Seniors
The government office visited by seniors for assistance with Supplemental Security Income application assistance, Medicare, disability benefits, and tax preparation
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What is the Social Security office?
An organization that can help immigrants answer questions about citizenship status or visa authorization
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What is a legal clinic? (Could be low-income or immigration -specific)
Organizations such as clinics and hospitals that may be able to refer clients to you who otherwise might not make the trip into town often
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What are healthcare institutions?
The statewide governmental organization that provides many services to veterans including for employment, VA claims benefits counseling, healthcare, and mental health.
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What is the Texas Veterans Commission?
This kind of housing is often low-barrier to entry, first come, first serve, and length of stay is often only 12 hours or 24 hours.
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What is an emergency shelter?
A nonprofit organization that brings food to homes of seniors and people with disabilities, and that screens potential participants by income eligibility and background check
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What is Meals on Wheels?
An institution like a church or mosque, which may be a trusted place to connect with immigrants and partner to cross-train about services
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What is a faith-based institution?
The leadership body of county government. It may act as a channel of information to rural residents as well as a source of funding for a rural pantry or distribution in which to meet rural residents.
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What is commissioner's court?
A federal organization with many programs for veterans including outpatient and inpatient hospitals, transportation to appointments, programs for veterans experiencing homelessness, programs for veterans exiting prison, and monetary benefits.
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What is the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)?
This kind of program opens up more shelter beds by moving people quickly into more permanent dwellings.
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What is rapid re-housing?
A hub organization that is connected to many senior-serving organizations in the area and that may have a reduced-rate or free senior transportation program
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What is the Area Agency on Aging?
Grassroots community health workers, usually women, in predominantly Latino immigrant neighborhoods. They spread the word about resources and important news, and can serve as advocates, leaders, and representatives of the community to the outside.
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Who are promotoras?
Establishments where rural residents buy food, one of the priority locations rural residents may make the trip to visit in town. Statewide earned over $5.6 billion in SNAP revenues in 2017.
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What are grocery stores?
An organization serving veterans with disabilities that advocates for veterans inside the VA and in the political system, and connects veterans with services including employment help. Has three offices and sixty chapters statewide.
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What is Disabled American Veterans?
This kind of program is generally for those with a greater need for services, such as substance abuse interventions or have chronic illnesses.
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What is permanent supportive housing?
An organization that provides daytime social activities for seniors as well as possibly medical care, perhaps focusing on a particular medical need such as Alzheimer’s support
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What are adult day care centers?
Initiatives led by community members or organizers focusing on community improvement, affordable housing, legislative advocacy, and/or "Know Your Rights" trainings on detentions, for example.
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What are:
Grassroots networks/organizations
Community Development Corporations
Public entities that may have the following personnel who can refer likely-eligible rural residents to you:
- Counselor and/or Social worker
- Free & Reduced Lunch screening staff
- Health Advisory Council
- Head Start
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What are schools / districts?
The federally-funded program that provides support and case management to veterans exiting prison, beginning about six months to a year before they are released and ending about six months after, in partnership with the Texas Department of Corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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What is the Health Care for Re-entry of Veterans program?
This type of program can help people experiencing homelessness become more self-sufficient by learning life skills, and may place them in a group home or housing community.
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What is transitional housing?
Group dining especially for lunch and for seniors. Often provided by Meals on Wheels or by a public government like the county
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What are congregate meals?
An area such as a school, church, or busy/populated location like WIC office or Boys and Girls Club, where immigrants are less likely to feel fear of raids by detention/deportation authorities.
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What are safe spaces?
Public entities funded through TxDOT whose responsibility is regional transportation planning and who operate a combination of on-demand and fixed-routes transportation covering almost all rural counties.
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What are Rural Transit Districts (RTDs)?
A non-profit organization whose services vary by city but that provides services to veterans such as employment case management, and supportive housing and shelter for those experiencing homelessness.
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What is Volunteers of America?
Shelter and transitional housing programs for people with needs such as those escaping domestic violence or people with severe mental illnesses.
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What is are safe haven programs?