Help for Communities
Overview
ACF programs and services address the needs, strengths and abilities of communities and special populations including Native Americans, LGBT, refugees and migrants.
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- Find help in my community (Community Action Agency)
- Find healthy food in your area
- Locate a food bank
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Find volunteer opportunities in your community
Domestic Violence
Energy Costs
- Get help with rising energy costs
Emergency Preparedness
Financial Security
- Get information about government-matched saving accounts
- Find government benefits and assistance
- Locate government assistance by state
- Find a government loan
- Get help with energy bills
- Collect child support
- Get a career in demand while on TANF benefits
- Apply for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (formerly known as "welfare")
- Find info on the Earned Income Tax Credit
Health
- Find healthy food
- Get health insurance for you and your family
- Learn more about the Affordable Care Act
Housing
Human Trafficking
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)
Native Americans and Tribes
- Learn about protecting the environment on tribal lands
- Get information about job readiness, job placement and job retention
- Preserve Native American languages
- Learn about the latest government grants for Native American communities
- Submit a grant to help tribal communities
- Learn about Tribal TANF
- Prepare for an emergency in Indian Country
Refugees and Repatriates
- Find information if you have been granted asylum in the United States
- Learn more about service providers for refugees
- Working legally in the United States as a refugee
- Find help returning to the US after leaving a foreign country because of illness, poverty, war or threat of war
- Get help for refugee minors
- How to bring your family to the United States
- Learn more about unaccompanied children (UAC)