• Home Catastrophe/Natural Disaster – Amount of Grant: Up to $1,000
  Assistance after a natural or localized disaster has destroyed the employee’s personal residence, rendered it unlivable or it is otherwise in need of costly repairs, in excess of insurance, after the disaster (hurricane, fire, flood, tornado, mudslide, etc.).
• Funeral or Emergency Travel for Immediate Family** – Amount of Grant: Up to $1,000
  Assistance for those who have incurred the loss of an immediate family member**, if the employee is financially responsible for funeral arrangements and no other resources exist. For employees who must travel to visit or care for a terminally ill immediate family member or escort a critically ill immediate family member to an out-of-state medical facility.
• Medical Emergency (emergency hospitalization, injury, etc.) – Amount of Grant: Up to $500
  For employees who have encountered financial hardships due to medical emergencies involving themselves or members of their household (injury, hospitalization, loss of income during medical emergency, etc.).
• Personal Emergency (theft, partner laid off, acts of violence) – Amount of Grant: Up to $500
  For employees who have encountered financial hardships for unexpected, unavoidable reasons beyond their control (spouse’s layoff, unexpected loss of income, non-routine vehicle or home repair that restricts ability of applicant to care for self and household, etc.).
• Military Deployment (employee or spouse is on active duty) – Amount of Grant: Up to $500
  For employees who have encountered financial hardships during their deployment or their spouse’s deployment to active duty military service.

Note: To comply with IRS conditions, program guidelines restrict assistance to employees experiencing severe financial need due to specific unexpected, unavoidable emergencies which can be documented. While all emergencies and financial hardships are unfortunate, incidents outside of program guidelines cannot be approved. Documentation suggestions are available at this link.

Employees should use available resources such as medical/life insurance, PTO, short/long term disability, personal savings, assistance from family members, etc. before applying for assistance.  If ineligible, TCF can refer applicants to other resources in their community.

Upon approval, grant recipients are typically mailed a check made payable to the vendor requesting payment (i.e. landlord, utility company, contractor, etc.). We understand that each situation is unique so please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Situations that will NOT be Considered: Elective bills; bills related to routine vehicle repairs; child support payments by applicant; expenses/bills resulting from divorce or separation; attorney fees; medical expenses not related to medical emergencies; situations related to extended family members; or garnishments of an employee’s paycheck due to past debt. Additional details are available at this link.

**Immediate Family for Funeral/Emergency Travel Category Defined: Spouses, domestic partners, parents, brothers, sisters, children, children of domestic partners, grandchildren, grandparents, parents in law and parents of domestic partners, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

Donate for Others

Grants from The Patriot Golf Club Employee Assistance Fund are funded solely by donations.

Every dollar amount will make a difference in the life of one of your fellow employees.

All contributions are tax-deductible up to the amount allowed by law.