Senior Star Employee Emergency Relief Fund

The Senior Star Employee Emergency Relief Fund is designed to provide short-term assistance to employees experiencing severe financial need due to unexpected and unavoidable emergencies. You must be employed by Senior Star Management Company or its affiliates/subsidiaries to be eligible to apply.  Eligible applicants may receive a maximum of one grant per calendar year, and two grants total per employee and his/her family.  If you have other resources to meet your needs, you are likely not eligible for this crisis program.

The Senior Star Employee Emergency Relief Fund is administered by the Tulsa Community Foundation, an organization specializing in assisting corporations in creating emergency assistance and disaster relief funds for employees. Applications are confidential and identifying details are never shared with Senior Star.

Program Guidelines
Eligible to Apply: You must be employed by Senior Star Management Company or its affiliates/subsidiaries to be eligible to apply.

In the event of an unexpected and unavoidable emergency that causes a severe financial hardship, Senior Star employees may apply for assistance within the following categories and qualifications (Please remember that not all emergencies will warrant the maximum assistance):

• Home Catastrophe/Natural Disaster – Amount of Grant: Up to $2,000
  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 $1,000
  For employees who have encountered financial hardships due to medical emergencies (injury, hospitalization, loss of income during medical emergency, etc.).
• Personal Emergency (theft, partner laid off, acts of violence) – Amount of Grant: Up to $1,000
  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.).

Documentation will be requested from each applicant. Additional information is available here.