Access Your Benefits (ayb) | Asian Services In Action
Offers one-on-one assistance to help individuals determine which private, public, state and local benefits they may be eligible to receive. Includes benefits such as Medicaid, Medicare Part-D, SSI, SSD, SNAP (food stamps), HEAP, Golden Buckeye Card, Homestead Exemption, prescription assistance programs, housing and others. Will assist clients with filling out and submitting applications and forms and provides follow-up with client to see if they were able to enroll in the programs. Uses the Benefit Bank screening tool to provide screening and submit electronically applications for some government benefits such as Food Stamps, Medicaid and OWF.
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211 Cleveland
Physical Address
3631 Perkins Ave., 2a-w, Cleveland, OH 44114
Hours
Benefits Screening is year-round by appointment M-F: 9:00am-5:30pm. Sa: 10:00am-4:30pm.
Fax
(216) 881-6920
Voice
Website
Application process
Phone for appointment. Interpreter services for anything should be requested when the appointment is made so that the agency can make arrangements.
Fee
Free
Eligibility
Serves ages 55 and older or ages 18 and over with a physical or mental health disability. Targets speakers of languages other than English, including Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Cambodian (Khmer), French, German, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatioan, Tagalog (Phillipines) Ukranian, Korean, Karen (minority language of Burma/Thailand), Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Vietnamese, Bhutanese, and Nepali.
Service area
United States
Agency info
Asian Services In Action
Provides a variety of culturally and linguistically appropriate social services geared towards the Asian/Pacific Islander, the lower income, limited English proficient immigrant and refugee population in the areas of benefit access, emergency food, legal services, victims of crime legal support, financial literacy education, asset building, workforce development, youth programs and more.