Financial Assistance Application


Any Cherokee County resident may apply for financial assistance through the Good Samaritan Fund at Hillside by submitting this application. The purpose of this application is to get to know you and your circumstances, so please answer as honestly and completely as possible. We are not here to pass judgment, only to obtain the most complete information with which to serve you in the best way possible .

Applications will be reviewed on Wednesdays at 11:00 am weekly or every other week. Only completed applications will be reviewed. Completion of the application and/or communication with church staff or volunteers does not guarantee that assistance will be provided. Any assistance will be sent directly to the service provider and will take at least a week to receive if approved. If you are approved to receive financial assistance, you will hear from us between 11am-1pm on the Wednesday that applications are reviewed. Please make sure that the phone number listed in your application is functional and that you are available during the review period - if we are unable to reach you, we will move to the next applicant and we will be unable to make an appointment with you. Please do not submit multiple applications, as this only delays the process.

Assistance may be provided to an individual or family a maximum of one time per year and priority given to first time applicants. Assistance through the Good Samaritan Fund is provided only to Cherokee County residents.

We are unable to provide financial assistance for hotel stays. We can provide assistance with utilities (gas/electric/water), and with rent/lease/mortgage payments within our monetary constraints. Motels, hotels and extended stay facilities do not qualify. The Good Samaritan does not assist with the following: internet, cable, or phone bills, car payments, insurance payments of any kind, or prescription medications.

Information from this application will be seen and shared on a confidential basis only with Hillside staff and volunteers who are part of the Benevolence Team; and, with related agencies as explained further in this application.

Additional Resources:
Cherokee County Community Resources Directory
Cherokee County Homeless Coalition
Encompass Ministries
Forever Fed

Georgia Department of Community Affairs
MUST Ministries
Recovery Organization of Cherokee County
United Way of Greater Atlanta




As our offices will be closed for Christmas and the following week, we will not be reviewing applications until January 3rd, 2022. Thank you for your understanding.

Any Cherokee County resident may apply for financial assistance through the Good Samaritan Fund at Hillside UMC by submitting this application. The purpose of this application is to get to know you and your circumstances, so please answer as honestly and completely as possible. We are not here to pass judgment, only to obtain the most complete information with which to serve you in the best way possible .

Applications will be reviewed on Wednesdays at 11:30am  weekly or every other week. Only completed applications will be reviewed. Completion of the application and/or communication with church staff or volunteers does not guarantee that assistance will be provided. Any assistance will be sent directly to the service provider and will take at least a week to receive if approved. If you are approved to receive financial assistance, you will hear from us by 3:00pm on the Wednesday that applications are reviewed.
Assistance may be provided to an individual or family a maximum of one time per 6 months.

We are unable to provide financial assistance for hotel stays. We can provide assistance with utilities (gas/electric/water), and with rent/lease/mortgage payments within our monetary constraints. Motels, hotels and extended stay facilities do not qualify.

Information from this application will be seen and shared on a confidential basis only with Hillside staff and volunteers who are part of the Benevolence Team; and, with related agencies as explained further in this application. .

If you are unable to fill this application out online, a printed version is available. You may come by and pick one up or we will be happy to mail it to you. Please call our main office at (770) 924-4777 for more information.

Additional Resources:
Cherokee County Community Resources Directory
Cherokee County Homeless Coalition
Encompass Ministries
Forever Fed
MUST Ministries
Recovery Organization of Cherokee County
United Way of Greater Atlanta