APPLICATION PROCESS
For Champaign, Delaware, Logan, Madison, Shelby and Union counties only.
Step 1 - Complete the Covid-19 Assistance Application.
Step 2 - A BRIDGES Intake Specialist will follow-up.
Step 3 - DO NOT upload any documentation until requested by an Intake Specialist.
Rental / Late Fee Assistance
Utility Assistance
Mortgage Assistance
Eviction Prevention - Help is Available
If you are a tenant struggling to pay rent, the Center for Disease Control issued a ban preventing your landlord from evicting you between September 4, 2020 to June 30, 2021 for failing to pay rent. To begin the help process, fill out an application for assistance and an eviction prevention declaration.
Eviction Prevention - CDC Info and Declaration (PDF)
Eviction Prevention Declaration (PDF)
Instructions:
1. Add your name, address, and your landlord’s name and email address to the declaration document,
sign and print the declaration.
2. If you complete the document online or from your phone, type your signature
using /s/ before your name. Example: /s/ Tina Tenant
3. Make a copy of your signed declaration.
4. Email, send via U.S. Mail, or hand deliver this signed declaration to your landlord
in a way that allows you to get proof that the landlord received it.
5. All adults who have signed your lease must provide a separate declaration.