To protect our donors and to ensure their donations are being used to help families in need that have experienced a recent tragedy, illness, or recent loss of income, we do require documented proof of you and your family’s situation.
If you or anyone in your household has experienced a recent job loss, death of a spouse, or an illness that has caused a loss of income within the last 120 days please complete the assistance package and gather the required documentation to submit to us.
To apply for assistance from our agency please print the attached assistance packet and complete it. You may also stop by the agency to pick up the assistance package. When you submit the assistance packet, it must be complete and all requested documents must be included. It is your responsibility to complete the application and submit all required documentation. If you submit an incomplete application, it will be If you do not submit a complete assistance packet, we will need to move to the next applicant. If funds are still a available, you may resubmit another assistance packet once it is complete. If we still have funds available for this program, we will review your application.
We can only assist you financially one time. The applicant will be required to pay any reconnection fees for any utility that was terminated. Depending on the financial situation the applicant may be required to pay a portion of the past due balances. If we determine that the applicant does have to pay a portion, the applicant must give a money order to the agency for that amount and that portion along with the portion that the agency approved to pay will be sent to the debt collector as one payment.
Our goal is to help a family get back on their feet after a crisis.
If you would like financial counseling please send an email to info@commreach.org