Help for Communities
Overview
ACF is the federal government agency that oversees a range of programs to address the needs, strengths, and abilities of communities and special populations including Native Americans, tribes, and refugees. We provide funding, administrative grants support, and work with state, tribal, and local agencies and other non-profit organizations to help us carry out mission-critical work.
This page is a resource to help connect you to frequently requested community services and programs.
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Energy Costs
- Get help with rising energy costs
Emergency Preparedness
Financial Security
- Get information about government-matched saving accounts
- Find government benefits and assistance
- Locate government assistance by state
- Find a government loan
- Get help with energy bills
- Collect child support
- Get a career in demand while on TANF benefits
- Apply for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (formerly known as "welfare")
- Find info on the Earned Income Tax Credit
Health
- Find healthy food
- Get health insurance for you and your family
- Learn more about the Affordable Care Act
Housing
Human Trafficking
Native Americans and Tribes
- Learn about protecting the environment on tribal lands
- Get information about job readiness, job placement and job retention
- Preserve Native American languages
- Learn about the latest government grants for Native American communities
- Submit a grant to help tribal communities
- Learn about Tribal TANF
- Prepare for an emergency in Indian Country
Refugees and Repatriates
- Find information if you have been granted asylum in the United States
- Learn more about service providers for refugees
- Working legally in the United States as a refugee
- Find help returning to the US after leaving a foreign country because of illness, poverty, war or threat of war
- Get help for refugee minors
- How to bring your family to the United States
- Learn more about unaccompanied children (UAC)
Last Reviewed: May 8, 2017