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Financial Assistance and Grant Programs Resources

  • City of Peoria Ramp and Housing Assistance Programs

    The City of Peoria provides a variety of housing programs to help community members fix their properties, stay in their homes for longer and buy a home. Programs are available to help with:

    • Emergency replacement of broken water heaters and furnaces
    • Housing rehabilitation
    • Ramp and roof programs for eligible homeowners
    • Down payment assistance

  • Claire’s Place Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis Support

    Claire’s Place Foundation is a non-profit organization providing support to children and families affected by cystic fibrosis (CF).

    Its programs are focused on creating a better quality of life for people and their caregivers as well as emergency funding assistance during long hospital stays. Its programs include an Extended Hospital Stay Grant Program and the Support Families and Resources Program.

  • Client Assistance Program

    Helps you understand and apply for services from Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Rehabilitation Services.

  • CMS Sickle Cell Disease Provider Toolkit

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Provider Toolkit provides help to strengthen the infrastructure across care settings and support the needs of people with SCD. The toolkit includes:

    • How CMS program coverage can assist people with SCD
    • General information about SCD
    • Resources for individuals with SCD and those who support them
    • SCD treatments, pain management and wellness
    • Information for providers and community partners
    • CMS Action Plan

  • College Scholarships for Students with Disabilities

    Information from College Scholarships.org about college scholarships available to students with disabilities.

  • ComEd Financial Assistance Options

    ComEd offers assistance programs and its Smart Assistance Manager tool (SAM) to help you find the right options. ComEd programs include free energy-saving products, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), payment and budget billing arrangements, and more.

     

  • CommunicationFIRST

    CommunicationFIRST advocates to ensure everyone has the support they need to express themselves effectively and be heard. Organization members include people of all ages with over two dozen known and unknown expressive communication-related conditions, congenital and developmental disabilities, and conditions acquired later in life. CommunicationFIRST resources include:

    • “The Words We Use” style guide
    • Tips for online meetings with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users, by AAC users
    • The “See us. Hear us.” film series
    • The AAC Counts Project

  • Community Action Agencies

    Community Action Agencies work with local community organizations and non-profit partners to provide assistance to Illinois families with items including:

    • Rental Assistance
    • Food
    • Energy Utility Bill Assistance
    • Water/Sewer Payment
    • Employment Training/Placement
    • Financial Management
    • Temporary Shelter

    This link provides a local Community Action Agencies (CAAs) search tool that can help you find programs in your area.

  • Community Alternatives Unlimited

    Community Alternatives Unlimited (CAU) provides a wide range of services for people of all ages with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as programs to help economically challenged families with health and wellness during pregnancy and birth.

    CAU provides residents of the city of Chicago (north side), several northern suburbs and Lake County with services and programs that include:

    • Interview for Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services (PUNS)
    • Pre-Admission Screening (PAS) and determinations for eligibility for services
    • Individual services and supports
    • Connecting new mothers to appropriate medical care, eligible public benefits, support services and community resources
    • Information and referral regarding prenatal care, checkups and immunizations, breastfeeding, infant development, family planning and parenting

  • Community and Residential Services Authority (CRSA)

    The Community and Residential Services Authority (CRSA) is an interagency group that identifies and addresses barriers facing parents, families, professionals and providers trying to get needed services and programs for individuals with a behavior disorder or a severe emotional disturbance. CRSA’s free and confidential services include:

    • Helping agencies, schools and parents form working partnerships using a team approach
    • Addressing/resolving multiple agency disagreements about residential placement or funding of placement and services
    • Assisting local communities in developing and strengthening collaborative interagency networking on request

    You can also call CRSA to connect with a program coordinator who will listen and help you develop a plan of care at (877) 541-2772 or (217) 782-2438.