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Provides county burial assistance for residents who do not have the resources to pay for final expenses. The program helps cover the cost of cremation, burial, or interment when there are no other funds or responsible parties available.

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. Families can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. The types of assistance the program may help with are for rent assistance, rent deposit, electric, gas, heating fuel, water, burial assistance, or other emergency need based on available funding.

Provide assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through county, state, and federal programs. Benefits include: - Alcohol and drug dependency treatment - Death and burial benefits - Dental and optical vouchers for both qualified veterans and their spouses - Discharge review - Education and training - GI Bill education training - GI life insurance - Home loan guaranteed by the USDVA - Outpatient medical care - Medical assistance in veterans hospitals and grants for non-veteran hospitals - Non-service related disability pension - Service related disability compensation - Survivors and dependents education - Vocational rehabilitation for the disabled

Provide for the immediate disposition or direct cremation of a deceased resident of Lake County who is otherwise unable to pay the cost of disposition of their remains.

Programs geared toward helping Cambodian elders and other southeast Asians in the following areas: - Applying for public benefits - English instruction - Citizenship classes, INS interviews and immigration assistance - Healthy eating promotion which reconnects participants with the eating habits of their home countries through nutrition education, development of community gardens, and meals served three days a week from a local restaurant. Serves elders from the Cambodian, Chinese, and Karen communities. - Physical activities and active living - Cultural and traditional ceremonies - Health education - Medicare application - Housing assistance - Funeral assistance - Recreational activities - Group shopping and medical appointment transportation - Translation

Financial assistance for funeral expenses

Provides assistance and support to veterans?and their dependents in obtaining benefits through state and federal programs including: - Burial benefits - Compensation - Crisis assistance - Education and training - Home loans - Homelessness prevention and intervention - Life insurance - Military pension - Survivor benefits - Vocational rehabilitation

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. Families can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. The types of assistance the program may help with are for rent assistance, rent deposit, electric, gas, heating fuel, water, burial assistance, or other emergency need based on available funding.

Provide assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through county, state, and federal programs. Benefits include: - Death and burial benefits - Dental and optical vouchers for both qualified veterans and their spouses - Discharge review - Education and training - GI Bill education training - GI life insurance - Home loan guaranteed by the USDVA - Outpatient medical care - Medical assistance in veterans hospitals and grants for non-veteran hospitals - Non-service related disability pension - Service related disability compensation - Survivors and dependents education - Transportation to and from the Minneapolis VA Hospital (non-emergency only) on odd number days, Monday through Friday. - Vocational rehabilitation for the disabled

Cremation/Burial Assistance is available for Wright County residents who die without assets and do not have family members who are able to pay for cremation/burial expenses. This program does not help subsidize a planned funeral or defray costs from a funeral. If the application is approved, the county will pay for a basic cremation service or burial service if the deceased was opposed to a cremation. The funeral home chosen can answer questions on their procedures for county paid cremations/burials.

Counsels, advises, and assists veterans and/or their dependents in securing and maximizing federal and state benefits and assistance programs

Advise and assist all county veterans and their dependents with state and federal benefits including: - Chemical dependency treatment - Death and burial benefits ?- Dental and optical assistance via the MN Department of Veterans Affairs - Discharge review and upgrade assistance - Emergency Financial assistance upon approval of the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs - GI Bill education and training, on-the-job training - GI life insurance - Home loan guaranteed by the USDVA - Non-service-connected disability pension - Outpatient medical care - Service connected disability compensation - Survivors and dependents education assistance - Vocational rehabilitation for service connected veterans

Advises and assists all veterans and their dependents with all state and federal veterans benefits including: - Alcohol dependency treatment - Burial benefits - Death benefits - Dental treatment - Disability insurance - Discharge reviews - Domiciliary care - Drug dependency treatment - Education and training - Financial assistance - GI Bill educational training - GI Life Insurance - Home loan guaranteed by the USDVA - Non-service connected disability pension - Outpatient medical care - Service-connected disability compensation - Survivors and dependents education - Vocational rehabilitation for disabled

- Financial assistance for authorized services by funeral home/cemetery up to county guidelines - Payment is made directly to funeral home

Helps families of deceased individuals who are unable to afford the cost of burial /cremation expenses.

- The Burial/Funeral Assistance program will pay up to the county maximum payment of $3,000 directly to funeral providers depending on services needed and available funding. The cost of burial/cremation services must not exceed $5,000. - Financial assistance includes burial space, opening and closing of grave, professional services, casket/urn, vault, and cremation (if selected). Assistance does not cover any other expenses such as obituaries, markers, or flowers.

Provides financial support for individuals who pass away without sufficient means to cover the costs of their funeral or final disposition.

Financial assistance for funeral expenses

Provide assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through county, state, and federal programs. Benefits include: - Death and burial benefits - Dental and optical vouchers for both qualified veterans and their spouses - Discharge review - Education and training - GI Bill education training - GI life insurance - Home loan guaranteed by the USDVA - Outpatient medical care - Medical assistance in veterans hospitals and grants for non-veteran hospitals - Non-service related disability pension - Service related disability compensation - Survivors and dependents education - Transportation to and from the Minneapolis VA Hospital (non-emergency only) if no other transportation is available - Vocational rehabilitation for the disabled

Financial assistance for funeral expenses

Provides financial assistance to help with expenses for the cremation of a decedent's remains, burial or interment, or funeral service

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. Families can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. Emergency assistance provides short-term, one-time assistance for households in a financial crisis because of fire, flood, storm, illness, accident, theft, utility shut-off, eviction, foreclosure, moving expense, necessary home repairs, or need for furniture or appliance replacement or repair. Assistance may also be available to households who are unable to pay for the cost of a funeral or burial expense.

Provide assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through county, state, and federal programs. Benefits include: - Death and burial benefits - Dental and optical vouchers for both qualified veterans and their spouses - Discharge review - Education and training - GI Bill education training - GI life insurance - Home loan guaranteed by the USDVA - Outpatient medical care - Medical assistance in veterans hospitals and grants for non-veteran hospitals - Non-service related disability pension - Service related disability compensation - Survivors and dependents education - Transportation to VA Medical Center - Vocational rehabilitation for the disabled

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. Families can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. The types of assistance the program may help with are for rent assistance, rent deposit, electric, gas, heating fuel, water, burial assistance, or other emergency need based on available funding.

Financial assistance for funeral/burial expenses. Eligible residents must inform the funeral home that they are applying with the County burial assistance program. If approved, the County must make arrangements at a negotiated rate.