Caliente NV Welfare Programs and Statistics
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Popular Benefits in Caliente, Nevada
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Insurance benefit
Nevada Check Up is the state of Nevada's Children's Health Insurance Program. It provides low-cost, comprehensive health care coverage to low income, uninsured children 0-19 years of age who are not covered by private insurance or Medicaid. The N...
Nevada Energy Assistance Program (EAP)
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Energy Assistance benefit
The Energy Assistance Program (EAP) assists low-income Nevadans with the high cost of home energy. Funding is provided from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) block grant through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a...
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Child Care benefit
Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that su...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare benefit
Nevada Medicaid is health insurance that helps many people who can't afford medical care pay for some or all of their medical bills. This program is available only to certain low-income individuals and families in Nevada who fit into an eligibility g...
Nevada School Breakfast and Lunch Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The School Breakfast Program provides funding that makes it possible for schools to offer a nutritious breakfast to students each day. Similarly, the goal of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is to protect the health and well-being of the nati...
Nevada Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Nevada Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, a...
Nevada Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The purpose of the Nevada Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is to provide the means to increase food purchasing power in order to raise the nutritional level among low-income households. The program is often the first line of defense a...
Nevada Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Living Assistance benefit
The Nevada Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program is a federally funded block grant program through the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). It is designed to provide temporary assistance for needy families so dependent chi...
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Employment Assistance benefit
Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet Nevada's eligibility requirements....
Nevada Weatherization Assistance Program
Energy Assistance benefit
The Low Income Weatherization Assistance Program was established in 1977 to assist low income persons reduce their utility bills by providing for various energy conservation measures. With the exception of multi-family buildings (five or more units p...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Special Milk Program provides milk to children in schools and childcare institutions who do not participate in other Federal meal service programs. The program reimburses schools for the milk they serve. Schools in the National School Lunch or...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Nevada Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was established to ensure that low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session. Free nutritious meals and snacks that meet Federal nutrition guidelines are provided ...