- Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies - Families can receive assistance once every 24 months - Issuance of funds must resolve the emergency, not just delay it - If payment plan arrangements can be made for a portion of or the entire requested amount, this will be the first option in resolving the crisis - If funds are being issued for housing expenses, the family's basic need expenses must be affordable, as defined herein, on a monthly basis. Monthly housing/utility costs cannot exceed 70% of the family's net monthly income. - Crisis must not be caused by a family member's refusing or quitting employment or training for employment without good cause, within the past 60 days - Funds are limited. If funds have been exhausted, no applications will be taken. - Funds are provided in the form of a vendor check Crisis Funds may be used for: - Electric service payment assistance - Gas service payment assistance - Garbage removal assistance (if facing a threat for discontinuation) - Heating fuel payment assistance - Moving expenses (transportation/moving of personal property) - Rental deposit assistance (Except for damage deposits in excess of one month's rent. Also does not provide a portion of the rent payment that was intended to cover an unpaid damage deposit.) - Rent payment assistance - Utility deposit assistance (maximum payment of $750, or the emergency amount negotiated with the utility company, whichever is less) - Water service payment assistance