Find your state
Six of the biggest programs for older adults are run by your state, not by Washington. Your state sets the opening date, your state's agency decides your case, and your state's phone number is the one that reaches a person. Pick your state to see all six in one place.
Written and checked by Jason Burns, Editorial Steward
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Or browse one program across every state
- Home energy assistance (LIHEAP)Help paying a heating or cooling bill, and emergency help when a shut-off notice has already arrived. Every state runs its own version with its own opening date.
- Medicare Savings ProgramsYour state pays your Medicare Part B premium, which puts that money back into your Social Security check. The state Medicaid agency decides, not Medicare.
- Food assistance (SNAP)Monthly money for groceries on a card. Households with someone 60 or older can deduct out-of-pocket medical costs over $35 a month, which is the single most missed step in the whole application.
- Home and community based servicesMedicaid waiver care that keeps someone in their own home instead of a nursing home — aides, adult day care, home changes, and in many states a paycheck for a family member who is already doing the caring.
- Property tax relief for older homeownersHomestead exemptions, senior freezes, circuit breakers and deferrals that cut or postpone the property tax bill on the home you live in.
- Winter shut-off protectionEvery state restricts disconnection in cold weather, and every state lets a doctor certify that losing power would endanger someone at home. Most people never hear about either one.