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• BGE offers customer service to answer questions about billing, collections, and emergencies 
• Customers with special needs may be eligible for deferred payment plans

• Requires families to participate in year-long case management

Provides emergency financial assistance to prevent the loss of housing or essential utilities.

Financial Assistance

• Applicants should apply for MEAP and Fuel Fund before seeking assistance from this service
• Assistance for BG&E bills is limited to $100

Provides emergency financial assistance to prevent the loss of housing or essential utilities.

Financial Assistance

• Individuals do not have to be MEAP eligible

Provides emergency financial assistance to prevent the loss of housing or essential utilities.

Financial Assistance

Provides emergency financial assistance to prevent the loss of housing or essential utilities.

Financial Assistance

• Occasionally assists with emergency prescription needs
• Can help individuals obtain birth certificates and IDs
• Open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9AM to 1PM

• Offers water service payment plans for customers with past due balances of $250 to $5,000 
• Water4All program offers a discount on annual water and sewer bills; must be renewed yearly

• Provides medical benefits to eligible individuals who cannot afford to pay their medical bills 
• Cash assistance is available for eligible children, parents, and other relatives of those who qualify 
• Offers assistance to residents who are totally disabled and cannot work for a minimum of 3 months
• Emergency cash assistance is provided once a year to families with children for court-ordered evictions, foreclosures, utility cut-offs, and burial assistance

• Available the 1st and 3rd Thursdays from 9:30AM to 11:45AM; last client seen at 11:00AM

• Helps with rent, utilities, and referrals to obtain housing

Provides emergency financial assistance to prevent the loss of housing or essential utilities.

Financial Assistance

Provides financial assistance for utilities, heating oil, mortgage, rent, prescriptions, and other expenses.

Financial Assistance

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- Cannot assist with security deposits

Provides eligible individuals and families with grants for heating and utility expenses.

Utility Assistance

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- Applicants may be homeowners, renters, roomers, or boarders
- Available all year for electricity and during the winter months for heat
- Limited funds available for furnace repair, replacement, and other weatherization procedures

Operates a resource center that helps individuals and families in need connect to local resources.

Community Center

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- Includes case management services
- Offers information on financial assistance for rent and utilities
- Provides job training, education, pastoral counseling, and access to computers and office equipment

Provides financial assistance for security deposits, utility bills, and eviction prevention when funding available.

Financial Assistance

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- Check website for funding availability
- Includes financial literacy classes and workforce development services
- Not available for applicants already living in Section 8 or public housing
- Cannot assist individuals whose utility services are already disconnected

Helps individuals complete applications for MEAP and EUSP utility bill payment assistance.

Utility Assistance

• BGE and water bill providers will be contacted to confirm need; MEAP eligibility not required 
• All other resources must be exhausted before applying for eviction subsidies and prescription assistance

Provides financial assistance for various family and individual needs. 

Financial Assistance

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-Services include help with travel, rent, food, utilities, and household needs.

Providesl tenant services and eviction prevention.

Housing Assistance

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-Offers credit counseling, first time home buying assistance, budgeting guidance, and benefits application assistance.

-Referrals to legal services are made when appropriate.

-Eviction prevention services.

• Helps renters, homeowners, and public housing residents 
• Only one bill account per service address is eligible to receive assistance

Offers financial assistance.

Financial Assistance

More information:
- Limited funding available for prescription expense, utility shut-off, heating fuel, and eviction prevention

Provides individuals and families with financial assistance for heating and utility expenses.

Utility Assistance

More information:
- Applicants may be homeowners, renters, roomers, or boarders
- Available all year for electricity and during the winter months for heat
- Limited funds available for furnace repair, replacement, and other weatherization procedures