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Assistance can be provided to help with transportation to\/from treatment. We can also help with hotel or transportation costs for families of first responders. The application process, with the board of directors serving as the selection committee, helps ensure the financial burden to first responders isn\u2019t too great.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Fun Fact Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”-12px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Service Section Title” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_direction=”top” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ text_font=”Montserrat||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” text_orientation=”center” max_width=”700px” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_intensity_slide=”4%” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n To apply please contact us at jlang@herofirst.org with “Assistance Fund” in the Subject Line. You will be asked to complete a short form to determine eligibility.<\/p>\n The HERO Home Page<\/a> is an overview of who we are and what we do. Assistance Fund For First Respondershope for emergency responders organizationHERO assistance fund can supply financial help for first responders who need it.First responders’ jobs are not only physically demanding, the repeated experiences of seeing traumatic events also has a mental toll on firefighters, EMTs, police, and others.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FIRST RESPONDERSHERO can provide monetary assistance to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herofirst.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herofirst.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herofirst.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herofirst.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herofirst.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":128,"href":"https:\/\/herofirst.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2082,"href":"https:\/\/herofirst.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions\/2082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herofirst.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herofirst.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS<\/h2>\n
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Other Services<\/h3>\n
\nThe HERO Scholarship Fund<\/a> is open to graduating high school seniors.
\nHERO offers Peer Support<\/a> in the form of a warm line.
\nFrequently Asked Questions<\/a> answers recurring questions from first responders.
\nThe Resources<\/a> page lists other ways first responders can find help.
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