Visit Oregon Helps to Find Out What Services You’re Eligible For
by independencenw | Aug 13, 2009 | advocacy, aging into adult services, caregivers, employment, energy assistance, food assistance, guardianship, healthcare, homelessness, providers, resource
Oregon Helps is an online clearinghouse that takes you through a series of questions online to determine what services you or your loved one might be eligible for. The site’s services are available in multiple languages. Check it out here.
Services covered include:
Food and Nutrition
- Food Stamps
- Emergency Food
Housing and Utilities
- Federal Housing Assistance
- Low-Income Energy Assistance (LIEAP)
- Portland Water Bureau’s Financial Assistance Program
Children and Family Resources
- National School Lunch Program
- Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program(WIC)
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- Employment Related Day Care (ERDC)
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Health Care
Veterans’ Services
- VA Health Care System
- VA/Military entitlements
- Veterans’ Home Loans
Financial Benefits
- Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
- Child Tax Credit (CTC)
- Federal Elderly/Disabled Tax Credit
- Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)
- Oregon’s Working Family Tax Credit
- Oregon Dependent Care Tax Credit
- Property Tax Deferral
- Home Care Tax Credit
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| Senior and Disabled Services |
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- Social Security
- Social Security Disability Insurance
- Supplemental Security Income
- Medicare and Medicare Savings Program
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- Medicaid Long Term Care
- Senior Drug Program
- Employed Persons with Disabilities
- Senior Farmers’ Market
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