What is available near you?

Applications for SNAP, Medicaid, temporary assistance, and emergency utility help, all in one building. Apply the same week you get home — processing takes time.

• SNAP and Medicaid applications
• Temporary assistance
• Emergency utility assistance
• Child support services

Dial 2-1-1 from most U.S. phones to reach a trained specialist who searches local programs with you — food, rent help, utilities, shelter, treatment, and more. It is the fastest single call when you don't know where to start.

• Referrals to local food, housing, and utility assistance
• Crisis and disaster support
• Help finding treatment and healthcare
• Available by phone, text in many areas, and online search

Replace a lost Social Security card, correct your record, or restart benefits. A replacement card is free, and in many states you can start the request online.

• Replacement Social Security card
• Name and record corrections
• SSI/SSDI reinstatement after incarceration

Monthly food benefits on an EBT card. Most states have removed or modified the old drug-felony ban, but the rule still varies by state — check your state's page before assuming you're ineligible.

• Monthly food benefits
• State-by-state application portal

Health coverage based on income. Coverage is often suspended rather than terminated during incarceration, which means it can sometimes be restarted quickly — ask specifically about reinstatement.

• Health coverage enrollment
• State-by-state application links