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Locating Benefits

Benefits CheckUp benefitscheckup.org/

Free service from the National Council on Aging helps you find and enroll in public and private benefits programs that help pay for prescription drugs, health care, rent, utilities, and other needs. Provides online application for Medicare's Extra Help and other assistance programs. Includes information from more than 1,650 public and private benefits programs from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Benefits.gov benefits.gov/

Provides online access to government benefit and assistance programs.

Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov/

Information on retirement, disability and survivors benefits, aid for children with disabilities, ticket to work programs.

United Way 2-1-1 211.org/

Provides free and confidential information and referral for assistance with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more. Most individuals can access this service by simply dialing 2-1-1 on the phone.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hhs.gov/

Information on child support, paying for child care, Head Start, temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), paying for home heating and cooling, HHS poverty guidelines, and eligibility for federal benefits.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development hud.gov/

Information on affordable housing, federal rental assistance, help with utility bills (by state), avoiding foreclosure, homeowner assistance and programs for veterans, seniors and individuals with disabilities.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs E Benefits ebenefits.va.gov/

One-stop shop for online benefits-related tools and information for Wounded Warriors, veterans, service members, their families and their caregivers.

Toolkit

  • Advocacy Organizations Providing Direct Support
  • Download a Check List of Documents You'll Need
  • Financial Planning Calculators
  • Glossary of Financial Terms
  • Locating Benefits
  • Locating Food Assistance
  • Locating Free or Subsidized Health Care Services and Prescription Medications
  • Locating Insurance Information and Assistance
  • Many Thanks to our Advisors
  • Questions to Ask an Elder Law Attorney
  • Sources for Financial and Legal Information and Assistance

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