Qualified Assistance Policy
The Vive Cares Benevolence Fund is intended for emergency shelter needs.
1. Emergency shelter needs include food, electricity, gas, water or rent/mortgage assistance. Telephone or cell phone bills, car payments, rent deposits, legal fees, and cable bills are not considered emergency shelter needs.
2. Required: Copies of past due bills as evidence of an emergency situation
3. Required: Paystubs from two most recent pay periods
4. Required: Copy of photo ID for applicant and spouse, if married
5. Required: Copies of bank statements. Please provide two full statements showing daily activity. If you don’t have a bank account, we will accept a daily spending log for the past two weeks.
6. Checks will be made payable to the vendor/creditor (and not to the applicant).
7. NO cash gifts will be given as financial assistance.