Assistance programs Dubois and Pike County
Get financial help, free items, and social services in the greater Pike County and Dubois region. Church, charity, or government organizations assist low-income families. Find money to help pay rent, utility bill grants, free food from pantries, or general social services. Locate financial help near you in Dubois and Pike County.
There are also free seasonal programs in the region, including school supplies, Christmas girts and holiday meal boxes. Or get debt relief as well as long term job training along with free gas vouchers or even a ride to get to work.
Assistance programs from TRI-CAP
The leading place to call for help in the area is TRI-CAP, which is the local community action agency of Pike and Dubois Counties. A sampling of the services and assistance programs offered to the low income and needy are below. Also get information on some other agencies in the area. All of the resources below are offered by the TRI-CAP community action agency.
- Energy Bill Assistance - This program provides cash grants and financial assistance to low to moderate income households and families. There is also utility help for seniors or the disabled. The program will help them maintain utility and heating services. The state wide energy and heating assistance program is administered by Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA), and it is available across the state. Find more details on energy bill help in Indiana.
- Emergency hardship funds and crisis assistance for paying bills - The community action agency can help with providing medicine, housing and rental assistance, as well as utility and security deposits. There is also free food, counseling, and help for other financial needs.
- TRI-CAP long term support - There are numerous conditions, including clients will need to agree and receive one-on-one debt, budgeting and credit counseling assistance. They need to do this as applicants need to become self- sufficient over the long term, with employment, work, and budgeting. Sometimes people may be referred to other local non-profit agencies, including for a ride for free to work.
- Head Start - This is run by the community action agency. The head start program is a comprehensive child development program which serves children and their families, if they have a child up to age 5. Individualized services provided by Head Start in the areas of early childhood education and development; medical care, dental and mental health, free food, groceries, health care, nutrition and parent involvement.
- Medical Care from Healthy Families - This service is a home visitation program that was originally designed to promote healthy children and families as well as seniors in Pike and Dubois County. The non-profit will help people through a variety of health care and medical services including child development, access to free or low cost health care and parent education, among other resources.
- Free Credit and Budget Counseling - Anyone in Pike or Dubois can get free access to these services. A certified credit counselor will meet with each client on a one-on-one basis to review their financial situation. Together, the credit counselor and client will work together to create short and long term goals to reduce the amount of debt (whether credit card or medical) the client has and together they will create a realistic plan to develop savings and assets for the client. They can even help the individual improve their credit score. Learn more on settlement of debt.
- Winter Heating bill assistance- Tri-Cap - They run a program designed to assist the low income, elderly, or families with paying for the the high cost of home energy through partial payment of utility or fuel bills. This can help pay propane, provide free heat oil or firewood too.
- New homebuyer pre-purchase education courses - A free class can help a first time homebuyer for the home buying process. The free course offered to all interest parties covers such topics as selecting a mortgage, selecting a home, how to keep current on your home loan payments, key documents in the home buying process, and post-purchase education.
- Weatherization Program - Certain poverty level will need to be met in order to get help from this free government run program, with free home repairs for senior citizens on social security. The primary goal of free weatherization is to help clients save money on their monthly utility payments. The federal government funded weatherization program is funded by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority as well as the federal government.
- Foreclosure prevention and mortgage default services - Work one on one with a HUD approved housing counselor for home loan delinquency prevention and foreclosure prevention. The TRI-CAP community action agency is also a member of the Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network. All mortgage and foreclosure assistance programs are free of cost to the client and the counseling is provided by a state of Indiana as well as federal government HUD certified foreclosure prevention specialist. Learn more on HUD approved agencies near you.
TRI-CAP has offices around the area, but are headquartered in Jasper Indiana. Call them at (812) 482-2233 to apply for help or learn more. The address is 607 Third Ave #2X, Jasper, IN 47546
Emergency food, financial help for bills, rent assistance and other help
Salvation Army of both Gibson and Pike Indiana may be able to provide temporary cash grants and emergency financial assistance. The money or loans from the Christian, faith based church charity group can help individuals and families pay for their rent, either first month's or past due, or other housing expenses, such as electric or energy bills. The grants will not provide assistance with paying water bills, telephone or cable bills.
- Other needs can also be met by the Salvation Army. They offer everything from free food to clothes, Christmas toys, school supplies, and also substance abuse help. Or get gas vouchers for a car or ride to work. There are funds for rental assistance, and tenants need to have an eviction notice or thirty days past due. The address is 202 S Gibson St, Princeton, IN 47670. Call (812) 386-6577 for a list of services, or find more details on the Dubious and Pike County Salvation Army.
Dubois County Food Pantry - The free local food bank provides a variety of resources including canned goods, toiletries, vegetables, bread and frozen items. Order consists of approximately a 3 day supply of food. Clients may use the pantry once every 60 days in order to help them meet their nutritional needs. Call (812) 482-9009. The location is 1404 S Meridian Rd, Jasper, IN 47546
- Other food centers operate too. There are soup kitchens, Meals on Wheels for the homebound in Poke and Dubois County as well as other resources. Click here to locate other food pantries and soup kitchens Indiana.
Free furniture, school items and clothing assistance - Families across southwestern Indiana can receive support from free or low cost clothing closets, furniture banks and thrift stores. A number of resources are available from the non-profit and charity centers. Get a free couch, clothes for work or the winter, free backpacks or school supplies and other stuff, including basic needs or birth toys for children. Click here for free clothes, furniture and school supplies SW Indiana.
St. Vincent de Paul Store sells bargain items, with occasional free items or vouchers given out. Get clothes, furniture, medical equipment and more from 1320 Third Ave, Jasper, IN 47546. On occasion, SVDP has limited emergency help with bills. Call (812) 482-3601, or look here for thrift stores from St. Vincent.
Martin's Cloak Clothing and Food Pantry - Another local charity that helps low-income families and people with no money. The food bank that provides families with access to both a clothing center and food pantry to individuals who can not afford to purchase them on their own.
Affordable or free health and dental care is available. Huntingburg Clinic is currently open to all qualified patients for medical and dental care. Health care is offered on a sliding fee scale; however, all clients are served regardless of ability to pay and no one is turned away from the facility. Get eye exams, OBGYN, cancer screening and basic dental services. The location is 407 E 22nd St, Huntingburg, IN 47542. Call (812) 683-3612.
Volunteer, free lawyers help low-income families. There is Housing Counseling, which offer mortgage relief and free credit counseling services including mortgage default or loss mitigation counseling. There is also debt reduction, information on stopping evictions and help dealing with legal issues. Also work with a credit or counselor or lawyer for preparatory counseling, which is another free service that is offered to those clients who have credit or debt problems, deficiencies and/or excessive credit card or medical debts Call (219) 881-6157.
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