Government Benefits Available to Utah Citizens
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Popular Benefits in Utah
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Healthcare benefit
The Utah Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, provides medical services to eligible children under the age of 19 who do not have health insurance and do not qualify for Medicaid. Services provided under the CHIP program include: sick visits;...
Utah Family Employment Program
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Living Assistance benefit
The purpose of the Utah Family Employment Program is to offer unemployed and underemployed single parents and two parent families opportunities to increase family income through employment and child support....
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Food Stamp Program serves as the first line of defense against hunger for Utah Residents. It enables low-income families to buy nutritious food with coupons and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. Food stamp recipients spend their benefits ...
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...
Utah Home Energy Assistance Training (HEAT) Program
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Energy Assistance benefit
The Utah Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Program helps low-income households with their heating utility bills. This program provides winter utility assistance to low-income households targeting those who are truly vulnerable - the lowest-income ...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare benefit
Medicaid is the state and Federal partnership that provides medical coverage to eligible needy persons. The purpose of Utah Medicaid is to improve the health of people in Utah who might otherwise go without medical care for themselves and their child...
Utah School Breakfast and Lunch Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The School Breakfast Program (SBP) provides children with nutritious foods before their school day begins, thus improving their diets and encouraging the learning process. Schools operating the SBP, report increases in test scores, decreases in absen...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Special Milk Program (SMP) encourages consumption of milk by children who do not participate in other child nutrition programs. For example, children attending split-session kindergarten who do not have access to the breakfast and lunch programs ...
Utah Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Utah Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is committed to providing quality nutrition and breastfeeding education to Utah families. The WIC program of Utah is administered by the Utah Department of Health,...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit
The Utah Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was created to ensure that children in low-income areas could continue to receive nutritious meals during long school vacations, when they do not have access to school lunch or breakfast. The program reimbu...
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Employment Assistance benefit
Utah Unemployment Insurance provides compensation to persons who are unemployed through no fault of their own and are able and available for and actively seeking work....
Utah Weatherization Assistance Program
Energy Assistance benefit
In 1976, in response to the national energy crisis, the U.S. Department of Energy initiated the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). The goal of this program is to assist low-income households, particularly the elderly and disabled, to reduce the...