There are many programs that can help with rent, utilities, food, and medical care.
People That Care of Wetumpka Alabama provides services to the low income in the community, including access to a clothes closet, free food pantry, prescription medicine, and limited financial assistance and cash grants for paying utilities. If you are eligible for the aid programs, the utility program will pay the last $50.00 of your water, power, cooling, electric, or gas bill. There is help available to make a difficult situation better and to assist someone in dealing with an emergency, instead of just postponing it.
The Elmore-Autauga Community Action Committee provides many different types of assistance and resources. This community action agency provides services to low-income and elderly residents of Autauga and Elmore counties in Alabama, including the following:
The following services are available to those in need: emergency assistance with energy bills, gas bill payment assistance, and a food pantry. The other programs offered by the non-profit organization include assistance with weatherization, loans, housing counseling, and referrals to other rent programs. To reach someone by phone, dial (334) 567-4745.
Elmore County Food Pantry provides food boxes to households in need. Each household is eligible to receive one food box. To apply, please call (334) 567-3232.
The First Baptist Church has a section where food and clothing are given away for free. Elmore County residents can call 334-263-6369 for help. If you need food, clothes, or other resources, there are places you can go to get them for free.
The Salvation Army provides social services in the form of short-term and long-term programs. Some assistance, like financial help for electric bills or rent, is limited, but there may be Christmas gifts, hot meals, shelter, and other help available for Wetumpka families and others in the area. Salvation Army is a religious organization that provides help and assistance to those in need. They offer a variety of services such as food and clothing assistance, financial assistance, and disaster relief. Salvation Army also offers spiritual guidance and counseling.
Debt assistance as well as foreclosure counseling
This agency provides services to promote home ownership and financial literacy through individual housing and debt counseling and group educational programs. The agency provides services such as budget and debt counseling, pre-file bankruptcy counseling, reverse mortgage counseling, credit counseling, debt management programs, foreclosure counseling and prevention, new home buyer counseling, credit reports, and credit report reviews. If you want to find other Alabama HUD agencies, you can call (334) 265-8545.
Community clinics
The Elmore County Health Department provides free or low-cost healthcare to residents, regardless of their ability to pay medical bills. The following health care services are offered: family planning counseling and contraceptives; STD, TB, and HIV testing; immunizations; cancer and disease detection; WIC (Women, Infants and Children) food program; physical and speech therapy; home health care-nursing service; nurse’s aide; environmental/restaurant inspections; well and sewage disposal systems inspections; school cafeteria inspections and food; vital statistics birth and death certificates and information on government health care programs. The phone number is 334-567-1171.