Ninth District Opportunity, Inc.
Brenda Dalin, program director, Ninth District Opportunity Inc., announces home heating and water help for the elderly and medically homebound for Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White counties.
Households in which every member is 65 or older, or is medically homebound due to health reasons may apply for assistance with their heating and water bills beginning Nov. 1. One-time payments will be made by check issued to the home heating and water suppliers up to $500 each. Eligibility for the programs are based on the income of all household members.
When applying for assistance, persons will present verification of age for everyone in the home, verification of all household income received in the past 30 days, verification of Social Security numbers for everyone in the home, verification of citizenship and the most recent heating source and electric bill and water bill. Applicants are urged to bring all documentation.
All eligible applicants are asked to contact Ninth District Opportunity’s scheduling system beginning Nov. 1 by telephone at (855) 636-3108 or by going online to www.ndo.org/eap.
Phone lines and website for website for scheduling will not be active until the opening date of the program and no appointments will be made by telephone or online until this time. No walk-ins, please. Additional information will be made available at www.ndo.org.
Only households 65 years of age and older or medically homebound my apply beginning Nov. 1. Applications not meeting the required criteria will be denied. The general public may apply Dec. 1.
Ninth District Opportunity Inc, is an equal-opportunity agency while providing services without regard to age, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, national origin or any other classification or category.