Financial Assistance Policy

To remove financial barriers preventing individuals from accessing professional mental health, trauma-recovery, and addiction-recovery services.

Care, dignity, confidentiality, stewardship, and faith. Every applicant is a person, not a case file.

• Licensed therapy and counseling sessions
• Outpatient and residential addiction recovery programs
• Psychiatric evaluation and medication management
• Faith-based residential recovery (6–12 month programs)

• Cash disbursement to individuals — funds are paid directly to providers
• Living expenses, rent, food, transportation
• Legal fees, fines, or court-ordered payments
• Services from unlicensed providers

Eligibility is reviewed individually. Considerations include demonstrated financial need, alignment with the foundation's mission, and availability of program funding.

1. Submit a Request Support form on this site
2. Initial review and triage by ESEO Foundation
3. Follow-up contact for additional information if needed
4. Decision communicated to the applicant in writing
5. If approved, funds are disbursed directly to the licensed provider

Approval is not guaranteed. Funding is finite and prioritized in good faith based on need and available resources.

Board members and staff who have a personal or familial connection to an applicant recuse themselves from review and decision-making.

All applicant information is treated as confidential and shared only with those directly involved in review and disbursement, and as required by law.

Applicants may submit a written appeal of a decision within 30 days. Appeals are reviewed by board members not involved in the original decision.

Records of applications, decisions, and disbursements are maintained per IRS 501(c)(3) requirements.

This program operates in compliance with IRS regulations governing 501(c)(3) charitable assistance and substantiates each disbursement with documentation sufficient for tax-exempt purposes.

The board reviews this policy annually and as needed.