Helping Hands & Financial Assistance

Lending a Hand When It’s Needed Most

The key to navigating any crisis is having support and a plan. Through our Helping Hands program, FISH offers both.

If you are in a financial crisis, our social services department helps with essential costs such as rent, utilities and medical bills through our Emergency Financial Assistance program. One of the greatest gifts we can give our neighbors-in-need is the time to create and implement a plan to move you from crisis to recovery, and eventually develop a pathway to long-term self-sustainability alongside our professional staff, with the support of our volunteers, community partners and supporters.

Hurricane Ian Assistance: Long-Term Recovery

The islands’ workforce and residents report ongoing struggles with repairs to their homes. If you are in housing crisis due to Hurricane Ian, we may be able to help through our Long-Term Recovery program, available to those that live – homeowners and/or tenants — or work full-time on the islands only. This program may provide limited financial assistance to cover partial payments toward the cost of home repairs due to Hurricane Ian. These may include but are not limited to housing repairs, permitting costs, temporary housing, loss of goods and furnishings, and any other hurricane related needs. for primary homes only.  To apply for the FISH Long-Term Recovery program, an application must be completed. Certain documentation is required as well as an initial intake session with Disaster Case Manager, Nitza Lopez.

Completed applications and documentation may be delivered to FISH at 2422 Periwinkle Way between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, or scanned and emailed to nitza@fishofsancap.org.

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