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Emergency Financial Assistance Grant — Paid to the Creditor, Once

A state grant toward rent, mortgage, utilities, house repairs, insurance, emergency medical or dental bills and emergency transport. Applications close on the 10th of each month, and the money is sent to the creditor rather than to you.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

A state grant toward rent, mortgage, utilities, house repairs, insurance, emergency medical or dental bills and emergency transport. Applications close on the 10th of each month, and the money is sent to the creditor rather than to you.

What it's worth: A one-time grant paid direct to the creditor; the agency states award amounts vary

  • The agency publishes no cap and no schedule. Its own wording is that assistance is granted one time only and that average award amounts vary, so any dollar figure quoted elsewhere is not the agency’s.
  • The award never reaches the applicant as cash — payment is sent to the creditor.
  • Credit cards, retail store cards, taxes, citations and fines are excluded from what the grant will pay.

Who is entitled to it

  • The programme reaches the veteran and the immediate family.
  • The veteran was discharged under honorable conditions.
  • Your home is in Oregon.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

Deadline: Applications are due on the 10th of every month
  1. 1Work backwards from the 10th. Applications are due on the 10th of every month, so a bill due on the 12th of this month is a next-cycle problem unless you file now.
  2. 2Do not apply direct. The agency asks that the application be submitted through a county veteran service office or a veteran advocate, and they will know which documents your particular emergency needs.
  3. 3Gather the creditor details before anything else — name, address and telephone number of every creditor the money would go to. The grant pays them, not you, so an application without creditor details cannot be paid.
  4. 4Prove residence here with a driver licence, a state ID or mail showing the physical address.
  5. 5Bring evidence of separation from service showing length and character of service.
  6. 6Bring documentation or a written statement showing the emergency financial need itself.
  7. 7Decide whether this is the emergency worth spending it on. The agency states the assistance is granted one time only.
Form
VS1024 — Oregon Veterans’ Emergency Financial Assistance Program Application
File with
A county veteran service office or a veteran advocate, who submits it to the state veterans agency
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionGrant payments are not made to applicants. The agency sends the money to the creditor, which means an application has to name the creditor and the amount before it can be paid at all.
CorrectionThe deadline is a monthly gate, not a queue. Applications are due on the 10th of every month, so filing on the 11th means waiting for the next cycle.
Worth knowingThe two agency pages define eligibility slightly differently. The grant page turns on a veteran per ORS 408.225 discharged under honorable conditions and resident here under OAR 575-030-0005; the benefits page describes the reach as the veteran and immediate family — spouse, unremarried surviving spouse, child or stepchild.
Known gapNo cap, no income threshold and no asset test is published on either page. The agency says only that an applicant must demonstrate an immediate financial need and that average award amounts vary.

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