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Milwaukee Department of City Development

city.milwaukee.gov

Financial assistance and loans for people seeking housing in Milwaukee

Basic Food

www.dshs.wa.gov

1-877-501-2233

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), called Basic Food in Washington, helps low income people make ends meet by providing monthly benefits to buy food.

Hopelink

www.hope-link.org

425.869.6000

Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities. They provide stability to those in crisis, and help equip clients with the skills they need to exit poverty on a permanent basis.

Centerstone

center-stone.org

206-812-4940

Centerstone helps to ensure that all people in the Seattle area have the opportunity to be self-sufficient by providing access to basic needs and programs that educate and nourish, creating a thriving community of neighbors helping neighbors.

Huntington West Virginia Housing Authority

www.huntingtonhousing.com

(304) 526-4400

Provides affordable housing and assistance to Huntington residents

Personal Opportunities With Employment Responsibilities (POWER)

sites.google.com

307-777-5846

A time-limited pay-after-performance program, the POWER assures families with a dependent child(ren) are working to become self-sufficient through employment, child support and other resources. The program is funded with state and federal dollars through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant.

Capital Area Partnership Uplifting People (CAPUP)

www.capup.org

804-788-0050

CAPUP works in the Richmond area with a number of social service projects including financial assistance and food help.

Seattle Housing Authority

www.seattlehousing.org

(206) 239-1500

Provides affordable housing and assistance to Seattle residents

Appalachian Community Action & Development Agency, Inc (AppCAA)

www.appcaa.org

276-346-0054

The work performed by AppCAA is guided by its primary purpose to eliminate poverty and make its clients more self-sufficient. This is accomplished by the development of resources and services to low-income individuals and households in its jurisdictions. AppCAA wants to meet the current needs of people and then teach them to stand on their own without any public assistance. Sometimes emergency assistance is necessary to meet immediate needs such as housing and food. Training is provided on money management/budgeting and homebuyer education. Housing counseling, including credit repair, is available also.

3SquaresVT

dcf.vermont.gov

1-800-479-6151

3SquaresVT is a federal USDA program (formerly food stamps) that can help stretch your food budget so you can put three healthy meals on your table every day.

Emergency and General Assistance in Vermont

dcf.vermont.gov

1-800-479-6151

Emergency and general assistance helps individuals and families with their emergency basic needs such as housing (e.g., mortgage, rent, room rent, temporary housing), fuel and utilities, personal need items, and medical needs.

BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont

www.broc.org

802.775.0878

Today, BROC works to change conditions that either cause poverty or stand in the way of its elimination. Community Action assists low-income Vermonters with basic needs, as well as helping them develop skills and resources for self-sufficiency through employment opportunities. Community Action works to provide comprehensive, non-bureaucratic family services. BROC offers voluntary partnerships with families based on equality, respect, and mutual learning. These partnerships build on families' strengths and successes and have as their goal: moving out of poverty and into self-sufficiency.

Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity

www.cvoeo.org

(802) 862-2771

CVOEO addresses fundamental issues of economic, social, and racial justice and works with people to achieve economic independence. We bridge gaps and build futures. That is, we provide individuals and families with the basic needs of food, fuel and housing support in times of crisis, and we help them acquire the necessary education, financial skills and assets to build a stable future in which they thrive.

Fairfax County Foreclosure Prevention

www.fairfaxcounty.gov

Directory of foreclosure assistance agencies in Fairfax County

Charleston-Kanawha Housing

www.charlestonhousing.com

(304) 348-6451

Provides affordable housing and assistance to Kanawha and Putnam County Residents

Salt Lake Community Action Program

www.slcap.org

801–359–2444

Salt Lake Community Action Program is a multi-faceted agency designed to address the many factors affecting an individual’s ability to rise out of poverty, including housing, utilities expenses, food insecurity, and early education. It works with the surrounding community and other organizations to create effective solutions for those most in need of assistance.

Community Action Services and Food Bank

communityactionprovo.org

801-373-8200

Community Action Services and Food Bank is a non-profit organization in Provo, Utah that provides a two-step process to solving poverty: first, to stabilize the person and then rebuild their life. Since 1967, the agency has stabilized persons in need by meeting their basic critical needs (such as food and housing) while providing them with the long-term solutions needed to rebuild their financial and social self sufficiency, enabling them to break out of poverty.

Family Employment Program

jobs.utah.gov

801-526-9675

The Family Employment Program (FEP) offers help with money and finding jobs to parents who are supporting children living in their home. The goal of FEP is to help the family earn enough money to support themselves on their own by working, by receiving child-support payments, and/or by receiving disability payments.Every parent works with an employment counselor to write an employment plan with activities that will help the parent reach the goal of supporting the family on his or her own. Child care is available to support employment and employment related activities.

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