Welfare

Tools

• 24-Hour Welfare Help Line - For Church leaders only

• Benefits.gov - Your path to government benefits

• SNAP benefits - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a monthly benefit to buy nutritious foods

Documents

• Chapter 6 of Handbook 2: Welfare Principles and Leadership

• J. Reuben Clark Law Society - Service at the Request of Church Leaders

Sites

• Church Topics: Welfare

• The Worcester Bishop's Storehouse

• The Billerica Community Pantry

• Health and Dental

  • Massachusetts Health Connector

  • Free Dental Care - Free dental clinics - New England

  • SMD-HELP - Hospital Equipment Loan Problem - to lend at no cost home-use health/hospital equipment to those in need

• Transportation

  • More Than Wheels

    • Brochure

  • Massachusetts Health and Human Services Transportation

    • MassMobility - build the capacity of the Massachusetts community transportation network

  • New Hampshire Transportation Assistance for Seniors & Disabled Adults

  • Most towns offer transportation for seniors, veterans, and the disabled through the Council on Aging

  • Some hotels and businesses offer transportation for their employees

  • Bedford Dash (website looks to be down on 11/11/18) - 781-275-DASH (3274) - shuttle service supplementing the BLT bus. M-F 11am-6pm. $2 adult for in-Bedford shuttle, $1 for Children/Seniors/Disabled/Veterans. Out of Bedford (Billerica, Burlington, and Lexington) prices double. DASH also services Concord on Mondays and Tuesdays.

• Housing

  • TANF - Temporary Cash Assistance for Needy Families: Massachusetts, New Hampshire

  • LowIncomeHousing - MA NH

  • Massachusetts

    • Community Preservation Act (CPA) - rental vouchers and other community housing assistance

      • Search by town

  • HED fuel site - Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) resource locator

  • VA help to avoid foreclosure

• Legal

  • Massachusetts - Pro Bono Program Listings, MassProBono, Justia

  • New Hampshire - Free Legal Services Programs, Pro Bono Program of the New Hampshire Bar Association, Justia

• Elders

  • Home Care Aide Council - enhancing quality of care throughout the home care industry

  • Homeowner Options for Massachusetts Elders - H.O.M.E. - National Leader In Elder Homeowner Protection

  • Minuteman Senior Services - helping older and disabled adults age with independence and dignity (coverage area)

  • Cooperative Elder Services - “a holistic approach to supporting the health of seniors and adults with medical or cognitive challenges.” It has centers in Burlington and Concord, both of which serve the Bedford community.

  • Seniors BlueBook - Resources for aging well. Boston has a specific page for it, but the hard copy for our area is the Boston Metro West version.

  • Visiting Angels - Living assistance services: America's choice in homecare

  • Councils on Aging: National Council on Aging

    • MA - Bedford, Billerica

    • NH

Other organizations

• Community Health Network Area - Our 12 partner communities include: Acton, Bedford, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Wilmington, Winchester, and Woburn

• Community Help - Health and everyday living programs

• Mission of Deeds - organization to provide basic home essentials to those in need, based in Reading MA

• Circles USA - engages the entire community to move to collaborative ownership of the solutions to poverty

• Homeless Shelter Directory - Find homeless shelters and service organizations

• Open Table - Transforming poverty through community

• HouseHold Goods - provides a full range of donated furniture and household items, fee of charge, to help people in need make a home

  • Also provides donation (goods & funds) and volunteer opportunities

• States and many towns have "Veterans' services"

  • MA - Bedford

  • NH

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