Wounded Warrior Project and Operation Homefront announced a partnership that will extend emergency financial assistance to military service members and veterans who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound, which was not due to their own misconduct, coincident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001.

The requests for assistance are being taken and fulfilled by Operation Homefront starting Dec. 3. Emergency assistance will be in the form of cash grants paid to service providers to cover the most basic of needs — food, rent, utilities. Warriors will have to prove financial need exists; requests for assistance can be submitted online at www.OperationHomefront.net

“Operation Homefront’s primary focus is providing emergency financial assistance to the families of those deployed and to our Wounded Warriors during and after their recovery and transition,” said Jim Knotts, Operation Homefront’s president and CEO. “For years we have wanted to extend our eligibility to cover more Warriors. We currently provide assistance for two years after a service member has separated from the military, and now we can help many more who have been affected by 9/11.”

Operation Homefront is a national nonprofit that has met more than 590,000 needs of military families since its inception in 2002. For more information, go to www.OperationHomefront. net.

The mission of Wounded Warrior Project is to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members, to help injured servicemen and women aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. To get involved and learn more, visit www.woundedwarriorproject.org