Apply For Grant

1.) Complete Application – Complete and submit application. Please submit the best possible documents. Submitting all documents can speed up the application process. Applying without all requested documents can lead to your application being declined.

2.) Initial Review – A CORE case manager will review our application. Once your application is reviewed, a case manager will be reaching out to you through email via Submittable with the results of the initial review. The case manager will let you know if your application can proceed to the next step.

3.) Case Manager Call – After the initial review, a CORE case manager will call you with the result of the initial review.

4.) Additional Documentation (if applicable) – If your application needs additional paperwork, a CORE case manager will email you a form asking for your additional paperwork.

5.) CORE Grant Approval Committee – All CORE applications are seen by the CORE Grant Approval Committee to ensure that the application meets CORE’s criteria. CORE will be contacting you with the Grant Approval Committee’s decision.

6.) Payment Form – If your application is approved, a CORE case manager will email you a form asking for payment information and an optional media release. (Choosing to not allow CORE to use your story will have no effect on your grant approval or payment.)

7.) Payment Complete – Once the payment form is complete CORE will verify applicant information and make the payment via direct deposit. If direct deposit is not an option, electronic gift cards are available.

A: Documentation varies based on each unique circumstance. To be accepted, submissions should include full-page, completed documents. Examples include but are not limited to the following:

Natural Disaster: FEMA or Red Cross documentation, letter from landlord/management company stating home is unlivable, documentation of prolonged business closure, or quote from a repair company of damage

• NOT ACCEPTED: videos or images of devastation to home or business

Medical: official physician documentation, hospital discharge papers, screenshot of diagnosis and care from online chart *Please submit all documentation through CORE’s HIPAA compliant platform, Submittable.

• NOT ACCEPTED: videos or images of injury or prescription bottles

Death: death certificate, newspaper article or obituary

Domestic Violence/Abuse: police report, TPO, letter from a domestic violence/abuse help organization stating ongoing assistance

• NOT ACCEPTED: videos or images of injuries

*All submitted documentation is subject to verification.