The Licking County Health Department works to prevent disease transmission and protect the quality of surface and ground water by performing inspections, enforcing sewage regulations, and providing education to homeowners.

The General Minor Home Repair services offered may include handicap modifications or accessibility, heating unit repair or replacement, roof repair or replacement, electric and plumbing services and general home repair. Visit https://wocap.org/housing-services/home-repair/ for income eligibility chart.

PRC funds may be able to provide assistance to replace or repair hot water heaters. Call for more information about specific guidelines and eligibility requirements.

Provides loans to very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve or modernize their homes or grants to elderly very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.

Provides a phone number where people can report abandoned properties in the area. Organization makes sure properties are boarded up and secured against illegal activity, then tracks the properties to their owners (where possible), reports them to proper city authorities, and works to reach resolution regarding the properties. Help with minor home repair, weatherization and resources for community members.

Helps with winterizing a home. Program services include insulation of hot water heaters, heating ducts, attics, reduction of air leakage from any source, safety inspections and tune-up of heating systems and heating unit replacement.

Provides various water repairs. For the main water line, will repair or make service line replacements. In the home, will repair or replace water tanks in addition to repairing plumbing fixtures such as leaking faucets, broken toilets (installation of water saver toilet in the event of non-repairable toilet). Also, repair/correction of frozen water lines and k-line replacements. When available, may install water conservation kit to help reduce water usage.

Provides funding to help homeowners in Berea make basic repairs and improvements on their home, including those in violation of the City's exterior maintenance ordinance.

Provides home repair and rehabilitation to improve safety and lower health risks. Note: this is not an emergency program.

Provides repair of owner-occupied dwellings for income-eligible households that are mentally or physically disabled or include a disabled family member.

Program aims to help individuals and families that live in environments which are considered unsafe or unsanitary. Veterans, senior citizens, and disable adults often have difficulty maintaining their homes while young adults who 'age out of the foster system' or encounter life-disrupting issues and need temporary safe housing. H.A.R.P aims to resolve these issues by providing furnishing assistance, home repairs, and temporary housing.

Provides onsite septic system inspections and consultations, issues sewage permits, and investigates sewage complaints

Provide Mahoning County residents that qualify with a stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer, bedding, and/or a crib. Services beginning April 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.

Provide Mahoning County residents that qualify with a stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer, bedding, and/or a crib. Services beginning April 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.

Provides one time emergency heating assistance to income-eligible households that are disconnected, threatened with disconnection, need to re-connect service that has been shut off, need to transfer or establish new service, or have less than a 25% supply of bulk fuel. Maximum amount of assistance is $175 for regulated utilities, $450 for wood and coal, $750 for unregulated utilities, $900 for bulk fuel or up to $1500 for furnace repair. Customers can also receive combined benefits for any of the above. The utility company will delay the disconnection until five business days after the confirmed appointment.

Plumbing permits, inspections and plumber registrations.

The PRC program in Ohio helps families overcome immediate barriers to achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency. The program provides benefits and services to families who are in need of help with essential support to become self-sufficient. The PRC Program is designed to: - Prevent families from having to apply for OWF cash assistance when a crisis arises; - Help families retain employment by enhancing job skills , overcoming barriers and providing short-term assistance or wage supplementation if necessary. - Provide for contingent needs by helping families with nonrecurring urgent problems that could, if left unattended, result in families needing long-term public assistance. - Support families receiving OWF with services to enable them to become self-sufficient. Examples of short-term assistance through PRC include: - Shelter and utility assistance - Transportation assistance - Employment Related Supportive Services.

Program provides a home environment safety assessment for the individual's home, minor home modifications, and coordination with local fire departments to improve the safety of the client's home when requested and appropriate.

The JOSHUA program is a work missions project established for youth and adults from various parts of the country to help make a difference in the living conditions of low income residents of the Ohio Valley. Services include, but are not limited to: painting, building of handicap ramps, replacing of windows, and yard clean up. Home repair projects are matched up with the skills of the work mission groups and most projects can be completed within one (1) week in the summer.

Offers health and safety-related independent living improvements such as handrail and grab bar installation, ramp repair, and other services and health and safety improvements including window air conditioner installation, unclogging drains and more.

Provides assistance with specific health and safety issues for homeowners. The eligible repairs include roof repairs, electrical issues, no hot water, no heat, and handicap accessibility.

Help with home chores, repairs, minor modifications and minor auto repairs. Program ask that when you can, you pay for the materials, but all labor is done by donation only. Transportation is provided to seniors to appointments, grocery stores, churches, and a local food bank by donation.

Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio is accepting Zanesville applicants for the CDBG Paint Program. The program provides up to $3,500 in funding to existing homeowners to assist with repainting the exterior of their own home. Grants will be based on need. Applicants must meet income guidelines, have homeowner’s insurance, have property taxes paid in full and be free of foreclosure.

Roof replacement; hot water tank replacement; installs hand rails and builds wheelchair ramps; plumbing, furnace repair etc; no electrical work, no outside painting; no siding; no work on garages.

We utilize local volunteers along with monetary and material donations to complete the Senior home repairs.