What kind of help do you need?
Get Help Through Arizona Libraries
- Adult education classes
- Affordable housing
- Alternative health & medicine
- Assistance for People Getting Out of a Correctional Institution
- Blind / low vision
- Business finance help
- Choosing a career
- Citizenship
- Consumer information
- Crime victim
- Deaf / hard of hearing
- Debt & credit counseling
- Developmental disabilities
- Disabilities
- Doctors, health care facilities & insurance
- Drug information
- Elder care
- Emergency assistance
- Employment for the disabled
- English classes
- ESOL classes
- Financial aid for school
- Financial help for artists
- Financial help for individuals
- Financial help for writers
- Find a lawyer
- Flu Resources
- Food, financial assistance
- GED classes
- Grants for individuals
- Health Conditions, Disorders & Diseases
- Home care assistance
- Home repair
- Homelessness
- Housing Financial Help
- Immigration
- Información para inmigrantes (español)
- Job hunting
- Job preparation
- Legal forms
- Literacy Agencies
- Medical bills, financial assistance
- Medical care assistance
- Medical tests & surgery
- Nutrition
- Pets - Pima Animal Care Center
- Preparation for GED
- Refugees
- Rent, financial assistance
- Scholarships
- Unemployment in Arizona and other states
- Utilities, financial assistance
- Veterans
- Visas
Community Focus
Financial Help for Individuals
Feeling the Economic Crunch?
Find the financial help you need using this brochure from the governor's office and the United Way. (PDF)
Below is a list of possible sources of assistance for individuals in the Tucson area. Please be aware that:
- Under most circumstances Foundations do not give grants to individuals.
- Although there are billions of dollars in federal programs, most of the money is not given directly to individuals. The government gives the money to nonprofit organizations and to local and state governments.
- Grants to Individuals
- See Grants to Individuals.
- See No Free Money to find out more about popular myths about free money and the real skinny.
- The Foundation Center has free information and tutorials for individual grantseekers. To find out more, visit the Foundation Center's site for Individual Grantseekers.
- For Businesses
- See the Business Info Center.
- Emergency Financial Help
- Check for local charities on the Community and Human Services page. Also check the Directory of community resources for Southern Arizona [362.025 D62839] which is available at the Main library and the branches.
- Pima County Foreclosure Prevention Workbook
- In English and Spanish
- Pima County has released a valuable tool for residents facing foreclosure. This workbook serves as a decision-making tool for homeowners exploring ways to save their homes and their financial well-being from the foreclosure crisis.
- Scholarships for Education
- Check the Financial Aid & Scholarships page of our Web site. Also check the reference and teen sections of the library for scholarship directories.
General Aid: Federal, State & Local
- Pima County Community Services - Community Action Agency
- Pima County offers services that help with prescription medication and supplies, minor home repair, rental/mortgage assistance to avoid eviction/foreclosure, special needs, support services, food and nutrition, help with utilities.
- Federal Government Assistance
- Information about government benefits, grants, pensions, Social Security, Medicaid, etc.
- Federal Government Benefits
- Find out what benefits you may be entitled to.
- Social Security Online
- Information and online applications for social security benefits.
- Arizona Assistance Programs
- Links to Arizona State assistance programs.
- Does the Government owe you money?
- Links to find out if the government owes you money.
- U.S. Department of Housing Assistance Programs
- Information about housing assistance.