Government Benefits in Oregon

Where Oregon residents apply for SNAP, Medicaid, home energy assistance, and unemployment insurance, plus every nationwide program available to everyone.

4 Oregon Programs

How This Works

SNAP, Medicaid, LIHEAP, and unemployment insurance are all administered at the state level, so 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, and for unemployment insurance, the maximum weekly benefit and how long you can collect it. The cards below link you straight to Oregon's official application system for each program. Exact SNAP/Medicaid income limits change with annual poverty-guideline updates, so we intentionally don't publish a specific number for those — the portal will show your exact cutoff for your household size. Unemployment insurance figures below are official published caps from the U.S. Department of Labor, current as of January 2026.

SNAP

OR Dept. of Human Services

ONE also screens for the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) and other DHS programs.

Apply on ONE Oregon ↗

Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid)

Medicaid Expanded

OR Health Authority

Oregon expanded Medicaid, so adults without dependent children can qualify based on income alone.

Apply for Oregon Health Plan ↗

LIHEAP (Home Energy Assistance)

OR Housing & Community Services

Administered through community action agencies statewide.

Find Your Local LIHEAP Provider ↗

Unemployment Insurance

Has Waiting Week

OR Employment Dept. (Frances Online)

Max Weekly

$872

Min Weekly

$204

Max Duration

up to 26 weeks

Based on 1.25% of your total base-period wages.

File a Claim ↗

Looking for more programs available to Oregon residents?

Oregon 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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