Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. Families can receive assistance once every 18 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. Short-term grant assistance for persons in a financial crisis including evictions, foreclosures, or utility shut-offs (electric, gas, heating fuel, water service payment assistance). ?Applicants must show they have spent a certain percentage of their income from the last 60 days on basic needs in order to qualify.