Government Benefits in Colorado
Where Colorado residents apply for SNAP, Medicaid, and home energy assistance, plus every nationwide program available to everyone.
How This Works
SNAP, Medicaid, and LIHEAP are federal programs, but each state runs its own application portal and sets some of its own rules — including, for Medicaid, whether the state expanded eligibility to more adults under the Affordable Care Act. The cards below link you straight to Colorado's official application system for each program. Exact income limits change with annual poverty-guideline updates, so we intentionally don't publish a specific number here — the portal will show your exact cutoff for your household size.
SNAP
CO Dept. of Human Services
PEAK also screens for Medicaid, cash assistance, and other CO benefits.
Health First Colorado (Medicaid)
Medicaid ExpandedCO Dept. of Health Care Policy & Financing
Colorado expanded Medicaid, so adults without dependent children can qualify based on income alone.
LEAP (Colorado's LIHEAP program)
CO Dept. of Human Services
Colorado's Low-income Energy Assistance Program, seasonal (opens in fall/winter).
Looking for more programs available to Colorado residents?
Colorado residents also qualify for every nationwide program on our full benefits tool — WIC, Lifeline phone/internet discounts, ACA health insurance subsidies, SSI, SSDI, Section 8, VA disability compensation, TANF, Pell Grants, Head Start, and unemployment insurance.
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