Items You Need for Your Emergency Assistance Appointment
 

Please bring the following information that might apply to your case:

• Signature required for all household members 18 years and older

• Social Security numbers for ALL members of the household

• Picture ID or drivers licenses

• MUST HAVE copy of your lease/mortgage payment book

• Doctor's statement if not working for medical reasons

• Proof of citizenship/green card

Proof of income, assets and countable resources for the past 60 days:

• Check stubs or letter from your employer

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF) Certificate of Action

• Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Veterans Affairs (VA) letter of award

• Child support (print out from Clerk's Office)

• State form anyone that has loaned or given you money

• Last year's tax return

• Proof of any other income, assets or countable resources

Receipts for Payments (past 60 days)

• Rent/house payment

• Utilities/telephone/cable

• Insurance

• Medical bills/medicine

• Loans

• Child care

• Child support

• Auto payment

• Furniture rental/payment

• Back account printout (this not your bank statement, it is a current (last 30 days) printout you acquire from your bank

• Taxes

• Charge accounts

• School fees

• Clothing

        Information requested pertains to ALL household members

This information is a guide to what may be required to process your application.  This office operates under the Township Assistance Eligibility Standards for Perry Township in addition to the State and Federal laws.

 

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