Fee Assistance Programs

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The Aging and Eligibility Services staff work to meet your needs with senior services, health care and electric assistance. If you need help in any of these areas, please call us at (941) 749-3030.

Eligibility Services Benefit Programs

Manatee County Eligibility Services Section provides a host of services for the economically disadvantaged. Qualified recipients may receive assistance with prescriptions, ambulance fees, and indigent burial.

Ambulance Fee Payment Assistance

Provides assistance with Ambulance fees from Manatee County Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

Who is Eligible:

Assistance is based on a sliding fee scale for Manatee County residents with incomes less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.

For questions and/or an appointment, please call (941) 749-3030

Burial Assistance

The indigent burial program provides assistance with cremation services.

In all instances, cremation shall be the preferred method of disposition. However, should the family of the deceased wish for burial and already has a plot, burial assistance may be available.

Who is Eligible:

An individual whose death occurs in Manatee County who has no known advance directives, authorized representative, or next of kin, willing and able to make final disposition of the remains of the deceased person.

For further information, please call (941) 749-3030

Prescription Assistance

Provides assistance with prescriptions for Manatee County residents to reduce the incidence of major medical care or hospitalization. 

Who is Eligible:

Note: This is a program of last resort. Any other available prescription assistance shall be utilized and exhausted prior to an eligible recipient receiving assistance.  Residents are eligible for six months.

For an appointment, please call (941) 749-3030

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