VA offers home loans to Active Duty Service members and Veterans. This also applies to National Guard and Reserve members.

Programs include:

• Adapted Housing Grants
• Cash Out Refinance Loans
• Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan (IRRRL)
• Native American Direct Loan (NADL) Program
• Purchase Loans

See their website: http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/ for more details.

Please call for more information.

Legal Aid Services of Collier County providing Housing Law assistance. They offer a wide range of services designed to assist eligible clients with housing legal issues.

Services include, but not limited:

• Defending unlawful eviction
• Foreclosure defense (including mortgages, HOA, reverse mortgage)
• Assisting Tenants on issues involving security deposits, shut-off of utilities, retention of personal property)
• Assisting tenants impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic
• Mobile home tenancy issues
• Unsafe and uninhabitable living conditions Housing discrimination, including accommodations for those with disabilities
• Senior housing issues (assisted living, nursing homes, eligibility and safety)
• Issues involving public housing, Section 8, Rural Development Housing, and other forms of subsidized housing

Please call or visit website for more information.

Legal Aid Services of Collier County provides Low-income Taxpayer Clinic. This programs helps low-income individuals in disputes with the IRS.

Services offered:

• Disallowance of Tax Credits, for example: Earned Income Tax, Child Tax and Additional Child Tax Credit
• Review / Examination / Audits
• Collection Issues including Lien and Levy
• Appeals
• Representation in Federal Tax Courts
• Assistance in Identity Theft Cases
• Preparation of Amended Returns to Resolve Controversy
• Innocent Spouse
• Injured Spouse
• Securing Installment Agreements, Offers in Compromises or Other Alternative Settlements
• Denial of Dependent Exemption or Filing Status Claimed
• Additional or Unreported Self Employment Income (1099 form)
• Refund Disputes
• ITIN (individual Taxpayer Identification Number) of Social Security Number Issues
• Educational Seminars

Please call or visit website for more information.

GoodDays provides financial support to patients who cannot afford medication. They also offer help with transportation and other travel costs. Please call or visit website for more information.

PPA helps people find programs to help pay for medications. More than 2500 brand name and generic drugs are covered. Many of them are free or low-cost. Finding out if you qualify is quick and easy. The call center accepts calls in about 150 languages. Please call for more information.

Toll Free: 1.888.477.2669

This group offers the Critical Financial Assistance Program. The program helps military families with grants and not loans. Help is also given in the form of grocery cards. The payments are made directly to service providers. There are eligibility criteria that must be met. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Usual Types of Assistance Are: