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Missouri LIHEAP
brochure including income qualifications
Missouri LIHEAP
application
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Through the Community Services
Department, EMAA provides assistance to low-income individuals and families
in our service area via five basic program components: Family Intake,
Assessment and Referral, Community Outreach, Emergency Assistance, Family
Support, and Self-Help Programs. Service delivery is facilitated through Community Service offices located in each of the
eight counties served by EMAA. Staff and volunteers in each office refer
individuals and families to appropriate EMAA programs as well as to
assistance provided by other social service organizations in the area. Over
15,000 persons receive service each year through EMAA's Community Service
Programs.
...........EMAA's Community Services include an
in-home family support program designed to assist troubled families in moving
toward self-sufficiency. It assists in motivating participants in developing
plans to further their education and employability.
...........Another component of EMAA's Community
Services provides private sector and federal surplus food to low-income
elderly individuals who need the food to supplement their diets.
Privately-donated food is also available for needy families. Emergency food
is distributed primarily through a network of food pantries established by
local churches in cooperation with EMAA and the Emergency Food and Shelter
Program.
...........The Energy Crisis Intervention Program
(ECIP) is administered as part of EMAA's Community Services Department. ECIP
is an federally funded emergency energy program designed to alleviate crisis
situations such as mid-winter utility shut-offs. Dollar More,
"Round-UP" and Dollar Help are privately funded emergency energy
programs sponsored by the customers of Ameren UE, Citizens Electric and
Laclede GAS, respectively. Heat Relief is a program
which provides air conditioners to families with threatening health
conditions during the summer months. Heat Relief also may assist families
with electric bills they have incurred in cooling their homes.
...........Another Aspect of EMAA's Community
Services is known as Coordination and Resource Development (CRD). Through this component, EMAA
develops, with the cooperation and assistance of other community resources,
new programs to bridge gaps and eliminate overlaps in services identified by
EMAA and other area human services organizations.
...........Missouri Housing Trust Fund and FEMA
Emergency Food & Shelter programs assist low-income families in a variety
of crisis situations relating to basic needs.
...........Information on any of the programs
administered by East Missouri Action Agency may be obtained from any of the County Community Services Offices, or by
contacting the Keri McCrorey, Community
Services Department Head.
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