Free tax preparation

Through the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, Entergy’s certified volunteers work alongside community partners to help qualifying families file their taxes for free. If your household earned less than $64,000 last year, you likely qualify.

• To find a free tax preparation site near you and make sure you get the full refund you deserve, visit entergy.com/freetaxhelp.

Housing programs

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offers a variety of programs and resources to help qualifying residents find safe, affordable, energy-efficient housing.

• Qualifying Mississippi residents looking for rental housing can learn more here, and those interested in homeownership can visit here.

Certified medical emergency

This program allows for electric service to be continued for up to 60 days for any qualifying customer whose disconnection would cause a medical emergency.

Qualifying customers include those with ventilators in continuous use and those on hospice care. Households with equipment such as nebulizers, home oxygen machines, CPAP machines, BiPap machines, dialysis machines or machines for breathing treatments do not qualify.

To receive this benefit, the customer must provide medical documentation from a physician.

• Call 1-800-ENTERGY (1-800-368-3749) to request a form for your doctor to fill out to be returned to Entergy.

211 Mississippi

211 Mississippi is a statewide resource and referral service that connects callers with a variety of health and human service resources specific to their needs and geographical area.

Every day, clients contact 211 to access free and confidential crisis and emergency counseling, disaster assistance, food, health care, stable housing and utilities payment assistance, employment services, veteran services and childcare and family services.

• Call 211 to connect with a specialist.