APPLICATIONS FOR JACKSONVILLE’S EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
OPEN TOMORROW, ALMOST
29 MILLION DOLLARS WILL GO TO
ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE
BEEN UNABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT
OR UTILITIES DUE TO A LOSS OF
INCOME RELATED TO
COVID-19 JEWISH FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES IS ONE OF
THE CITY’S CRITICAL PARTNERS IN
DISTRIBUTING THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO THOSE
IN NEED. COLLEEN RODRIGUEZ CEO
OF THE NONPROFIT JOINS ME NOW
GOOD MORNING CALLING THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US
THIS MORNING. THANKS FOR HAVING
ME WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THOSE
WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH IT.
>> THIS THROUGH THE CITY’S
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
RENTAL PROGRAM, UNITED WAY WILL
BE ADMINISTERING RENTAL
ASSISTANCE FOR DUVAL COUNTY
IS ONLY THROUGH PARTNERING
AGENCIES LIKE JEWISH FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES IT’S GOING TO ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY PAY THEIR CURRENT RENT THAT WE CAN
HELP THEM WITH PASTOR AND THAT
IS YOU AND EVEN SOME MONTHS
GOING FORWARD.
>> 29 MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT.
HOW CAN PEOPLE ACCESS THIS AND
BENEFIT FROM THIS MONEY.
>> THE EASIEST WAY IS FOR THEM
TO DO IT FROM THEIR HOME IF
THEY HAD
INTERNET ACCESS. THEY CAN GO TO
THE CEO J DOTNET WEBSITE AND
FIND
THE APPLICATION 5 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS AND CAN APPLY
RIGHT THERE. IF THEY WANT TO DO
IT THROUGH THEIR PHONE THEY CAN
TEXT APPLY TO TO 1, 1, 9 ’04. OR IF THEY DO NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AND NOT ABLE TO
DO IT FROM HOME THEY CAN
CONTACT
2, 1, 1, AND THEY WILL BE
LINKED TO THE ORGANIZATION JUST
LIKE TO STANLEY WE CAN MEET
WITH THEM FACE TO FACE AND HELP
WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS
AND THAT WAS A LOT OF
INFORMATION YOU JUST SAID, BUT
WE’LL MAKE SURE TO PUT THAT ALL
ON OUR WEBSITE OR OF COURSE.
>> DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE CITY’S
WEBSITE OR YOUR
WEB SITE. WHAT QUALIFIES FOR
ASSISTANCE, OFTENTIMES
WE HEAR. THERE IS MONEY
AVAILABLE TO HELP PEOPLE OUT
BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT
THRESHOLD OR CRITERIA, THESE
INDIVIDUALS
MUST MEET IN ORDER TO ACCESS
THIS MONEY SO ANYBODY WATCHING
AT HOME RIGHT NOW IF THEY’RE
WONDERING HOW TO ACCESS.
THIS.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: WHAT QUALIFIES
THEM SPECIFICALLY.
>> THERE’S LOTS OF
QUALIFICATIONS AND YOU CAN FIND
THAT ON ALL ON THE WEB SITE
RIGHT OFF THE BAT YOU NEED TO A
U.S. CITIZEN OR LEGAL RESIDENT.
YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT OF DUVAL
COUNTY. AND THIS YEAR
READ THAT YOU DON’T NEED TO BE
COVID RELATED.
IT’S ALSO GOING TO BE CRITICAL
THAT YOUR LANDLORD IS AN
AGREEMENT AND AS WANTING TO
WORK WITH YOU BECAUSE AS YOU
APPLY THERE WILL BE SOME
DOCUMENTS NEEDED FROM HER
LANDLORD AND THEN ALL PAYMENTS
WILL BE MADE DIRECTLY
TO THE LANDLORD THEY WILL NOT
BE GIVEN TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND
THERE’S SOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME
AS WELL. I THINK YOU HAVE IT UP
ON THE SCREEN NOW LOOKING AT.
SO LOOKING AT SALARIES AN
ENCOUNTER OF ALL THE RESIDENTS
ARE RESIDING IN
THAT HOME.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: THOSE ARE THE
THRESHOLD YOU CAN SEE ONE
PERSON 42,002 PEOPLE $48,000 3
PEOPLE
54,000 AND SO ON AND SO THOSE
ARE THE THRESHOLD THERE.
>> PEOPLE WHO.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: YOU KNOW I THINK
THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC WE’VE
SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
WHEN PEOPLE GO TO ACCESS FUNDS
ARE OR ACCESS.
HELP WHEN THEY DO IT ONLINE
THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES
WITH
THIS TECHNOLOGY. IF SOMEONE IS
EXPERIENCING ANY TYPE OF ISSUE.
I KNOW EARLIER YOU I TALKED
ABOUT A FEW PHONE NUMBERS
ARE YOU URGING ANYONE IF
THEY’RE IF THEY
RUN INTO ISSUES TO REACH OUT TO
EITHER YOU DIRECTLY IS THAT
PHONE NUMBER THAT YOU SAID
EARLIER THAT’S TO YOUR
YOUR SERVICE. >> THE NUMBER TO CALL IF THEY’RE HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES
IS 2, 1, ONE WHICH IS THE
UNITED WAY AND THE
SOURCE LINE. THEY HAVE RAMPED
UP TO HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE
WAITING FOR CALLS STARTING
TOMORROW AT 08:00AM AND THEY
CAN TALK PEOPLE THROUGH THE
PROCESS AND THEN OF COURSE IF
THAT’S NOT WORKING. 2 WOMEN
WILL THEN MAKE
APPOINTMENTS WITH OUR
ORGANIZATION AND OTHERS TO SIT
DOWN TO DO WITH THAT WE’LL DO
IT STEP BY ALONG WITH
THE CLIENT.
>> TO MAKE SURE THEIR