Government Benefits Available to Georgia Citizens

The Georgia Food Stamp program provides monthly benefits to low-income households to help pay for the cost of food. A household may be one person living alone, a family, or several, unrelated individuals living together who routinely purchase and pre...

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...

The Georgia Medicaid program, administered by the Division of Medical Assistance, provides health care coverage for people who are aged, blind, disabled or indigent. The division spends $3.1 billion to provide services to 1.2 million Georgians annual...

In 1997, Congress created Title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide health care for the growing number of uninsured children in the United States. This legislation provided states with the opportunity to create programs to increase access to af...

Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services offers the Regular Home Energy Assistance program to individuals who need financial assistance in the form of locally issued checks to home energy suppliers on behalf of eligible households. The ...

The School Breakfast and Lunch Programs make nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free meals available to school children each school day. It is a grant-in-aid to schools to help defray the cost of school meals. School breakfasts and lunches must meet...

The Special Milk Program provides milk to children in schools, childcare institutions, and eligible camps that do not participate in other Federal child nutrition meal service programs. Schools that participate in the National School Lunch or School ...

The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are determined to be at nutritional risk. To ...

The Georgia Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides reimbursement for free, nutritious meals and snacks served to Georgia children 18 and younger. These meals help children in low-income areas get the nutrition they need to learn, play, and grow ...

Georgia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is the monthly cash assistance program for poor families with children under age 18. The program goal is to provide necessary assistance to needy families with children on a temporary basis and p...

Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet Georgia's eligibility requirements....

Weatherization is a term which means "to make your home more energy efficient." In Georgia, the purpose of this program is to make necessary energy-related repairs free of charge to income-eligible households. The first step in this process is for yo...