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Provides emergency financial assistance to adults in active cancer treatment for basic, non-medical needs. Assistance is provided once per lifetime for needs such as: - Cub Foods gift cards - Gasoline purchases using Holiday fuel cards - Rent or mortgage payment - Home or cell phone bill - Gas, electric, or water bill - Garbage bill

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Telephone Service Payment Assistance
Patients
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Cancer
Gas Money
Rent Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
- Transportation assistance for non-emergency medical services - Door to door paratransit service may not be available in all cases. Type of service depends on the insurance provider of the caller. Some insurance providers may limit transportation to within certain mileage. - If transportation isn't available, gas reimbursement or bus tokens may be provided. Call for case-specific information. NOTE: Will not do stretchers

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Gas Money
Bus Fare
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Medicaid Recipients
Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program - FHPAP provides: - Coordinated entry program intake - Direct financial services for persons needing help maintaining existing housing or to re-home themselves including: - First month's rent to move into an apartment - Mortgage (to prevent foreclosure) - Rent (to prevent eviction) - Security deposit to move into an apartment - Utility bill (to prevent disconnection) - Minimal financial assistance is available for: - Childcare - Food - Transportation - Work clothing

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Work Related Fee Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance Applications
Food Vouchers
Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Work Clothing
Gas Money
Rental Deposit Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
- Transportation assistance for non-emergency medical services - Door to door paratransit service may not be available in all cases. Type of service depends on the insurance provider of the caller. Some insurance providers may limit transportation to within certain mileage. - If transportation isn't available, gas reimbursement or bus tokens may be provided. Call for case-specific information. NOTE: Will not do stretchers
- Transportation assistance for non-emergency medical services - Door to door paratransit service may not be available in all cases. Type of service depends on the insurance provider of the caller. Some insurance providers may limit transportation to within certain mileage. - If transportation isn't available, gas reimbursement or bus tokens may be provided. Call for case-specific information. NOTE: Will not do stretchers

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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Bus Fare
Gas Money
Medicaid Recipients
Emergency food, shelter, gas money, and other assistance

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Gas Money
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Food Vouchers
Homeless Motel Vouchers
Provides assistance with: - Bus fare/gas money for transportation to and from work, medical appointments, and school - Car repair assistance - Electric and gas disconnect assistance - Limited fuel oil assistance - Employment-related items (varies by donations) NOTE: Financial assistance is extremely limited. Funds vary from month to month. Other available support: - Diapers and formula (availability varies based on donations) - Personal hygiene items

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Winter Clothing
Appliance Repair
Formula/Baby Food
Bus Fare
Work Clothing
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Gas Money
Diapers
Emergency funds assist students who are undergoing financial difficulties to meet basic needs so the student can attend class or remain enrolled at Minnesota West. - Childcare - Food emergency - Housing/rent (eviction notice) - Items needing replacing due to crime, natural disaster, or accident - Medical/dental - Technology/access issues - Transportation/gas/vehicle repairs

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Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas Money
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Dental Care Expense Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance Applications
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
- Transportation assistance for non-emergency medical services - Door-to-door paratransit service may not be available in all cases. The type of service depends on the insurance provider of the caller. Some insurance providers may limit transportation to within certain mileage - If transportation isn't available, gas reimbursement or bus tokens may be provided. Call for case-specific information

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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Medicaid Recipients
Gas Money
Bus Fare
Provides students with short-term financial assistance to help with essential needs. Crisis grants may be able to help with expenses such as rent, utility bills, car repairs, gas, bus passes, childcare costs, and groceries.

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Food Vouchers
Telephone Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Child Care Expense Assistance Applications
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rental Application Fee Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Trash/Recycling Service Payment Assistance
Students
Gas Money
Small amounts of financial assistance for individuals in need, usually between $35 - 45 Some examples of assistance include:? - Apartment application fees - Birth certificates - Fuel cards - Prescription/co-pays - Saint Cloud Metro Bus transportation - State IDs/driver's license renewals or replacements If financial assistance is unavailable, staff will attempt to refer elsewhere

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Gas Money
Bus Fare
Rental Application Fee Payment Assistance
Birth Certificate Fee Payment Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Identification Card Fee Payment Assistance
Provides the following services once every 12 months: - Discounted Cell Phones: A representative from Open Access Connections is available Tuesdays except for the 2nd Tuesday of the month, from 9:30 am - 11:30 am, to assist clients with applying for a discounted ($30) cell phone and/or a voice mail number/box. Note: The Basilica does not provide free cell phones or the $30. Gas cards: $20 maximum to Speedway; valid license is required Vouchers to assist with obtaining a state ID, Minnesota driver's license, birth certificate from any state, and the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store for clothing and/or housewares (no furniture). Bus cards for those with verifiable new jobs and gas cards for individuals with a valid driver's license. Must reside in the city of Minneapolis. Provides the following services once every 30 days: Laundry vouchers for one wash and dry (limited supply) Hygiene items

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Household Goods Vouchers
Cell Phones
Birth Certificate Fee Payment Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Identification Card Fee Payment Assistance
Driver License Fee Payment Assistance
Telephone Facilities
Gas Money
Bus Fare
Food shelf which can be used once in a 30-day period. Families receive food for three - five days. Hygiene items may be available as supplies last. Vouchers for clothing (adults and families), and bedding/linens. Provides Bridging referrals for individuals needing furniture. Transportation: Bus and gas cards are available for individuals who are experiencing homelessness and in a Coordinated Entry program or for individuals who are starting a job but haven't received their first paycheck yet. HeatShare, seasonal services, Family Camp, back to school program, seasonal programs Coordinated Entry assessments for adult families and singles 24 and older in Anoka County Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP): Funds are only available to individuals and families facing an eviction. Funding varies month to month and may not be available. Rapid Rehousing: Provides services for people experiencing homelessness that have found housing. Street Outreach: Provides outreach services such as food and transportation for people experiencing homelessness.

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Food Pantries
Bus Fare
Gas Money
Bedding/Linen
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Clothing Vouchers
Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Emergency grants available to help current students with unforeseen financial emergencies. Emergency grants were established to help students stay in college and achieve their educational goals. Eligible Expenses - Food - Gas - Medical/dental expenses - Transportation, car repair - Utilities - Others, not listed Ineligible Expenses - Costs for entertainment, recreation, non-emergency travel, or other non-essential expenses - Legal fees - Non-essential utilities (i.e. cable), household or furniture costs not related to damage or theft - Parking tickets - Tuition, fees, health insurance, books, tools

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Dental Care Expense Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Gas Money
Emergency funds assist students who are undergoing financial difficulties to meet basic needs so the student can attend class or remain enrolled at Minnesota West. - Childcare - Food emergency - Housing/rent (eviction notice) - Items needing replacing due to crime, natural disaster, or accident - Medical/dental - Technology/access issues - Transportation/gas/vehicle repairs

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Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas Money
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Dental Care Expense Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance Applications
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Financial assistance pays for expenses not covered by insurance, Medicare, or other programs. Some expenses covered may include: - Drug co-pays - Gas - Groceries - Hotel stays - Meals, and more

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Gas Money
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Patient/Family Housing
Terminal Illness
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Prescription Expense Assistance
Incidental Medical Expense Assistance
Cancer
A walk in resource center to offer support and resources to those in need. The center supports individuals in crisis and help them connect to resources. The resource center helps with: - Advocacy - Employment - Housing resources - Limited financial assistance for eligible households. Assistance may cover an essential need or transportation for a bus token or gasoline. - Resource navigation and more

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Case/Care Management
Bus Fare
Job Information
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Low Income
Gas Money
Housing Search Assistance
Individual Advocacy
Drop In Centers
- Transportation assistance for non-emergency medical services - Door to door paratransit service may not be available in all cases. Type of service depends on the insurance provider of the caller. Some insurance providers may limit transportation to within certain mileage - If transportation isn't available, gas reimbursement or bus tokens may be provided NOTE: Will not do stretchers.

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Medicaid Recipients
Gas Money
Bus Fare
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Provides emergency assistance: - Limited help with prescriptions - Occasional transportation - Rental assistance, funding dependent on availability - Utility assistance through the HeatShare Program. Only assists with heating related bills.

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Prescription Expense Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Bus Fare
Gas Money
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Through a voucher system administered by on-call volunteers from member churches, funds are set up to help those who fall in between the cracks of other assistance. Vouchers are provided for electric service, gas money, gas service, heating fuel, rental deposit assistance, rent payment assistance, and water service assistance. Vouchers do not cover the amount of a total client's bill, the client must pay some of the bill on their own. Volunteers provide spiritual ministry as well as the ministry of meeting the person's basic needs for emergency food and shelter. Offers free laundry services once a month through Laundry of Love program

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Laundry Facilities
Water Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Gas Money
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Services provided: - Food Boxes - Child and Teen Check Ups - Home Visiting Program for first time parents starting pre-natally - Information & Referral - Lending Library for Parents and Children - Summer programs for preschool and elementary age children - Youth as Resources - MAC (Mothers and Children supplemental nutrition for 5-year olds) - NAPS (Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors) - WIC (Women, Infants and Children nutrition program) - Parent Educaiton classes (parents of elementary and teenage students) - Family Support (provides emergency gas vouchers and other assistnace to support families on a limited basis) - MNSure Navigators - Legal Kiosks

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Gas Money
Wellness Programs
Book Loan
Homework Help Programs
WIC
Teen Expectant/New Parent Assistance
General Clothing Provision
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers
Emergency Assistance is a cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing a limited-time household emergency. Families can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Applicant must have spent 50% of net income over the past 60 days on basic needs. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. Emergency assistance provides short-term, one-time assistance for households in a financial crisis because of an eviction, utility disconnection, or other eligible emergency. Types of assistance: - Shelter, including rent and/or damage deposits or mortgage payments - Utility costs when an otherwise eligible family unit has had a termination or is threatened with termination of municipal water and sewer services, electric, gas, or other heating fuel, including lack of wood when it is the heating source, or refuse removal services. - Employment-related expenses, including but not limited to car expenses and child care expenses if the Emergency Assistance payment would enable the family member to continue working or continue to search for employment

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Families
Automobile Payment Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Gas Money
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Automobile Insurance Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation for non-emergency medical services, for persons on MA, includes: - Bus tokens - Gas reimbursement - Paralift NOTE: Will not do stretchers.

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Gas Money
Bus Fare
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Medicaid Recipients
The Hometown Resource Center may provide emergency assistance with food, clothing and shelter. The center offers a one-time rent payment assistance. In extreme crisis situations and only when funding is available, the center may provide motel vouchers (for short-term stays only). The center may provide gas cards for people needing to get to work or important appointments (on a case by case basis). Gas cards are not available for people with Medicare or Medicaid (because they have other options for transportation). Staff may also provide information and referral to other community resources for people.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Homeless Motel Vouchers
Gas Money
Poverty Issues
Rent Payment Assistance
Clothing Vouchers
Food Vouchers
Helps with uniforms, work clothing, work boots/shoes, tools, gas, auto expenses (excluding routine maintenance, cosmetic repairs and/or loan payments) and childcare. Amount of financial assistance is based on verified need, not to exceed $400. Payments are issued in the form of a purchase order or direct payment to the provider of services.

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Native American Community
Work Clothing
Child Care Expense Assistance Applications
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Shoes
Gas Money
Tools/Equipment

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