Logan County Good Samaritan, Inc.

Serving the Needs of Logan County Since 1997

HOW TO APPLY FOR SERVICES

 

Food Pantry & Financial Assistance requires the following items:

 

          Current utility bill showing street address and proper identification                     (driver’s license or state picture id)

          Proof of all types of income for everyone living at that address

          Proof of all food stamp amounts

          Social Security cards and birth dates for everyone in the household

 

Government Sponsored Food Assistance requires the following items:

 

          Both TEFAP (USDA) and CSFP (SENIOR BOXES) require households to meet certain income guidelines. Click here to see the income limits.  If your household income is above these limits, please apply for our Food Pantry program.

 

          For TEFAP (USDA):

                    Current utility bill or other mail showing current street address                    Current driver’s license or state id

                    Names, ages and race of everyone in the household (if new or                               adding people to the household)

                    Permission slip if picking up for someone else

 

          For CSFP (SENIOR BOX):

                    Current utility bill

                    Current driver’s license or state id

                    Social Security/Retirement Award letters and/or  Check Stubs

                    Proof of any additional income (rental, etc)

                    Names, ages and race of everyone in the household (if new or                               adding people to the household)

         

          The TEFAP (USDA) and CSFP (Senior Box) programs are distributed on certain days only. Please see our calendar for the next distribution days. Only those already on the Master List for Senior Boxes should come on Senior Boxes Days. All others should come on USDA Days. If qualified, households will also receive their Pantry program food on these days.

 

Appointments are not needed but, in order to allow for interview time, applicants need to be in the office no later than 1:00 pm.  Financial assistance requires additional items, please see Financial Assistance.

 

Unless it is a government sponsored food distribution day, applicants should sign in and take a seat. Applicants will be called to the desk and copies will be made of the required information. As soon as possible, the applicants will be interviewed. During the interview, applicants will be asked to verify all information and to give an average amount of their utilities. They will be asked about all of their expenses. It is during this interview process that we try to determine if there are other programs or services that applicants may qualify for. Sometimes we will require that applicants apply for other programs before receiving assistance from LCGS.

 

What is a “certification period”?

 

A certification period is the amount of time we will be able to use the information provided before we ask for verification again. Any time there is a change at all, clients are required to let us know before receiving services.

 

Generally speaking, if all adults in the home are on a fixed income such as Social Security, SSI, pension, etc., then that household would be certified for the current calendar year. Food stamp dates are noted and anytime clients receive a new letter they should bring it to the office.

 

All other households may be certified for any period from “one time only” to “six months” depending on the situation. Zero-income must be verified each time.

This page has four sections:

          Food Pantry and Financial Assistance 

          Government Sponsored Food Assistance

          Russellville Water Discount

          VITA—Tax Prep Program

The Russellville City Water Discount Program is available to those with service from Russellville City Water who are 65+ years old and/or who are permanently disabled who meet certain other income requirements. This may be done at the same time as a client update/application interview.

 

In order to apply for this you will need to bring the following items with you to the office:

 

          Proper identification (driver’s license or state picture id)

          Proof of all types of income for everyone in the household                           (must be current income)

          Russellville City Water bill

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program is available by appointment only. Once you have gathered all the required documents, you should come by the office during normal business hours to schedule an appointment and pick up an interview sheet. We can not make an appointment for you unless you have all of your paperwork. Click here for more information.

NOTES:

 

A household includes everyone who lives under the same roof and who does not have separate utilities bills. Just because clients have separate food stamp cases does not mean we can count them separate.

 

Income includes all types: wages, odd jobs, babysitting, child support, food stamps,   welfare, social security and disability, rental, retirement, etc.