NRCA RADFORD/FAIRLAWN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Imagine having to choose between eating and staying warm, between filling prescriptions and paying heating bills.
Each winter, hundreds of New River Valley citizens face exactly these choices.

New River Community Action (NRCA) Radford/Fairlawn Emergency Assistance Program offers a variety of temporary assistance for permanent residents or transients within Radford and Fairlawn who are 200% poverty income or below who are experiencing a financial crisis.

NRCA Radford/Fairlawn Emergency Assistance Program provides assistance with:

- food,  
- rent or mortgage,
- utilities,
- heating fuel,
- medical,
- gasoline to get to doctor or employment, and
- emergency motel shelter.  

Some examples of crises that low-income people frequently face are:

- high utility bills,
-a decrease in income,
- disabilities and chronic health issues,
-a significant amount of medical debt,
- housing costs greater than 50 percent of income, or
- homelessness.