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Provides financial help with heating and cooling energy costs for low-income households.

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Air Conditioners
Benefits Screening
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Offers assistance, information and pre-screening for potential for SNAP/food stamp eligibility. Staff assists in completing paperwork, copying documents, scheduling telephone interviews, following up with and advocating on behalf of applicants at the local social services department.Can help if you receive SNAP benefits and have lost food due to natural disasters, equipment failure or electric outages.

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Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Welfare Rights Assistance
Disaster Related Cash Grants
Nutrition Education
Benefits Screening
Summer Food Service Programs
* Provides an online tool for New York State residents where they can check their eligibility for multiple human service benefit programs and apply online for SNAP and HEAP.

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Benefits and Services Assistance
Benefits Screening
Provides social work, advocacy, support systems, information services, family training and counseling regarding consumer's disabilities

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Health/Disability Related Counseling
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Medicaid Applications
Benefits Screening
Clerical Volunteer Opportunities
Disability Related Parenting Programs
Provides one-on-one screening and application assistance to connect residents of Franklin and St. Lawrence counties to SNAP benefits.

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Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Benefits Screening
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Helps families apply for Medicaid/SSI and access service coordination, day programming, recreational services, residential services, vocational services, and respite services. Assists parents in their search for information as they plan for their adult child's future, including trusts, wills, guardianship, and letters of intent.

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Benefits Screening
Case/Care Management
Provides confidential pre-screening to determine potential SNAP eligibility. Then assists with application process. Home visits can be arranged for elderly and/or disabled persons.

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Summer Food Service Programs
Benefits Screening
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Disaster Related Cash Grants
Assists individuals and families once every month by providing enough food for 3 days. (Special circumstances warrant more frequent aid.) There is also assistance in applying for Food Stamps, WIC, or other benefits, if eligible. Hygiene items, diapers, baby food, and formula are available either directly or through referral through the Pantry Plus program, based on availability.

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Benefits Screening
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Welfare Rights Assistance
Formula/Baby Food
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Diapers
Food Pantries
Offers a free one-hour consultation with a family support specialist to discuss questions about obtaining a developmental evaluation as well as exploring services for children or adults with autism and/or other related intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Services Offered: Information and referral services for pregnant women and parenting families STEP Early Childhood (birth-5yrs) effective parenting classes Professional and consumer health education and assistance to enroll in available medical coverage programs, including Medicaid and Child Health Plus and help with other insurance issues Smoking cessation program with telephone counseling Free resource library including videos on childbirth, parenting, nutrition, etc.

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Medicaid Information/Counseling
Friendly Visiting
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Medicaid Applications
General Health Education Programs
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Medicaid Appeals/Complaints
Benefits Screening
Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
* Administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps). Assistance available online with eligibility requirements and application processes by visiting www.mybenefits.ny.gov.

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Benefits Screening
EBT Card Services
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Offers a free one-hour consultation with a family support specialist to discuss questions about obtaining a developmental evaluation as well as exploring services for children or adults with autism and/or other related intellectual or developmental disabilities.
* Offers temporary assistance that includes: Public assistance. SNAP. Rent assistance. Medicaid. SSI. Special unit for resource recovery from persons who owe money.* Offers an online assistance with eligibility requirements and application processes for Temporary Assistance, Food Stamps, Health Insurance, tax credits and other related programs at www.mybenefits.ny.gov.

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EBT Card Services
Benefits Screening
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Rent Payment Assistance
Medicaid
Gap Group Income Maintenance Programs
TANF
Assists disabled recipients to pursue Supplemental Security Income benefits through U.S. Social Security Admin and assists in securing disabled status for Medicaid.

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SSI Appeals/Complaints
SSI Applications
Social Security Disability Insurance
Benefits Screening
Provides free and confidential prescreening with consumers about eligibility information and assistance in filling out food stamp applications. Conducts food stamp outreach activities including presentations to community groups and media campaigns
Helps in finding housing, clothing, furniture, emergency food, child care, etc. Referral to counseling, self-help groups, social services, legal aid. Offers Thanksgiving assistance. Offers Christmas assistance of family food packages and clothing gifts for children. Represents rural needs on area agency boards and committees.

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Holiday Gifts/Toys
Individual Advocacy
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Thanksgiving Baskets
Christmas Baskets
Benefits Screening
* Provides public assistance through the following programs: SNAP (Food stamps). Medicaid. Rent payment assistance. Benefit information can be found at www.mybenefits.ny.gov. * Offers emergency housing for individuals and families. * Provides assistance to teenage runaways. * Provides fraud investigation services. Reviews information and investigates complaints of welfare fraud.

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Medicaid Fraud Reporting
Youth Shelters
TANF Fraud Reporting
Rent Payment Assistance
EBT Card Services
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Social Security Fraud Reporting
Gap Group Income Maintenance Programs
Benefits Screening
Food Stamps/SNAP Fraud Reporting
Emergency Shelter Clearinghouses
This program consists of a combination of programs and services designed to improve education and access for community members working toward optimal health and well-being. In partnership with health care providers, Community Health Workers provide intake, referral, navigation and case management services to patients at Primary Care Practices.

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Referral to Dental Practitioners Accepting Medicaid
Medicaid Applications
Medicaid Appeals/Complaints
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Health Insurance Marketplaces
Eye Care Expense Assistance
Medicaid Information/Counseling
Dental Insurance
Benefits Screening
* Provides an online tool for New York State residents where they can check their eligibility for multiple human service benefit programs and apply online for SNAP and HEAP.

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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Benefits Screening
* Offers emergency assistance, TANF and Safety Net Programs for eligible individuals and families. SNAP. Rent assistance. Medicaid. Child Care Subsidy (child care block grant).

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Benefits Screening
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
EBT Card Services
Medicaid
TANF
Child Care Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Gap Group Income Maintenance Programs
Provides food security programs, emergency housing services and prescription assistance for individuals and families in need.

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Prescription Expense Assistance
Benefits Screening
Community Disaster Service Centers/Hotlines
Food Cooperatives
Summer Food Service Programs
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Offers a free one-hour consultation with a family support specialist to discuss questions about obtaining a developmental evaluation as well as exploring services for children or adults with autism and/or other related intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Provides prescreening, assistance filling out applications, and assistance obtaining necessary documentation for food stamp benefits.

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Food Stamps / SNAP
Benefits Screening
General Benefits Assistance
Advocacy, emergency assistance, case management program. Provides emergency food assistance through referral process. After school homework assistance program. Provides assistance with HEAP and food stamp applications.

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Homework Help Programs
Food Stamps / SNAP
Case / Care Management
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Benefits Screening
Town residents are provided guidance and advocacy in applying for financial assistance available from county, state and federal programs, such as TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families), HEAP (Home Energy Assistance Program), and Social Security Disability. Residents in need of emergency assistance such as food, help with utility cut-offs, who are at risk of eviction are also served. Residents are interviewed by the community advocate who will assist in identifying programs the client is eligible for and with preparing the appropriate application materials. Department Advocates process REGULAR HEAP applications only (not emergency HEAP applications), eliminating a trip to the county office to apply for Regular benefits.

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Electric Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Benefits Screening
Benefits Assistance
Gas Service Payment Assistance