CARES Programs Continue at LCCAA Special programs for those impacted by the COVID-19 crisis continue at Lorain County Community Action Agency. Funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) has enhanced some programs and allowed LCCAA to create new programs. Eviction Prevention If you have been unable to pay your rent because of COVID-19, contact our partner Lorain County Urban League. This program will help protect your rights and negotiate with your landlord.
Operation Warm You must have a written lease and your rent must For six years, LCCAA has partnered with Lorain have been current before the pandemic. Rent assistance Metropolitan Housing Authority to distribute free coats may be part of the process. to children living in their complexes. With CARES Contact the Urban League at 440-323-3364 or funding, this program has expanded. outreach@lcul.org. In addition to LMHA residents and our center-based Water Bill Assistance Head Start families, we will be providing coats for all LCCAA’s utility advocates are applying the same virtual and home-based LCCAA Head Start students great service they do for gas and electric bills to your and residents of the TimberLakes complex (Section 8 water company thanks to CARES funding. subsidized housing) in Avon. If you are unable to pay your water bill because of CARES funding, regular Community Services Block COVID-19, call our 24-hour appointment line at 440- Grant funds and grants from the Community Foundation 538-6999. of Lorain County and The Lorain Foundation have If you are already on PIPP or have received help from provided more than 2,000 coats to distribute. the Summer Crisis or Winter Crisis programs, you Head Start families should have received a form to MIGHT be eligible. You still have to apply, however. select their child’s size. Selecting the next size up is Appointments can also be made online at: app. recommended. All pick-ups will be contactless and capappointments.com/ exchanges will not be allowed due to COVID-19.
Winter Crisis Program Begins November 2 Winter heating assistance for residents who need help paying for heat or who have had their heat turned off will be available beginning Nov. 2 through March 31, 2020. To be eligible for help, residents must live at or below 175% of the federal poverty level.
urged to call the HEAP hotline at 440-538-6999 or go online to app. capappointments.com to make an appointment. Residents trying to restore, reconnect and or transfer services also qualify for the program.
submitted in three different ways. There is a secure dropbox at 936 Broadway Ave., Lorain with instructions. Documents can also be faxed to 440-201-6483 or emailed to heapdocs@lccaa.net.
Additional details on the program Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all will be released in mid-October. Residents who have received a appointments will be contactless. The appointments can be made disconnection notice are especially Required documents can be beginning Oct. 19.
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