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Adult Emergency Assistance

Ohio United Way

Adult Emergency Assistance – FY 2001

By law, Adult Emergency Assistance (AEA) funds are to be used for individuals meeting all of the following
criteria:

1. Payments to or on behalf of an individual or childless couple.

2. Persons 18-years or older, single or married, who are not eligible for either a county’s Prevention,
Retention and Contingency program or Ohio Works First. [AEA is targeted specifically to former General
Assistance (GA), current Disability Assistance (DA) recipients and seniors 65 and older and receiving Supplemental
Security Income (SSI).]

3. Persons with incomes of 40% of poverty or less ($278/month for a single individual or $375/month for a
couple) unless the person is 65 and older AND receiving SSI.

For this, the sixth year of the program, the General Assembly has appropriated $4.2 million for FY 2001. Funds
are distributed to counties using a formula based on four factors: actual number of county Food Stamp recipients
for Federal Fiscal Year 1999, historic averages of General Assistance/Disablity Assistance clients for FY
1992-1994, the number of residents 65 and older receiving SSI in December 1999 and spending history. The program
is overseen by the State Set-Aside Committee of the Emergency Food and Shelter (EFS) program of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Ohio United Way serves as the State Fiscal Agent and also staffs the
program. Funds are distributed based upon the decisions of the Local EFS Boards in each county. Because this
means there are effectively 88 different programs in the state, the decisions of those local boards vary. Local
decisions determine the maximum grant amount, the number of times assistance may be given, the types of
emergencies to be covered and whether or not liquid resources such as savings and/or checking accounts and
certificates of deposit will be counted.

To apply for AEA, persons should go to a Local Recipient Organization in their home county.

Questions should be directed to Judith Bird.

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Last Updated 31 August 2000