Emergency Assistance - Homeless Prevention Program (EC)

Emergency Assistance provides immediate short-term help for destitute families to remedy or prevent homelessness. 

Services provided include:

• Rent, deposits, mortgage, utility payments
• Legal services to avoid eviction
• Counseling in basic planning and family budgeting
• Advocacy referral needed to resolve problems with landlords and mortgage companies

Payments provided will not exceed:

• $300 per family for one month's rent
• $500 per family for one month's mortgage payment
• $200 per family for utility programs

The family must meet ALL eight of the following program eligibility requirements to be eligible:

1. The family must be homeless, facing eviction, foreclosure, utility shutoff, or in need of utilities, because of past due payments that resulted from a crisis beyond the control of the family.
2. The family must be able to secure housing, utilities, or be able to prevent the eviction, foreclosure, or utility shutoff, with a one time rent, deposit, mortgage, or utility payment.
3. The family must demonstrate how it will resolve past due payments and pay future months' rent, mortgage, or utility payments after resolution of the crisis.
4. The family must have exhausted all other resources first.
5. The value of the household's assets cannot exceed $2000.00.  Countable assets are those immediately available to the family members.
6. The gross income available to the household cannot exceed 185% of the Standard Needs Budget (SNB), based on the household's size. See the table below.
7. The payment is available once in a 12 month period.
8. The household must have an eligible dependent child living in their home

Financial Monthly Income Limits and Maximum Assistance Amounts