Legal Assistance
Commission on Human Concerns offers free legal advice for all ages to help one sort out social security benefits, divorce, adoption or wills and many other legal issues. To make an appointment at VAAC, please call 486-4725, to make your appointment. Free
Home Energy Assistance Program
Home Energy Assistance Program assists income-eligible
households with current gas or electric bills.
9-11 am 2nd Thursday at the Senior Recreation Center
9-11 am 4th Thursday at the Ventura Avenue Adult Center
Homeowners/Renters Assistance
If you are 62 years of age or older, blind or disabled, you may be eligible
to receive tax relief. Claim forms, preparation and filing assistance
are available July-September: Please call the Ventura Adult Adult Center
at 648-3035 or the Senior Recreation Center at 648-2829 for more information.
Free tax preparation is available for low income and people 50 and over through AARP and the Commission for Human Concerns. This free service is available at the Senior Recreation Center, Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons, please call 648-2829 to make your reservations, and at the Ventura Avenue Adult Center Tuesday and Thursday mornings, please call 648-3035 to make your reservations.
Need Transportation?
SCAT Senior Dial -A-Ride Service offers mini-bus
transportation as a low cost alternative. Please call 649-4421 to make
your reservations.
HICAP
The Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program
provides free assistance for beneficiaries from 9:30 am-noon on the 4th
Wednesday of each month at the Senior Recreation Center 648-2829, and
at 1:30-3:30 pm on the fourth Thursday at the Ventura Avenue Adult Center
648-3035. Please call for more information.