Senior Aid Program
For seniors 55 and over 

• Paid job training for 3 to 9 months
• Train/work 20 hours a week
• Receive job placement assistance
  For more information call Jewish Vocational Services:
  Ellen at (312)673-3433 or
  Judy at (312)673-3426 
  
  
  

  SENIORS, ARE YOU SAVING ALL YOU CAN  ON PROPERTY TAXES
  Programs for Seniors 65 or older
  "Take advantage of all the property tax relief you're eligible for"
  Mayor Richard M. Daley

• The Senior Homestead Exemption
  Provides tax relief by reducing the equalized assessed  value of your home, which can reduce your tax bill, if you owned and resided in your home as of Jan. 1, 2008
   
• The Senior Citizen Assessment Freeze Exemption
  Allows qualified seniors to freeze the equalized assessed value of their homes for the year preceding the year in which the applicant first qualifies and applies for exemption if you owned and resided in your home from Jan. 1, 2007 through Jan. 1, 2008 and your total houssehold income was $55,000 or less in 2007
  
• The Senior Citizen Real Estate Tax Deferral
  Allows qualified senior homeowners to defer all or part of their property taxes.  Amount deferred is repaid at 6% annual interest when the home is sold, or transferred to heirs if you: owned and resided in your home for 3 years or more,  yourhousehold income is less than $50,000 and your taxes are not delinquent

• The Circuit Breaker Program
  Provides low-income seniors and diabled residents grants to help pay property taxes.  Both owners and renters are eligible, if you are a senior or person with disabilities, and  your household income is less than:
  $22,218 (1 person)
  $29,480 (2 people) or
  $36,740 (3 people or more)
  For more information contact:
  Chicago Tax Assistance Center
  City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., Room 100
  Chicago, IL 60602
  (312)744-1000
  Mon-Fri 8:30a.m. to 5:00p.m. or visit:
  www.cityofchicago.org/CTAC/

• CEDA Home Energy Utility Bill Payment Assistance Program for Seniors and Persons Living With Disabilities

  The Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County, Inc. is encouraging seniors and persons living with disabilities to get assistance with their home energy bills before the cold weather arrives.  CEDA wants to ensure that homes occupied by the elderly and disabled are safe and warm in time for winter.  On October 1, 2009 the CEDA LIHEAP Emergency Furnace and Reconnection Assistance Programs will also begin accepting enrollment for applicants with disabilities, persons over the age of 60 and households whose utility service has been disconnected.  The LIHEAP Emergency Furnace Program performs work on non-operable or unsafe heating systems and the LIHEAP reconnection Assistance benefit can help disconnected households get their utility service restored.  General enrollment for all income-eligible applicants begins November 1st.  For more information on LIHEAP eligibility or to find a local intake center contact CEDA at: (800)571-CEDA(2332) or visit: www.cedaorg.net