Services

Food Assistance Programme provides assistance to persons who have encountered hardship and are unable to provide food for themselves and their families. This includes persons who have insufficient or no income to provide for their basic needs. Persons who are impacted by a nationally-declared or local disaster may also benefit from this Programme. This service provides food coupons or payment via digital...

The Uniform and Footwear Assistance Programme provides financial assistance to persons having hardship or insufficient income to provide uniform and footwear to school-aged children. This programme is also available to families who have been impacted by a hurricane, flooding caused by rain storm or by fire. This Programme provides Gift Cards (Bank of The Bahamas or Digital Wallet Vendor) that...

The Burial Assistance Programme provides financial assistance to persons requiring aid for the burial of a family member. The financial assistance is paid directly to the funeral home. An applicant can only be granted this assistance once in a twelve month period.   To Apply The applicant must be earning minimum wage or lower. Be a Bahamian citizen or Bahamian...

Housing assistance provides support to persons who have encountered hardship and are behind on their rent or require temporary placement into a motel or shelter. There are 3 types of housing assistance: Rental Disaster: Assistance for persons impacted by a nationally declared or locally declared disaster to help with rent in arrears for private accommodations or assist in securing a...

The Financial Assistance Programme provides assistance to families with the following services: Utilities (water and electricity), Uniform and Footwear (for school- aged children), and household items (gas tank and cooking gas, bed, refrigerator and stove). Assistance may be given to families whose utilities (water and electricity) have been disconnected or are facing disconnection. Assistance for household items are granted once...