Provides emergency assistance, clothing assistance, rent assistance, holiday food assistance, and gifts to the poor. Yad Chessed Charity Fund helps needy people primarily in the Boston area. The Fund provides financial assistance in the form of grants, monthly food certificates, or loans. In the case of a grant, we do not give money directly to the individual, but instead will pay a bill on their behalf for such necessities as food, heat, rent, etc. .. (continue to details page for more info and costs)
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*Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program* On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,which ludes $1.5 billion for a Homelessness Prevention Fund. Funding for this program, called the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), is being distributed based on the formula used for the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) program. Grantees may provide rental assistance or services to eligible program participants who are residing or would like to reside outside their jurisdiction. They may also fund ubgrantees that serve persons outside of the jurisdiction, subgrantees that are located outside of the jurisdiction, and subgrantees that serve multiple jurisdictions. A grantee may establish more stringent requirements, such as requiring that HPRP funds be spent within the jurisdiction or establishing a residency requirement,but HUD is not setting these requirements. Counties served:Middlesex County .. (continue to details page for more info and costs)
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