Assistance Programs
Positive Impact offers three different assistance programs to address the many
needs of families in crisis. Since our founding in 1998, we have had the privilege of
easing the financial burden for hundreds of families in crisis. The incredible support
of businesses and individuals in our community helps us to lend a helping hand in
the following ways:
Hardship Assistance
Beneficiaries receive one-time assistance of up to $500 in the form of grocery
certificates, payment on their electric, gas and water bills or assistance for medical
or dental care.
This assistance program provides a family or individual much needed support to
hold them over until other support kicks in or until self-sufficiency is restored.
Families that receive this assistance are generally referred to us and are carefully
screened for eligibility.
Critical Medical Assistance
Critical Medical Assistance is available to candidates who qualify and have medical
or medically related needs that are greater than $500, but do not exceed $5,000.
In addition to our application for assistance, these applicants may be required
to submit medical and financial records to qualify for assistance. Most often, the
recipients of this type of assistance have been referred to Positive Impact by a
hospital social worker.
Catastrophic Assistance
This program provides major medical assistance for the uninsured and under
insured through a fundraising campaign that is dedicated to the person in need.
Most often the recipients that receive assistance through the Catastrophic
Assistance Program are children suffering from a serious medical illness.
Positive Impact helps organize a core group of the recipient’s family members,
friends, coworkers, classmates and church members. This core group becomes the
manpower behind fundraising events that will benefit the individual in need.
Recipients of Catastrophic Assistance are often referred by hospital social workers.
In addition to our Positive Impact application, candidates are asked to submit
medical records and financial documents to be considered for eligibility.
Christmas Adopt – A – Family
Each December, Positive Impact matches needy families in the community with
those who have the heart and means to provide gifts for them at Christmastime.
Lists of needed items for each child along with household needs are gathered and
distributed to those who would like to adopt a family. They shop for the gifts and
return them to a Positive Impact representative, who delivers them to the adopted
family in time for Christmas.
We also hold a peanut butter and jelly drive each December. Peanut butter,
jelly, Ritz crackers and apple juice are collected, packaged and distributed to the
elementary students of a local elementary school. This school serves breakfast
and lunch each day to students of low income families, and many of the families
in this school community have little or no food when school closes for the winter
holiday. The humble gift of peanut butter and jelly helps many families survive
until school reopens in January and begins serving meals to its students again.
In addition to donations made directly to our organization, Positive Impact is a
registered United Way Charity. You can make a donation to the United Way by
listing our name and assigned United Way Registration number 2437275.
Download a PDF version of our application for assistance.
Our contact information:
Positive Impact
PO Box 11
Gilbert, AZ 85299
Phone 480-899-7791