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Organizations Providing 9/11 Specific Assistance | Office of Financial Empowerment |
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| What Is Provided: | Financial education and debt/credit information to help New Yorkers get, save, protect and manage their money |
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| For Whom: | New Yorkers with low incomes |
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| Contact: | Call 311 or visit nyc.gov/ofe |
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Organizations Providing General Financial Assistance | Con Edison Energy Share Program |
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| What Is Provided: | One-time grants up to $200 to help pay monthly electricity bills |
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| For Whom: | Con Edison customers who are HEAP eligible and facing disconnection; program begins February 1, 2011 |
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| Contact: | Call (877) 480-7427 or visit www.heartshare.org/programs/energy-assistance/ |
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| Other Languages: | Spanish |
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| Con Edison Medical Emergency Program |
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| What Is Provided: | Up to 30 days of additional time to pay a gas or electric bill |
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| For Whom: | Patients facing a medical emergency. |
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| Contact: | Call (800) 752-6633 |
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| Job Centers |
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| What Is Provided: | On-site access to job search and placement services, childcare information, vocational, educational and training services, as well as referrals for Medicaid, food stamp and other emergency assistance benefits (such as help with rent) |
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| For Whom: | Able-bodied New Yorkers who need public assistance |
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| Contact: | Call 311, HRA Hotline at (877) 472-8411 or visit www.nyc.gov |
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| National Grid Medical Emergency Program |
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| What Is Provided: | Up to 30 days of additional time to pay a phone, gas, electric, or water bill |
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| For Whom: | Long Island residents facing a medical emergency |
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| Contact: | Call (800) 266-1923 or visit www.nationalgrid.com |
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| National Grid Neighborhood Heating Fund |
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| What Is Provided: | Once-a-year grants up to $200 to help pay heating bills |
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| For Whom: | National Grid customers in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island who are HEAP eligible |
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| Contact: | Call (718) 422-4207 |
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