Saline County assistance programs

Free and discounted prescription drugs

The city of Salina and Saline County area residents have a new way to possibly save a little money on their prescription drugs. Effective immediately the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce is offering a new Salina Area Drug Discount Card. The card allows residents to access a free prescription assistance program that was recently launched to help uninsured and underinsured residents afford their prescription medications.

According to the Salina chamber, the prescription assistance program, which is free to all residents, provides savings of up to 75% on medicines and prescription drugs. While the maximum savings are 75%, the average savings are roughly 30%. The Salina Area Drug Card card is new being accepted at all local pharmacies and other medical establishments in Saline county. Medical billing advocates always highly recommend that people use these cards to save money.

One of the key benefits to the card is that Salina Area Drug Card is free, it has no restrictions to membership, including no income or age limitations, and Saline County residents are not even required to complete an application for the card.

The main goal of the Salina Area Drug Card is to help both uninsured and underinsured residents afford their prescription medications and provide them with relief during these difficult times. However, the program and card can also be used by people who have health insurance coverage with no prescription benefits, which is common in many high deductible health plans and also health savings accounts (HSA). Additionally people who do have prescription drug coverage can use this program for non-formulary or non-covered drugs. Find additional ways how to get medical bill help.

Housing and rent assistance

Salina has also received federal government funds so they can now offer families a housing grant. The city has received over $150,000 in homelessness prevention grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which is more widely known as the stimulus plan.

The program focuses on providing residents with rent help and other services that either assist people with obtaining housing or maintain housing, however unfortunately it is not a mortgage assistance program. Examples of housing assistance funded by the program are short- and medium-term rental assistance, utility and heating bill payments, credit repair, housing search and case management, and moving costs if someone does need to leave their current housing.