Government Benefits in Utah
Where Utah residents apply for SNAP, Medicaid, home energy assistance, and unemployment insurance, plus every nationwide program available to everyone.
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 Utah'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
Utah Department of Workforce Services
myCase also handles Medicaid and cash/child care assistance in the same account.
Utah Medicaid
Medicaid ExpandedUtah Department of Workforce Services
Utah expanded Medicaid in January 2020, so adults 19-64 can qualify based on income alone.
HEAT (Utah's LIHEAP program)
Utah Department of Workforce Services
Applications open October 1 for elderly, disabled, or households with young children; November 1 for everyone else.
Unemployment Insurance
Has Waiting WeekUT Dept. of Workforce Services
Max Weekly
$806
Min Weekly
$47
Max Duration
up to 26 weeks
Based on 1/26 of your highest quarter, minus $5.
Looking for more programs available to Utah residents?
Utah 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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