Positive Impact offers four 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 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.

The Catastrophic Assistance Pprogram 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.

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 through our Adopt-A-Family Program. 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 selected elementary schools for their students. These schools serve breakfast and lunch each day to students of low income families, and many of the families in these school communities 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.