Housing

Mission Arlington emergency assistance supports families in crisis. Their service operation stays open six days each week, in order to be here when people need help. This is especially important for families with working adults. Crises in people’s lives happen all times of day and night, and they are here to help. Childcare is provided for parents when they are on campus receiving assistance.

Food and Clothing:

• Groceries: We supply individuals and families with short-term supplies of groceries designed to last for several days, based on family size.

• Clothing: Provides clothes and shoes for children, youth, and adults

Financial Assistance:

• Rent: Assists with partial rent payments in order to help families through a crisis, and/or to prevent a family from losing the stability that a home provides.

• Utilities: We work with utility companies to provide partial payments to help keep a family’s utilities (electricity, water, gas, etc.) on, so that they will be able to stay in the home.

• Prescriptions: We partner with our medical clinic to provide medications for people free of charge, and on a limited basis we help to pay a portion of a prescription cost to help a family obtain the medicine they need.

• Gas Vouchers: We also help with gas vouchers to assist someone with transportation to and from a job interview.

Home Items:

• Baby Items

• Bicycles

• Computers

• Household Items: Items such as blankets, dishes, pictures, silverware and all other sorts of items are provided to help people in crisis.

• Identification: provide support to people with different kinds of identification needs such as, driver’s licenses, identification cards, and birth certificates.

• Medical Equipment: We loan walkers, wheelchairs, cains, and other types of medical equipment needs

• Personal Needs: Personal hygiene items (soap, toothpaste, shampoo, razors, diapers, baby formula)

Every service provided here is free of charge. We do not charge people to receive the help that they need.

Please contact Mission Arlington at 817-277-6620 for services.

Texas Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program gives cash aid and services to eligible needy families and is designed to help needy families achieve self-sufficiency. Families that apply and qualify for ongoing assistance receive money each month to help pay for housing, food and other necessary expenses. The amount of a family's monthly assistance payment depends on a number of factors, including the number of people who are eligible and the special needs of any of those family members. The income of the family is considered in calculating the amount of cash aid the family receives.

TANF is for families with children age 18 and younger. Families who can get this help have little to no money or don’t have a way to get money. A family can be: parents and their children, or relatives caring for related children.

Qualifications:

•The amount of money the family has.

•The value of things the family is paying for or owns.

•The amount the family pays for child care and child support.

If a child’s parent/guardian gets TANF, the parent or relative must agree to:

•Train for a job or look for work.

•Follow child support rules.

•Not quit a job.

•Not abuse alcohol or drugs.

•Take parenting skills classes.

•Get vaccines for their child.

•Make sure their child is going to school.

How to Apply:

•Apply online. Click on the "Apply" tab and click "Apply Now." Log in or create an account.

•You can print the form, fill it out by hand and mail us a signed and dated copy of the form.

•Call 2-1-1 or 1-877-541-7905

Pre-Screening Eligibility Tool:

The Your Texas Benefits Pre-Eligibility Tool can be used to determine if you may be eligible to receive benefits, support services, or both. This form will first ask you to pick the types of benefits and support services you want to know about. It will then ask you about the person or people who need benefits or services. You will need to give some personal facts about each person. Depending on answers you give in the form, you will see what you might be able to get - benefits, support services, or both.

You can find the pre-eligibility screening at https://yourtexasbenefits.com/Screener/WhatToExpect.

The City of Fort Worth Neighborhood Services Department is accepting applications for several programs designed to assist residents with housing and other household expenses resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak.

Qualifications:

•This assistance is for individuals or households who are experiencing a financial crisis due to the COVID-19 event.

•You must be a legal resident of the USA to receive this assistance.

•You must be a resident of Fort Worth.

•To apply, you will need to upload documents. Please review eligibility requirements and a documents checklist to ensure you have what you need.

•If you are applying for rent assistance, please have your landlord complete this form.

More information can be found at http://fortworthtexas.gov/neighborhoods/covid-19-relief-funds/.

CAP of Fort Worth provides financial assistance to low-income residents of Tarrant County. Residents are assisted with utility bills throughout the year.

Services:

• Help paying for electric, gas and propane.

Depending upon the number of requests, funding for some programs may be limited or unavailable.

Residents may apply online or download an application from our website to mail in. Applications are also available at any CAP location.

Please call to schedule an appointment if you would like to apply at one of our locations.

Call 817-392-5790 to schedule an appointment or apply online at http://fortworthtexas.gov/cap/apply/.

Services Available:

One month rent/mortgage/utility payment

Food bag for 3 days.

Call 214-424-7050 for more information on how to apply.

The Housing Choice Voucher program is the federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market.

Since housing assistance is provided on behalf of the family or individual, participants are able to find their own housing, including single-family homes, townhouses and apartments.The participant is free to choose any housing that meets the requirements of the program and is not limited to units located in subsidized housing projects. Housing choice vouchers are administered locally by public housing agencies (PHAs).

A family that is issued a housing voucher is responsible for finding a suitable housing unit of the family's choice where the owner agrees to rent under the program. This unit may include the family's present residence. Rental units must meet minimum standards of health and safety, as determined by the PHA. A housing subsidy is paid to the landlord directly by the PHA on behalf of the participating family. The family then pays the difference between the actual rent charged by the landlord and the amount subsidized by the program. Under certain circumstances, if authorized by the PHA, a family may use its voucher to purchase a modest home.

If you are interested in applying for the Housing Choice Vouchers program, please contact Fort Worth Housing Solutions at 817-333-3400 or apply online at https://www.fwhs.org/how-to-apply/#HCV.