APPLICATION PROCESS

1. Read Are You Eligible for Assistance? to determine if you may qualify.

2. Fill out an assistance application if you think you are eligible.

3. Staff will try to contact you within one week to set up a meeting. Feel free to contact us if you don’t hear from us within five working days.

4. Meet with staff in our office to answer any questions we may have and to provide any verification or other necessary documentation, as well as a required reference. When staff contacts you, we will tell you what you need to bring to the meeting.

5. Your application will be brought to a monthly Review Board meeting. Review Board decides whether or not you are approved for assistance.

6. Staff will contact you and let you know if your application has or has not been approved. If you have not been approved, you may reapply.

7. If you are approved, you will meet with staff again to receive your assistance (you will not be given cash) and fill out necessary forms. Staff will purchase the items that you need or pay for your education program.*

8. At Home Group™ staff will contact you 3, 6, and 12 months after your assistance to see how you are doing. They will set up a meeting with you, either over the phone or in the office, and will ask you to fill out a questionnaire (this can be done in the office or we can send it to you). This allows us to find out how you are, and to improve our programs so that we can continue to help more people.