Resources you may not know...but you should.
One of the reasons I love this industry and the work we do is because everyone is different and every situtation is unique. All of our clients have different wants, different needs and definately different stories. Some of their needs we can meet but some we have to refer out. As part of our ongoing attempt at education, I want to provide you with a few helpful programs and agencies that may provide assistance in some of those unique situations.
First is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or LIHEAP. Their mission is to assist low income households, particularly those with the lowest incomes that pay a high proportion of household income for home energy, primarily in meeting their immediate home energy needs.
Second is the The Partnership for Prescription Assistance which brings together America's pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that's right for them. Many will get them free or nearly free.
Lastly but one of the best local agencies in this area is the North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging. The North Central Texas AAA is a program of the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). It plans, coordinates and delivers services to persons age 60 and over and their family caregivers who live in Collin, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell and Wise counties.
In the months to come I will be adding more programs and agencies to this list. If you have any suggestions please feel free to email them over to me at matt@alertresponse.com. I would love to share them with other people from our industry.
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