Welcome to the web pages of Moraine Township, serving residents in the southeast corner of Lake County, Illinois.
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Use the drop down menu from the PayPal donation page to select how your donation is used: Food Pantry, Emergency Food Assistance, or Other Resident Emergency Assistance.
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IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO NEEDS HELP: please have them contact us: 847-432-3240 / info@morainetownship.org / Morainetownship.org.
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE / GENERAL ASSISTANCE: Click here for English application and click here for Spanish application.
Emergency Assistance
Our Emergency Assistance program provides Moraine Township residents with assistance in alleviating a life-threatening circumstance or job-related expense. Residents experiencing a hardship due to a current emergency such as loss of income, out of pocket medical expenses, reduction in hours, among others are encouraged to apply.
LINK TO APPLICATION
General Assistance
Our General Assistance program provides Moraine Township residents assistance with
$400 towards monthly basic living expenses such as rent, utilities, & food.
You may be eligible for General Assistance if you are unemployed, have no income,
actively seeking employment and don’t qualify for any other government assistance
program or you are currently pending a decision on a social security disability claim.
LINK TO APPLICATION
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FOOD PANTRY: open Tuesday 10 am until 2 pm
Para obtener asistencia para completar la solicitud en español, llame a Guadalupe Somerville al 847-432-3240.
Call 847-432-3240
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Due to COVID-19, Governor Pritzker and the Lake County Clerk's office encourage all voters to vote by mail and avoid lines during early voting or on Election Day.
To facilitate a safe election in November, Public Acts 101-641 and 101-642 were signed into law by Governor Pritzker on June 16, changing some provisions to the election process only for the November 3, 2020 General Election.
Changes include establishing an earlier date to start accepting applications to vote by mail, allowing applications to be submitted by email, and sending an Application for Ballot to voters who participated in any election since the November 2018 General Election.
Click here to learn more and request your mail-in ballot.
Questions about voting by mail? Call 847.377.VOTE or 847.377.2406, or email VotingbyMail@lakecountyil.gov.
For more information on Lake County Clerk services and up-to-the-minute election news, visit LakeCountyClerk.info, or call 847-377-2400.
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Early Voting Starts October 19
Postage-Free Drop Boxes for Vote by Mail Ballots
Voter Registration Information
READ MORE
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MORAINE TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO SHOPPING DUE TO COVID-19
Drive-up food distribution Tuesday 10 am until 2 pm while Pantry is closed
If you are not able to visit the Pantry during regular hours, please call 847-432-3240
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IF YOU KNOW A MORAINE TOWNSHIP RESIDENT WHO NEEDS HELP, PLEASE ASK THEM TO CONTACT US.
SI CONOCE A ALGUIEN QUE NECESITA AYUDA, comuníquese con nosotros.
Our generous community has provided the Township with resources to help our struggling residents traverse this crisis. It takes a village, and we are grateful to be part of this amazing and caring community of residents who understand we’re all in this together, and want to help each other through it!
See attached in English/Spanish for Township assistance:
- Food Pantry Tuesdays 10 am until 2 pm Thanks to an outpouring of community donations, in addition to distributing shelf-stable food like rice, pasta, beans, tuna, peanut butter, cereal, etc., we are able to add milk, eggs & butter ordered weekly from a local dairy, add meat and produce purchased from Sunset Foods, and add whole grain bread thanks to Rosen Bakery.
- Call or email if you need food but can’t get to the Pantry because you are sick or quarantined. For the safety of other clients, volunteers and staff, please do not visit the Pantry if you are sick.
- Pantry visitors are required to wear masks.
- SNAP: (formerly known as Food Stamps) remote enrollment assistance
- Emergency Assistance: for rent or other urgent needs.
- Health insurance and Medicaid: remote enrollment assistance.
- Free tax return preparation:via video conference for low-income taxpayers who need to file a tax return to confirm stimulus check eligibility.
- Other Resources: We are available to connect residents with other resources and services.
A big shout out to the heroic Moraine Township staff who give 150% every day to ensure that our residents will be safe, fed, and still in their homes when we emerge from this dark tunnel!
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For more information on Moraine Township:
Click here for English
Click here for Spanish
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Click here for English
Click here for Spanish
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For the safety of our riders and staff, we are temporarily suspending our van transportation
program for all riders except dialysis and chemotherapy patients.
We will have applications in an envelope on the porch to our office for various assistance
programs. Residents can telephone the office for help completing the applications and
return completed applications and documents to the locked mail box on our office porch.
Wherever possible, we will assist residents via phone with applications for Medicaid,
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF). Moraine Township staff will do everything possible to expedite processing applications for
emergency assistance.
Our goal is for staff to connect with each of the low-income seniors who have accessed
Township services to see how they are doing and what they may need, and try to figure out
how to get them critical supplies while they are safely staying home.
The following Township programs are suspended until further notice:
- VITA: Volunteer income tax preparation for low-income taxpayers;
- Passports:Passport application procession;
- Notary Services;
- Voter Registration;
- RTA Discount Card applications;
- Taxi coupon distribution.
Desperately need bags to pack food in since clients are not shopping with their own reusable
bags. We will have bins on the porch outside our office for untorn paper grocery bags.
We are fortunate to live in a unique and generous community. It takes a village and the
Township is grateful for our residents’ genuine concern for their struggling neighbors.
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If you have turned 65 and own a home in Moraine Township that is your primary residence, please make sure you apply for your senior homestead exemption to save money on your property taxes. Applications can be filed online here. Questions??? Call the Assessor’s office 847-432-2100.
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To qualify, applicants must:
- Be 65 years of age or older
- Own the property as their principle residence for the past two January 1
- Have a total household income of $65,000 or less
This exemption must be renewed annually for income qualification
To find out if you are eligible, or for assistance applying, please bring a copy of your 2019 income tax return to Moraine Township Assessor’s office at 800 Central Avenue, Highland Park or visit this website.
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Need a Passport Book or Card? Applications now accepted at Moraine Township >>
(05/20/18) Moraine Township is now certified to process first-time Passport Book and Passport Card Applications. Continue Reading >>
Download a flyer (pdf).
Services available to all residents
- Door-to-Door van transportation for seniors and disabled residents 847-432-3000
- RTA discount cards
- Voter registration
- Free Notary service
- Free Notary service (EXCEPT for documents relating to the conveyance of residential real property)
- Help enrolling for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act
- NEW Passport application processing
- Township Assessor 847-432-2100 Help with exemptions, understanding your assessment, filing an objection
Services for income-qualified residents
- General / Emergency Assistance
- Food Pantry
- Utility assistance
- Medical alert monitoring program for seniors and disabled residents
- Application assistance: Medicaid, SNAP, Benefit Access, TANF
- Resource referral for specific needs
- Free income tax return preparation for low-and-moderate-income taxpayers
Servicios disponibles para todos los residentes
- Transporte de camioneta puerta a puerta para personas mayores y residentes discapacitados 847-432-3000
- Tarjetas de descuento RTA
- Registro para votar
- Servicio gratuito de notario publico
- Servicio gratuito de notario public (EXCEPTO para documentos relacionados con el traspaso de bienes inmuebles residenciales)
- Ayuda para inscribirse en el seguro de salud. bajo la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio
- NUEVO: procesamiento de solicitud de pasaporte
- Asesor de Municipio 847-432-2100 Ayuda con las exenciones, entendiendo tu evaluación, presentación de una objeción
Servicios para residentes calificados por ingresos
- Asistencia general y de emergencia
- Despensa de alimentos
- Asistencia de utilidades
- Programa de alerta médicas para personas mayores y residentes discapacitados que viven solos
- Solicitud de asistencia: Medicaid, SNAP Acceso a Beneficios, TANF
- Recursos para necesidades específicas
- Preparación gratis de la declaración de impuestos para contribuyentes de ingresos bajos y moderados
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