Ed is an optimistic gentleman who, at age 83, believed "retirement will kill me." He worked as a licensed pharmacist part-time, but when Ed got COVID, he had to stop working. Without a steady income, he couldn't pay his mortgage or purchase necessities. He reached out to an NCOA community partner - one of our 87 benefit enrollment centers nationwide - where frontline staff worked with Ed one-on-one to personalize his options. The team helped him apply for and enroll in local housing support and food assistance, or SNAP benefits. Ed got some financial breathing room as he recuperated and set his sights on getting back to work.
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