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Illness or injury

To assist employees or immediate family member (limited to spouse/domestic partner or dependents) who have encountered financial hardships for reasons beyond their control (illness or injury) with household expenses or travel expenses to appointments.

Note:
Staples Cause for Caring does not provide funding for medical bills.

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Qualifying expense

• Past due rent or mortgage
• Past due basic utilities
• Travel expenses to attend appointments

Required documentation

• Medical leave documentation or FMLA form (if applicable)
• Doctor’s note documenting dates employee was not able to work
• Itemized medical bill statement to prove illness/injury occurred
• Documentation of time off from work due to medical reasons
• Travel receipts to attend appointments

Funeral

Available to assist those who have incurred the loss of an employee, immediate family member or relative if the employee is financially responsible for arrangements. Employee must be able to prove that they are financially responsible or contributed to the expenses. An employee’s spouse/domestic partner may apply for assistance in the event of an employee’s death.

Note:
Staples Cause for Caring does not provide funding for medical bills.

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Qualifying expense

• Essential funeral expenses for deceased family member
• Travel expenses to attend the funeral or to make funeral arrangements
• Past due rent or mortgage
• Past due basic utility bills

Required documentation

• Itemized funeral invoice or estimate
• Proof of the death of relative (death certificate or obituary)
• Transportation receipts showing cost and date of travel to funeral or travel to make arrangements
• Copy of past due bills

Natural disaster

Employee’s primary residence or property is severely damaged, destroyed or rendered unlivable by a localized natural disaster (fire, flood, tornado, hurricane, ice/wind/snowstorm, mudslide, etc.) or federally/state-declared natural disaster or terrorist attack, or employee is displaced from home and forced to pay for alternative housing.

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Qualifying expense

• Uninsured/underinsured needed repairs to primary residence or property
• Security deposit (or other move in or moving fees) to move into a new residence
• Emergency housing (if needed)
• Past due rent or mortgage
• Past due basic utilities
• Food
• Necessary items lost due to event
• Necessary transportation lost or inoperable due to event

Required documentation

• Insurance report of damages or current insurance declaration page for residence or transportation
• Proof of deductible amount from insurance company for residence or transportation
• Insurance decision (e.g., amount awarded by insurance, denial of coverage) for residence or transportation
• Itemized contractor / auto repair quote showing amount needed to make repairs to primary residence or transportation
• Fire report from local fire department or other proof of fire
• Statement from community organization assisting employee (e.g., American Red Cross, fire/police department, shelter, etc.)
• Provide images of the damage to primary residence or transportation
• Copy of past due bills or travel expenses
• Copy of grocery/food receipts

Unemployment

Loss of a spouse’s job or employee’s second job due to a layoff or company closure within the past 6 months. Excludes Staples’ employment or reduction in hours.

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Qualifying expense

• Past due rent or mortgage
• Past due basic utilities

Required documentation

• Copy of the termination letter with date and reason of termination or paperwork from unemployment office showing date and reason of separation
• Copy of past due bills

Housing assistance

Employees in need of new housing due to:

• Rental unit/home condemned or deemed uninhabitable due to unsafe living conditions.
• Unforeseen sale/foreclosure of a home rented from a private landlord and the employee is forced to find new residence with less than 90 days’ notice (foreclosure of a home owned by the employee does not fit this circumstance).
• Preventing homelessness – extreme situations only where an employee received an official court order and on the verge of eviction with less than 30 days’ notice to vacate.

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Qualifying expense

• Security deposit (or other move in or moving fees) to move into a new residence
• Past due rent or mortgage (if applicable)
• Repairs to make home safe/habitable to condemned unit/home
• Uninsured/underinsured needed repairs to primary residence or property

Required documentation

Note: Employees requesting assistance as a result of the sale or foreclosure on their rented residence are required to submit proof of the sale or foreclosure including:

• Inspection report or other documentation showing how the home is uninhabitable
• Foreclosure notice from the landlord or owner of the rented property
• Documentation showing the property is for sale
• Current lease or proof of address
• Copy of court order
• Proof of deductible amount from insurance company for (e.g., amount awarded by insurance, denial of coverage) to make home safe/habitable.
• Itemized contractor quote showing amount needed to make repairs to make home safe/habitable.

Domestic abuse

Employee in unsafe home environment and is need of new housing.

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Qualifying expense

• Security deposit (or other move in or moving fees) to move into new residence
• Temporary housing if needed
• First Months rent to move into new residence
• Replace daily care items left behind when fleeing unsafe environment (i.e., clothes, toiletries)

Required documentation

• Police report or restraining order documenting the abuse
• New landlord/temporary housing statement
• Copy of past due bills
• Lease agreement from NEW landlord showing security deposit and first months rent amounts
• Copy of receipts to replace daily care items

Military deployment

Employee, immediate family member or spouse/domestic partner who has encountered financial hardships after being deployed.

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Qualifying expense

• Rent or mortgage
• Other bills where assistance is needed

Required documentation

• Copy of deployment orders
• Copy of basic utility bills
• Copy of rent/mortgage statement