20 Low Income Hardship Grants That Help Seniors Pay Their Bills (Most Never Ask)

Low income hardship grants for seniors are out there, and most of them are sitting with the same folks who send you the bill. Your light company. Your church. Your county. The hospital that billed you last spring. I found out about my gas company's hardship fund on my third phone call, after a whole winter of paying that bill in halves. So here are twenty places a senior on Social Security can go for help with bills, and what to say when you call each one. Free dental work if you're sixty-five or older. Hearing aids and dentures through Twilight Wish. The church benevolence fund, and the Black families in Philadelphia who were paying into their own relief fund back in 1787, long before any program. The hospital bill you already got. The crisis part of the heating help that most people never ask for. The water bill, now that the federal water help is gone. Up to ten thousand dollars toward home repairs if you're sixty-two or older and living out in the country. And the county money for veterans and their widows. I also tell you what can shrink an SSI check when somebody pays a bill for you, which grant on every list wants somebody in the house working, and why that grant message on Facebook is fake every time. You paid into this your whole working life. Asking isn't begging. Tell me in the comments about the first bill somebody helped you carry. Where to check: Financial assistance policy and emergency medical care policy – Section 501(r)(4) | Internal Revenue Service Weatherization Assistance Program Single Family Housing Repair Loans & Grants Home & Community Based Services | Medicaid Understanding Supplemental Security Income (SSI)-- Living Arrangements Lump-sum death payment Government Grant Scams Elder Care I'm not a financial adviser. This video is general information from my own experience and the official sources above. Rules and amounts change every year and differ from state to state, so confirm anything with the agency before you act on it