Critical Assistance Program | Operation Homefront
Provides financial assistance to low-income active United States military personnel (all branches of service) currently deployed overseas and to low-income post 9/11 Veterans with a wound, illness or injury received in the line of duty (LOD). Accepted reasons for financial assistance include mortgage assistance, rent assistance, home repairs, utility assistance, auto repairs, auto payments, travel and transportation, moving assistance, essential home items (mattresses and box springs and appliances such as washer, dryer, refrigerator, and stove), medical expense assistance, emergency dental assistance, child and dependent care assistance, critical baby items, and other financial assistance. Offers emergency financial assistance for critical baby items, food, and vision care to active duty service member with rank of rank E1-E6 with DEERS-eligible dependents. Note: Does NOT provide financial assistance for credit card debt or personal loans and does NOT assist with down payments for vehicles or homes.
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Physical Address
17319 San Pedro Avenue, Suite 505, San Antonio, TX 78232
Hours
Apply online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Applications accepted 1st through the 10th of each month.
Voice
Fax
(210) 566-7544
Application process
For more information call the Critical Financial Assistance Line. To apply for assistance, visit the website at www.operationhomefront.org and click on "Get Help Now" for information and to apply.
Fee
- No fee to apply. - Checks for financial assistance paid directly to mortgage lenders, contractors, auto mechanic, hospitals, doctors, and so forth.
Eligibility
Must reside in a low-income military or Veteran household (see specific criteria below). Unable to provide financial assistance towards expenses that are not yet due or delinquent. MUST meet one of the following criteria: Deployed Criteria (eligible for all types of financial assistance): A service member of rank E1-E6 and one of the following: - Currently deployed to an overseas location and receiving Hostile Fire Pay. - Assigned to a ship that has been at sea for 30 or more days and is en route to theater, forward deployed, or otherwise on a mission status (not a training status). - On unaccompanied, overseas PCS orders and receiving Hostile Fire Pay. OR A National Guard member or Reservist on Title 10 orders (not Title 32) who either: - Will deploy to an overseas Hostile Fire Pay theater in the next 90 days. - Has returned from an overseas Hostile Fire Pay theater within the past 180 days. Wounded, Ill, or Injured Criteria (eligible for all types of financial assistance): - Actively served in the United States military post-9/11, and - Suffered a post-9/11 wound, illness, or injury in the line of duty (LOD). General Criteria (eligible for Critical Baby Items, Food and Vision Care Assistance ONLY): - An active duty service member of rank E1-E6 with DEERS-eligible dependents.
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Service area
United States
Agency info
Operation Homefront
Provides financial assistance to low-income currently active military personnel deployed overseas and wounded post 9/11 Veterans. Offers mortgage-free homes to active military and Veteran families donated to Operation Homefront.