Government Benefits in Texas
Where Texas 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 Texas'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
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
One application on this portal is also screened for Medicaid and CHIP automatically.
Texas Medicaid
Medicaid Not ExpandedTexas Health and Human Services Commission
Texas has not expanded Medicaid, so adults without dependent children generally do not qualify regardless of income.
CEAP (Texas' LIHEAP program)
Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA)
Administered through local Community Action Agencies covering all 254 Texas counties.
Looking for more programs available to Texas residents?
Texas 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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