The medical crisis needs to either be a recent occurrence that has prevented the client from working so that the client needs rental/utility assistance immediately, or an explanation from the case manager regarding how the client has met rent/utility obligations up to this point (personal savings, family support, etc.).

Eligibility Requirements & Program Guidelines

Participants will meet the following criteria:

1. a. Be receiving critical care medical services through such programs as Medicaid Waiver, State Plan of Personal Care, or Hospice Care; OR
   b. be experiencing a medical crisis that has forced the individual to stop working (physician verification required); OR
   c. be seeking in-patient care for drug or mental health treatment.
   
2. Have maintained regular, steady employment within a 45-day period prior to the medical crisis and previously had sufficient income to meet expenses.
   
3. a. Have zero income; b. Have a financial burden created by out-of-pocket medical costs or extended hospitalization. Assistance will be based upon monthly income, not previous annual income.
   
4. Not be receiving any other on-going rental assistance and have no other means to pay rent/mortgage or utilities.
   
5. Provide copies of lease, proof of ownership, and/or utility bills.
   
6. Be compliant with medical leave policy established by employer, if applicable.
   
7. Develop a plan for continued care within 30 days of first payment, as applicable (e.g. rental payment plan, stabilization of financial situation, verification of completed treatment plan, post treatment after care plan, etc.).
   
8. Participants must be re-certified on a monthly basis by their Ryan White Case Manager.
   

Assistance

An individual who meets the above criteria would be eligible for:

1. Rental/mortgage and utility assistance not to exceed fair market value based on household composition. (A one-person household could receive a maximum payment of $622.00 per month.)
   
2. Period of eligibility would be for up to 3-months.