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Don't Miss Out!!! Take Advantage of All the Benefits Available to You
Should you be getting child support? Do you qualify for food stamps? Can your children get free or low-cost health insurance? Can you get a lower telephone bill? Do you need help filing your income taxes? Read this for information about 10 often-overlooked benefits available to many low-income people.
By: Legal Services Alabama
Are You Eligible for Any Goverment Benefits?
(Separate Website)
Enter information into this website and it will give you a report on benefits you may be eligible to receive in Alabama.
By: GovBenefits, A Partnership of Federal Agencies and Organizations
Tips for Dealing With Government Offices and Agencies
In order to receive certain benefits, you must give an agency some information about yourself. It is very important to give correct information to agencies. This document contains tips on how to do this.
By: Legal Services Alabama
Lifeline and Link-up Benefits for Alabama
Need help paying your phone bill? You can get help through Lifeline & Link-Up. If you get Medicaid, Food Stamps, SSI, TANF, LIHEAP or you have a Section 8 voucher, you may be eligible - read this information to find out.
By: Legal Services Alabama
Do You Qualify for Lifeline? You Can Get a FREE Cell Phone
If you qualify for the Lifeline program above, you can get a free cell phone through this benefit. Read this information to find out how.
By: Legal Services Alabama
Save Those Papers!
In order to protect your rights, you may need to use papers others have given you. This fact sheet tells you what papers you should save.
By: Legal Services Alabama
The Family Assistance Program
Family Assistance is Alabama's welfare program for helping very low income families with children. Before the end of 1996, it replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (ADC or AFDC) program. This document answers questions about applying for family assistance, eligibility, limits, exceptions, work activities and more.
By: Legal Services Alabama
Child Support Cooperation
When you apply for Family Assistance for you and a child, the welfare department will ask you to help them get child support from parent not living with the child.
By: Legal Services Alabama
Family Assistance Program Eligibility Requirements
(Separate Website)
Persons who apply for or receive cash benefits must meet certain requirements. They must help determine eligibility for benefits. They must participate in activities that will help them become able to support their families. This includes cooperating with child support, job search and JOBS. Persons who do not cooperate may be denied or may lose benefits. This website talks about all the requirements. Read this in: Español By: Alabama Department of Human Resources
Applying for Child Support Services
(Separate Website)
Child Support services are automatically provided to persons currently receiving TANF, Medicaid or Foster Care. This information says who can apply and has initial application forms that you can complete.
By: Alabama Department of Human Resources
Are You Eligible for Any Goverment Benefits?
(Separate Website)
Enter information into this website and it will give you a report on benefits you may be eligible to receive in Alabama.
By: GovBenefits, A Partnership of Federal Agencies and Organizations
Tips for Dealing With Government Offices and Agencies
In order to receive certain benefits, you must give an agency some information about yourself. It is very important to give correct information to agencies. This document contains tips on how to do this.
By: Legal Services Alabama
Lifeline and Link-up Benefits for Alabama
Need help paying your phone bill? You can get help through Lifeline & Link-Up. If you get Medicaid, Food Stamps, SSI, TANF, LIHEAP or you have a Section 8 voucher, you may be eligible - read this information to find out.
By: Legal Services Alabama
Do You Qualify for Lifeline? You Can Get a FREE Cell Phone
If you qualify for the Lifeline program above, you can get a free cell phone through this benefit. Read this information to find out how.
By: Legal Services Alabama
Save Those Papers!
In order to protect your rights, you may need to use papers others have given you. This fact sheet tells you what papers you should save.
By: Legal Services Alabama
The Food Stamp Program: Just the Facts
The Food Stamp Program helps low income people buy food. This document answers questions about how to apply, how many food stamps you can receive, work requirements, reporting requirements and your rights under the program. A link to the Online Alabama Food Stamp Application is included.
By: Legal Services Alabama
Food Stamps Frequently Asked Questions
(Separate Website)
Includes: How do I apply for food stamps? What do I need to bring to the interview? How long does it take to process my application? How do I use food stamps to buy food?
By: Alabama Department of Human Resources
Food Assistance Program (SNAP) Eligibility Requirements
(Separate Website)
Households applying for or receiving food assistance benefits must meet all applicable eligibility requirements based on food assistance policies. Time limits and requirements of other programs do not affect a household?s eligibility for food assistance benefits. A household may still qualify for food assistance benefits even if eligibility ends in another program. Households must cooperate with the agency in establishing eligibility for food assistance. Failure to meet these requirements can result in a denial or termination of the food assistance case. Read this in: Español
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By: Alabama Department of Human Resources
Food Stamp Application for Seniors
This is an simpler application for food assistance for households where everyone is elderly (age 60 or older) and have no earned income.
By: Alabama Department of Human Resources
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Fact Sheet on Resources, Income and Benefits
(Separate Website)
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP is the new name for the Food Stamp Program. By going to this website, you can get current food stamp income limits. Note that it has different limits for disabled and elderly people. The website also shows the largest amounts families can get in food stamps. To get these amounts of food stamps, families have to have no income or very little income.
Please note: This website talks about counting cars toward the resource limit. In Alabama, cars do not count.
By: U.S. Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
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