{"id":180643,"date":"2024-06-21T21:09:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T02:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=180643"},"modified":"2024-06-21T21:09:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T02:09:17","slug":"assistance-available-starting-july-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/06\/21\/assistance-available-starting-july-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistance available starting July 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County Department of Job and Family Services Department\/Ohio Means Jobs Van Wert County will be accepting applications for housing or utility assistance starting on Monday, July 1,&nbsp; through Friday, July 26, (or until funding runs out) for individuals aged 60 and older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Income-chart-e1718989834782.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180644\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Eligible individuals\/families will receive assistance (one-time payment) up to $500. The program is based on funding availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Applicants must be 60 or older (does not need to have a minor child in the home). The total household gross income cannot exceed 250 percent of the federal poverty guideline.<\/li><li>Must be a Van Wert County resident.<\/li><li>Must list the last 30 days worth of income (everyone over 18 in the household) or self-attestation form.<\/li><li>Social security cards for all household members.<\/li><li>Completed application packet.<\/li><li>Most recent copy of utility bills or a letter from a mortgage company\/landlord, whichever the applicant would like assistance with.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Application packets can be picked up or completed at the Ohio Means Jobs Office located at 120 E. Main St., Van Wert.&nbsp; Anyone with questions should call 419.623.4437.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information The Van Wert County Department of Job and Family Services Department\/Ohio Means Jobs Van Wert County will be accepting applications for housing or utility assistance starting on Monday, July 1,&nbsp; through Friday, July 26, (or until funding runs out) for individuals aged 60 and older. Eligible individuals\/families will receive assistance (one-time payment) up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 22:56:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180643"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180668,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180643\/revisions\/180668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}