Financial assistance provides essential support to individuals and families facing economic challenges. It includes aid for housing, food, surviving spouses, and more, helping recipients achieve stability and self-sufficiency.
Whether you are a renter, plan to buy a home or need housing assistance due to a disability, this guide can help you identify what type of mortgage help you may be able to receive.
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Learning the necessary skills to keep your finances intact after your military service can help ease you into civilian life.
El Paso Helps is a collaborative effort among several organizations that support families in crisis and promote community stability. Led by the City of El Paso Department of Community + Human Development and with support from The United Way of El Paso, the Opportunity Center for the Homeless, Amistad, Emergence Health Network (EHN), and Cisco, we ensure immediate access to vital services for families and individuals experiencing uncertainties such as housing insecurities, homelessness, food insecurities, and other basic needs.
Access to mental health services is crucial for veterans to recover from combat experiences and address service-related mental health issues. Amistad is committed to providing free services to all veterans, regardless of their service period or discharge status. These services include individual, couples, and family counseling, psychoeducational groups on topics like PTSD, depression, anxiety, anger management, substance use, and peer support counseling. Dependents and surviving spouses are also eligible for these services.
(915) 298-1194
3210 Dyer St. El Paso, TX 79930
Advocate for and provide superior service to Veterans, their families, and surviving spouses by submitting claims for earned benefits; increase community awareness and presence to gain access to every Veteran eligible for entitlements and services.
4641 Cohen Ave. Suite D El Paso, Texas 79924
(915) 273-3454
The Hope Fund for Critical Financial Assistance provides financial relief to all eras of military and Veteran caregivers through a grant that aims to put you and your family on the path to financial wellness. These grants aim to provide high-impact financial assistance to prevent or address a significant crisis or to improve the quality of life of the caregiver family. These grants fill the gaps that other programs may not cover.
As the spouse or dependent child of a Veteran or service member, you may qualify for certain benefits, including health care, life insurance, or money for school. As the survivor of a Veteran or service member, you may qualify for added benefits, including help with burial costs and survivor compensation.
Adults and Youth United Development Association, Inc. (A.Y.U.D.A Inc.) is a bilingual, grassroots, non-profit corporation founded in 1992 for the purpose of advancing and bettering the quality of life of El Paso County’s low-income individuals and families. We accomplish this by advocating for self-sufficiency and positive change through the building of stronger, healthier, civically-engaged communities; and providing direct services that are designed to eliminate the many obstacles to safe drinking water, affordable and decent housing, a quality education, a clean environment, and good health and nutrition.
3627 Durazno Ave. El Paso, TX
(915) 851-0272
A VA Survivors Pension offers monthly payments to qualified surviving spouses and unmarried dependent children of wartime Veterans who meet certain income and net worth limits set by Congress. Find out if you qualify and how to apply.
Financial assistance for qualifying Veterans in need of assistance for short-term emergency housing for
(915) 603-5460
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Provide elderly, financial, disability, health, and safety services to those in need by offering medical care, food, dignified care in a nursing home or assisted living facility or finding an available resource to provide
1-877-847-8377
Reynolds Home provides temporary emergency shelter for women and children, with a focus on helping families transition into permanent housing. Their approach centers on financial stability, family cohesion, and wellness. Women are guided to secure income, find full-time jobs, manage their budgets, and access community resources and counseling. They also ensure their children receive preventive healthcare. Even after families transition to their own homes, the staff offers continued support, especially during the first year, to prevent a return to homelessness.
(915) 274-2598
8023 San Jose Mission Valley El Paso, TX 79915
Our unique mission addresses food insecurity with Veterans who are primarily 59 years and younger, or those who have been placed on a meal provider’s wait list due to lack of federal funding. With generous support of the Texas Veterans Commission, foundations, and individual contributors, we arrange for and fund meals that are delivered to the Veteran’s location. For student Veterans, meals are discreetly provided by their college or university or shipped to their place of residence.
1-800-676-1389