Government Benefits in Pennsylvania
Where Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
COMPASS also handles Medical Assistance, LIHEAP, and other DHS programs in one application.
Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
Medicaid ExpandedPennsylvania Department of Human Services
Pennsylvania expanded Medicaid in 2015, so adults 19-64 can qualify based on income alone.
LIHEAP (Home Energy Assistance)
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
LIHEAP is seasonal (opens in fall/winter) — check COMPASS for the current application window.
Looking for more programs available to Pennsylvania residents?
Pennsylvania 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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