Job Loss Help

Unemployment or SSI SSDI

Health Care

Food & Food Stamps

Rent Assistance

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) & Weatherization program

Internet

Transportation

Tools taining and more

Non-Govt Help

More Govt Benefits

With all the job loss and changes going on I thought it would be good to create a page that can help people when this happens. I have been fired once and had to quit a job in the middle of COVID without a job lined up and had to use some of these resources. This will also cover govt benefits etc... I have a page about free and money saving things as well as healthcare and food page

Unemployment or SSI SSDI

This looks like the main page for the site https://workforce.iowa.gov/unemployment The 1st thing after you get fired or no longer have your job apply here so you can at least see if you can get some money for some of the time.

If you can not return to work then you can look at SSI or SSDI for long trem income options based on this link it looks like the mim SS income is $886 a month https://www.ncoa.org/article/ssi-vs-ssdi-what-are-these-benefits-how-they-differ

Health Care

Since Healthcare is tied into the job market for the most part. Go on to https://www.healthcare.gov/ and sign up there this is a central clearing house for a lot of things I know when COVID was big in the early 2020's you could get on Medicaid fairly easy I was on it for most of 2021. But you start at the above website then it kicks it over to the state.

Food & Food Stamps

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) is administered by the USDA to provide nutrition assistance to low-income individuals and families I have more info on Free food and other stuff here

https://www.hacap.org/findfood

More info about food and health care my page on it Here is more info on how to pre for it

https://www.reddit.com/r/povertykitchen/comments/1fs4oy9/what_foods_should_i_get_before_i_lose_my_job/

Rent Assistance

Its better to help someone stay housed then have them be evicted and have to start over Here are some links with more info https://www.waypointservices.org/what-we-do/housing-homeless-services Homeless Diversion/Eviction Prevention is something that they work on WayPoint is the main hub in Cedar Rapids

You can call them up but this looks like their main clearing house https://iowahousinghelp.com/

Are you experiencing homelessness or housing instability? Contact our Housing Services team at 319-366-7999 https://www.iowalegalaid.org/resource/eviction-diversion-help-desks

The Housing Services Office serves as the recognized public housing authority (PHA) for the Cedar Rapids/Marion area, Linn and Benton counties. getting on section 8 Link

on that program Your rent is based on 30% of your income. No income =$0 rent. $750 a month= $250

So the above are the real big core ones food housing healthcare some money etc I am going to put some more info below

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) & Weatherization program

This program can help keep the lights and the heat on they can also help keep your services from being cut off and keep your bill cut lower https://www.hacap.org/energy I have a low income page that covers Weatherization programs

Internet

lifeline and acp program if your provider is in this program then you can get your cost cut for either cellphone service or home internet You can look you providers https://affordableconnectivity.gov/ if its still around but a lot of the big providers still have discount plans for low income.