Las Vegas and Clark County Assistance Programs

Social Services Department, Clark County
This assistance program provides a variety of assistance services and aid for needy residents of Clark County and Las Vegas. It helps those that are not assisted by other federal, state, or local government assistance programs. Social Services goal is to provide financial and medical assistance, child care assistance, protective services for seniors, regulation of child care facilities, help with rent and utility bills, and more.

Rental Assistance

You can receive rent help from a Clark County Social Service rental assistance program that offers $400 a month towards payments. The number Las Vegas and Clark County families using the rental assistance program increased from 23,400 during the six-month period from September 2007 to February 2008 to almost 36,000 during the same six months a year later. This is equal to a 54 percent increase in people needing help. Applicants to the rent assistance program can apply for the grants and checks up to three times a year. Call (702) 455-4270 to learn more, or if you do not qualify for this program, find additional rental assistance programs.

Emergency Food Pantry and Assistance

Lutheran Social Services Of Nevada provides food and other assistance to those in need. People of all religions and faiths can receive help. In addition, they also provide holiday food programs, seasonal items, and eve a school backpack program. The program also provides direct financial employment support, employment related transportation assistance, rental assistance, and utility bill assistance when funds are available. Dial 702-639--1730 to learn more.

Transportation, Rent and Utility Assistance

In addition to the food assistance above, Lutheran Social Services Of Nevada (phone number 702-639--1730) also provides help with rent, utility bills, and transportation when they have funds to do so. They will also provide counseling.

Mortgage and Foreclosure Programs

Las Vegas and Clark County have been hit hard by the housing crisis. However there are many different options and programs in place that people can turn to, that may be able to help. Nevada has instituted a new foreclosure mediation process, the federal government is providing aid, banks such as Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase have foreclosure prevention programs, and people can even learn how to delay a foreclosure.

In addition, borrowers in Las Vegas can also get free legal assistance to help them resolve a foreclosure issue that they may be facing. Learn more.

Also turn to Neighborhood Housing Services of Southern Nevada, Inc. if you need free foreclosure counseling, money for a down payment for a home, or access and information on other programs. This Las Vegas based group can be reached at (702) 649-0998.

Debt and foreclosure help

Another non-profit agency that can provide both foreclosure and debt help is Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Southern Nevada. They can help people deal with credit card and medical debt. On the other hand, if a Cook County homeowner is facing foreclosure, the counselors can guide borrowers through the process and offer them access to foreclosure prevention programs. Dial (702) 364-0344 for both mortgage or debt help, or click here to find credit card assistance programs.

Help with rent for veterans

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing about $1.5 million in funds that are to be used for rent help, and the vouchers are being provided through the HUD Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. The Clark County Housing Authority ((702) 451-1602) is set to receive the federal grants, which are to be used as rental assistance that was created under a supportive housing program for homeless veterans. The governments HUD-VASH rental assistance is a giant step in the right direction for helping our veterans and service members who need the aid.

Through the HUD-VASH, public housing authorities and other organizations all across the country provide permanent supportive housing and they employ dedicated VA case managers for an estimated 10,000 homeless veterans in the Las Vegas area. The Clark County Housing Authority is receiving $1,494,483 for the program as part of the total of $75 million in funds that are being awarded at this time through the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which is part of the Obama stimulus program.

Get Rent Help in Las Vegas

Las Vegas is benefiting from the federal stimulus program. The City of North Las Vegas has received almost $700,000 in federal government stimulus money to assist low and moderate income residents, the elderly, and people who have lost their jobs and who may be in danger of losing their home or being evicted. The funding is part of the government’s Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. This rent program gives help to Las Vegas residents whose homes are in foreclosure or facing foreclosure, and funding is available for people who are behind on their rent.

The housing program is meant to help families and individuals who have lost their jobs or can’t make their rent or mortgage payments. The money can be used for rent assistance, utility costs, moving costs, mortgage payments, or any expense that is related to the transition into a new home or that helps someone save their current home.

Those interested in learning more information can call the City of Las Vegas at 229-4273 or Help of Southern Nevada at 217-2445.

Clark County Salvation Army

This agency, which can be reached at (702) 870-4430 offers numerous programs and services to people who need help. Among other things, the Salvation Army offers direct emergency assistance and cash grants to individuals and families, including free clothing, utility bill and air conditioning assistance, food, employment cards, transportation and medical prescriptions. The Pathways program they run will assist those clients who are lacking resources to meet their needs for preventative and medical services, prescription drug medications, health concerns and physical exams.

Emergency Crisis Assistance

The Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada (CCSN) has many programs. They can help with a multitude of concerns that people may face in their daily lives. For example, access job finding services, rent help, access to food pantries. and referrals to other Nevada and government programs. Call the charity organization at (702) 385-2662 to apply for help.

HELP of Southern Nevada is another non-profit that helps thousands of people per year. They offer assistance that ranges from weatherization programs, to holiday gifts and meals, free food, and even the occasional assistance for paying energy bills. The agency can be contacted at (702) 369-4357. The do their best to better serve the poor, the homeless, unemployed and those in crisis who come to the agency as a place of last resort.

Free medical care in Las Vegas

If you can’t afford a doctor, or have no or limited health insurance, Community Outreach Medical Center ((702) 657-3873) is a clinic that can help. The primary goal of the clinic is to provide affordable or no cost medical care to people who need help. In addition, the medical professionals also strive to improve the lives of those patients in urban Las Vegas by offer them high quality, confidential medical care in a fashion that is seen in private practice settings.

Nevada Health Centers operates seventeen medical centers across Cook County and Vegas, two healthcare for the homeless centers, three Miles for Smiles buses and the Mammovan, and people who need aid can stop by for medical and dental care. Call (702) 887-1590 for an appointment.