The Social Services funded with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds includes:

General Assistance
Housing Assistance
Housing Rehabilitation
Family Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Services for Persons with Disabilities
Home Ownership Programs
Transportation Services
General Health and Welfare Assistance

General Assistance
For general for assistance with food, shelter, homelessness, domestic violence and many other resources, please call:

Community Action Program (CAP Office)
Phone: 623-979-3911
City of Peoria Community Center
8335 W. Jefferson
Peoria, AZ 85345

Housing Assistance

City of Peoria Public Housing Authority
Provides low income, elderly, disabled and other HUD eligible individuals with safe, decent and sanitary housing at an affordable price. Also provides rent subsidy to eligible, very low income individuals and families through the Section 8 Assistance Program. These programs are federally funded by HUD. The waiting period for applicants depends on the length of the waiting list and the availability of housing.

Phone: 623-486-4375
Fax: 623-486-2437
Parkview Apartments
10950 N. 87th Avenue
Peoria, AZ 85345

Com Sense, Inc.
Provides information on Fair Housing Act regulations.
Phone: 480-649-8080
TTY/TDD: 602-231-0961
Fax: 480-649-8864
2705 E. Menlo Street
Mesa, AZ 85213

City of Peoria
Emergency Home Repair
Peoria Assisting Residents Program (PAR)
Provides minor emergency home repairs up to $5,000 for qualified low/moderate income and/or HUD eligible Peoria homeowners.
Phone: 623-773-7667
Fax: 623-773-7245
Neighborhood Services Division
9875 N. 85th Ave
Peoria, AZ 85345
click here to download a PAR brochure
click here to download a PAR application

Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (ABIL)
Provides the removal of architectural barriers in the homes of Peoria residents with disabilities.
Phone: 602-296-0530
Fax: 602-254-6407
1229 E. Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85034-1101

Community Services of Arizona (CSA)
Provides emergency home repairs up to $10,000 for qualified low/moderate income and/or HUD eligible Peoria homeowners.
Phone: 480-963-6276 ext. 215
Fax: 480-782-1870
Chandler, AZ 85225

Arizona Action for Foster Children (AAFC)
Provides home visits by Licensing Specialists to AAFC children fostered in Peoria.
Phone: 480-345-9555
Fax: 480-345-2678
4665 S. Ash Avenue, Suite G11
Tempe, AZ 85282

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix-
Wistosky/Peoria Branch
Provides after school and summer programs, offers homework help and tutoring, computer access, organized league sports, the arts, health and life skills, and character building activities.
Phone: 623-979-3559
Fax: 602-343-1370
11820 N, 81st Avenue
Peoria, AZ 85345

Interfaith Community Care/Sun City Area Interfaith
Adult Day Services Program
Provides daytime assistance for elderly and developmentally disabled Peoria residents at the Peoria Adult Day Health Center.
Phone: 623-584-4999
Fax: 623-546-1589
8133 W. Cactus Road
Peoria, AZ 85381-5213

Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS)
Provides emergency shelter and supportive services for homeless persons.
Phone: 602-256-6945
Fax: 602-256-6401
230 South 12th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85007

West Valley Child Crisis Center
Provides shelter and support to children who are victims of domestic violence.
Phone: 623-848-8863
Fax: 623-848-8864
PO Box 850
Glendale, AZ 85311-0850

City of Peoria
Curb Cut/Handicap Ramps
Provides change out of existing street curbs that are a barrier to wheelchairs or mobility impaired persons to ramped access that meets Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements.
Phone: 623-773-7212
Fax: 623-773-7211
Engineering Department
8401 W. Monroe Street
Peoria, AZ 85345

Civitan Foundation, Inc.
Provides camp and respite programming for persons with disabilities through activities at Camp Civitan.
Phone: 602-953-2944
Fax: 602-953-22946
3509 E. Shea Blvd., Suite 117
Phoenix, AZ 85028

City of Peoria
First Time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program
Provides first-time homebuyer down-payment assistance to low and moderate income and HUD eligible citizens purchasing a home in Peoria.
Phone: 623-773-7250
Fax: 623-773-7245
Neighborhood Services Division
9875 N. 85th Ave
Peoria, AZ 85345

click here to download a First Time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance brochure

Habitat for Humanity of the West Valley
Promotes homeownership to low and moderate income Peoria families and constructs new homes in partnership with families and other organizations.
Phone: 623-583-2417
Fax: 623-583-2705
9133 NW Grand Avenue, Suite 1
Peoria, AZ 85345

Maricopa County Human Services Department
Special Transportation Services
Provides assisted, door-to-door, advance reservation transportation to low-income, disabled, and elderly persons.  Trips must originate in Peoria and terminate outside of Peoria.  Hours 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (advanced reservations are required)
Trips originating and terminating solely within Peoria are accommodated through the Peoria Dial-A-Ride Program (see below).  The City of Peoria also provides a program for trips originating in Peoria and terminating at neighboring medical campuses in Sun City and Glendale through the Peoria Dial-A-Ride Plus Program (see below).
Phone: 623-934-4256
234 N. Central Avenue, Suite 3201
Phoenix, AZ 85004

City of Peoria
Dial-A-Ride/Dial-A-Ride Plus
Provides curb-to-curb, advance reservation transportation of Peoria residents with wheelchair accessible vehicles.
Phone: 623-773-7435
Transit Division
8401 W Monroe Street
Peoria, AZ 85345

City of Peoria
Allies in Quality Utility Assistance (AQUA)
Provides emergency utility assistance to qualified low/moderate income and/or HUD eligible Peoria residents.
Phone: 623-773-7667
Fax: 623-773-7245
Neighborhood Services Division
9875 N. 85th Ave
Peoria, AZ 85345

click here to download an AQUA brochure
click here to download a AQUA application

St. Mary's/Westside Food Bank Alliance
Provides a three to five day supply of nutritionally balanced food for families and individuals experiencing short-term financial emergencies.
Phone: 602-343-3152
Fax: 602-352-3665
2831 N 31st Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85009

This Page was last updated on 08/29/08
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