Provides answers to patient questions about their present and future accounts, billing, or insurance. Also screens for any possible outside solution including, Marketplace insurance or Medicaid, before offering payment assistance or payment plans.

Provides assistance to children with special health care needs and their families through three different programs with varying eligibility. *Diagnostic Program: services for up to six months, from CMH-approved providers, to rule out or diagnose a special health care need or establish a plan of treatment. Services may include: Tests and x-rays Therapy evaluations Public health nursing services Visits to CMH-approved doctors Up to five days in the hospital *Treatment Program: services for one year, from CMH-approved providers, for treatment of an eligible condition. May include: laboratory tests, x-rays, physician visits, prescription medications, medical equipment and supplies, surgeries, hospitalizations, public health nursing services and therapies as well as service coordination. All services must be related to the child's eligible condition. *Service Coordination Program: helps families locate and coordinate services for their child.

Provides cash assistance to individuals who are considered to be disabled due to a physical or mental impairment rendering them unable to work. The disability must be medically proven to have lasted or projected to last at least twelve months. Disability determinations are made by a special unit with physicians on staff at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Persons indicating a disability will also be referred to apply for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program or Social Security Disability through the Social Security Administration and referred to the SSI Case Management Program administered through Muskingum County Department of Job and Family Services. Other factors of eligibility for Disability Financial Assistance are: *income *resources *citizenship *residency in Muskingum County *living arrangements (may not be institutionalized) *employment history (must not have voluntarily terminated employment without good cause within thirty days of applying for assistance.) If the individual is in receipt of food assistance and not exempted from participation, they must take part in the Employment and Training Program, Work Experience Program, Job Club, or other program prescribed by the department to assist the individual in meeting the goal of becoming self sufficient.

Helps provide free eyeglasses to the needy in Mansfield and Ontario area. Also collects glasses for under-developed countries.

Offers a program that will provide basic, medically necessary hospital care free of charge to qualifying hospital patients. Note: If not eligible for Hospital Care Assurance Program (HCAP), may be eligible for other financial assistance programs through Summa Health.

Assures through the development and support of high quality and coordinated systems, that children with special health care needs and their families obtain comprehensive care and services which are family centered, community based and culturally competent.

Provides financial assistance to insured patients who meet certain qualifications to help them pay for their prescriptions, treatments, and in some cases insurance premiums. This assistance helps patients afford the out-of-pocket costs for these items that their insurance companies require.

Provides services and programs that focus on children and improving their quality of life, through financial assistance, research and education.

Offers limited financial assistance for patients diagnosed with breast cancer for medical care expenses related to their treatment for breast cancer.

Provides financial assistance for individuals who cannot afford their insurance co-payments, coinsurance, and deductibles for medications used in treating cancer, such as chemotherapy.

Provides food, clothing, household items. If funds are available and there is a verifiable need may provide other emergency assistance such as a motel room for homeless persons, utility disconnection prevention, and prescription assistance. Emergency funding is not guaranteed.

Provides asssitance obtaining eye glasses for individuals unable to afford eye glasses themselves. * Program provided through partnership with the Wooster- Madisonburg Evening Lions Club to sponsor a joint sight fund to help meet the needs of Wooster area residents.

Provides emergency food, weekly to go lunch; activities for youth; aid for families (shelter assistance and other referrals); aid with utility bills (gas, electric); emergency services provided according to proof of need; diapers; assistance for seniors 62 and older (utilities, rent, prescriptions, etc.).

On Care Day, all services are free to anyone, with all patients served on a first-come-first-served basis. Services include anything from simple cleanings to extractions, with more serious problems evaluated on a case-by-case basis. On December 23, all our locations will offer FREE dental care to those needing care in their community from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

Provides financial and technical assistance to eligible individuals with developmental disabilities who need to purchase special equipment, or who need to purchase special dietary supplements or incontinence products prescribed by a physician or dietitian. Provides financial assistance toward the installation costs of necessary home modifications for those with disabilities, respite care, transition and adult services, and any other unique needs to fill gaps not covered by Medicaid.

The Licking County Health Department's Screening and Survivor Support (SASS) for Breast Cancer Program is now awarding stipends to county residents who are actively undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Patients may apply for the stipend once a year and may receive up to $1,000 in stipends within a five-year period. The total amount of stipends to be distributed to Licking County breast cancer patients will be based on availability of funds.

Provides limited assistance with paying for dental care, up to $200 every two years. Note: grant funds are not always available.

Provides services and programs that focus on children and improving their quality of life, through financial assistance, research and education.

Provide temporary shelter for single women and women with children who are homeless. Length of stay is 30 days with goal of moving to stable housing. Assistance with finding permanent housing and other resources.

Provide temporary shelter for single women and women with children who are homeless. Length of stay is 30 days with goal of moving to stable housing. Assistance with finding permanent housing and other resources.

Provides financial assistance and/or vouchers for short term basic needs to eligible Veterans and dependent survivors who demonstrate a need. Includes but is not limited to clothing, food, toiletries, utility payments, rent payments, mortgage payments, insurance payments, and property tax payments. NOTE: No immediate assistance is available.

Provides health insurance premium reimbursement for eligible adults with bleeding disorders. Patients will be connected to a hemophilia treatment center, which may help them obtain insurance and receive the reimbursement.

Provides financial grants of up to $5,000 for families who have children with critical medical needs not covered or not fully covered by their commercial/private health benefit plan. The Foundation aims to fill the gap between what medical services/items a child needs and what the commercial/private health benefit plan will pay.

Provides assistance toward the cost of Private, Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE insurance premiums, and treatment-related co-pays and co-insurance for prescription drugs, labs, scans, and tests. Award levels vary by disease fund.

BCMH is a tax supported, state administered, program of the Ohio Department of Health. Their mission is to assure through the development and support of high quality and coordinated systems, so that children with special health care needs and their families obtain comprehensive care and services which are family centered, community based and culturally competent. The purpose of BCMH is to rule out a handicapping condition, to diagnose a condition and/or develop a plan of treatment.