Government Benefits in Tennessee
Where Tennessee 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 Tennessee'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
TN Dept. of Human Services
The same portal also screens for TennCare (Medicaid) and other DHS programs.
TennCare (Medicaid)
Medicaid Not ExpandedTN Bureau of TennCare
Tennessee has not expanded Medicaid, so adults without dependent children generally do not qualify regardless of income.
LIHEAP (Home Energy Assistance)
TN Housing Development Agency
Administered through community action agencies statewide.
Looking for more programs available to Tennessee residents?
Tennessee 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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