Rent & Utility Assistance
Choose Your Financial Aid Form by County of Residence
We’ve moved to an online-only application process to:
• Reduce long wait times on the phone
• Make it easier and faster to request help
• Allow more people the opportunity to apply
We no longer take financial assistance requests by phone.
How the online application process works:
1. | Click the link below, fill out the form, and hit the green “submit” button. Please be sure to select the county you live in. |
2. | You’ll get an e-mail confirmation from us immediately. If you don’t get one, you may have entered the wrong e-mail address. Try again and resubmit. |
3. | Each Monday our team reviews all forms that were submitted the previous week. |
4. | If you are picked, we will call or text you on Monday or Tuesday. You’ll need to reply to the call/text within 12 hours. |
5. | If you do not get a call or text by Wednesday morning, it means we cannot help you that week. You can apply again the following week. |
Please note that filling out the form does not guarantee assistance.
Who can apply?
Low-income residents of the following Missouri counties:
| Andrew Atchison Bates Buchanan Caldwell Carroll Cass Clay Clinton Daviess DeKalb Gentry Grundy | Harrison Henry Holt Jackson Johnson (MO) Lafayette Livingston Mercer Nodaway Platte Ray St. Clair Worth |
Those who have not received financial assistance from us in the past 12 months.
Only one application per household.
Choose and fill out application based on the county where you reside.
If you live in one of these Missouri counties,
fill out application below.
| Bates Caldwell Cass Clay Clinton Henry | Jackson Johnson (MO) Lafayette Platte Ray St. Clair |
If you live in one of these Missouri counties,
fill out application below.
| Andrew Atchison Buchanan Carroll Daviess DeKalb Gentry | Grundy Harrison Holt Livingston Mercer Nodaway Worth |
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