child Care 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.

Services

Rent Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Veteran Burial Benefits
Transportation Expense Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits

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.

Services

Mental Health Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Work Clothing
Rent Payment Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Case/Care Management
Medical Expense Assistance
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Children at Home is a program offering help to families caring for a child with a disability by providing financial assistance for items or services not covered by other programs. Contact an Intake and Referral Specialist with any questions as to whether an item/service is allowable. Examples include special adaptive devices, out-of-area travel expenses, nutritional supplements, respite care or educational seminars for caregivers, special camps and items to make your home safe or more accessible for your child.

Services

Child Care Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment
Personal/Grooming Needs
Medical Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Transportation Expense 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.

Services

Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Provides seniors with bus passes for RIDES Mass Transit.

Services

Transportation Passes
Transportation Expense Assistance

Provides up to $150 to families for utilities, diapers, groceries, gas for vehicles, and other needs.

Services

Diapers
Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance

Provides up to $150 to families for utilities, diapers, groceries, gas for vehicles, and other needs.

Services

Diapers
Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance

Provides up to $150 to families for utilities, diapers, groceries, gas for vehicles, and other needs.

Services

Diapers
Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Unemployment bus ticket offered to residents. Each can receive 20 free tickets in a twelve month period; an ID and current piece of mail for proof of address is required to receive tickets.

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, medical expenses, 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.

Services

Comprehensive Information and Referral
Transportation Expense Assistance
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Case/Care Management

Provides assistance to out-of-school youth who are overcoming barriers to employment that might include lacking skills to obtain high school diploma, high school equivalency certificate, low income, homelessness, involvement with the judicial system, transportation barriers.

Participants spend half their time in academic programming and half in learning skills in construction or urban agriculture, including building or rehabilitating housing for low-income families.

Leadership development involves classes, activities, and leadership positions within the organization, providing a foundation for preparing youth to play important roles in their communities.

Please attend the on-line orientation and fill out the on-line application or call.

Orientation Link:
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Services

On the Job Training
Transportation Expense Assistance
Dropout Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Discrimination Assistance