Ironton County assistance programs.

Help with bills, including heating, medical, and more.
The Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization offers residents several assistance programs, including ways for people to get help with medical bills, health care services, and weatherization programs.

Help paying heating bills.
If you are one of the thousands of Ohio households facing a disconnection of your gas or electric service, or if you are low on heating fuel and have less than 25 percent of home heating fuel, you may qualify for the federal government Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) emergency assistance program and/or the Winter Crisis Program. If you qualify for the program, you may be eligible to receive.

• $350 for coal or wood
• $600 for fuel oil, propane/bottled gas, kerosene
• $175 for Columbia Gas and American Electric Power
• $250 for Buckeye REC

There are of course some conditions. You need to provide both heat and electric source bills. In addition, a disconnection on your heating or utility bill is mandatory for the utility receiving assistance. To learn more or to apply, please call the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization at (740) 532-3534

Health care
The Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization CAO’s offers free or discounted health care services from its Family Medical Centers in Coal Grove, Chesapeake, Ironton, and South Point areas. They are the premier providers of high-quality primary health care in both Lawrence County and the overall Tri-State Area. In total, their Medical Centers help over 40,000 patients per year. Many of those who are assisted can’t otherwise pay for medical care or their bills. Find additional ways to get help with medical and hospital bills.

The health care clinics have in place sliding-fee payment scale which allows people to get treatment no matter what their financial situation is.

Weatherization programs.
Another program that is offered by the CAO, they have a program that helps low and moderate income families and residents make their homes more energy-efficient, save money on their heating bills, and also ensuring that less of their money is spent on home heating bills. The main purpose of the weatherization program is to help low-income people with paying their monthly heating bills and to also save the nation’s energy resources. The average weatherized home saves about 19 to 42 percent on fuel usage and their heating bills.

Locate mortgage help, security deposit payments, or rent assistance

The United Way is working with Ohio and has created the “Partnership with Ohio” program. This will assist families and individuals in Ohio who could be eligible for much needed assistance with paying their mortgage, rent or even offering funds for security deposit payments. Find additional mortgage assistance programs in Ohio. Learn more.

The group has partnered with the Lawrence County Community Action Organization to provide these services to Lawrence County residents. Residents of Lawrence County in need of mortgage help, rent funds or security deposit payments should contact the Lawrence County Community Action Organization (CAO) at 740.532.3534 to apply or learn more.