30+ Programs That Use The Poverty Guidelines

Each of these programs has a different website for each individual state. You can use your search engine to search the program + your state to get qualification details for your specific location.

• Department of Health and Human Services

• Community Health Centers

• Children's Health Insurance Program

• Migrant Health Centers

• Health Careers Opportunity Program

• Community Services Block Grant

• Hill-Burton Uncompensated Services Program

• AIDS Drug Assistance Program

• Some parts of Medicaid

• Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage (subsidized only)

• Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

• Family Planning Services

• Health Professions Student Loans

• Loans for Disadvantaged Students

• Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

• Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals

• Assets for Independence Demonstration Program

• Head Start

• Corporation for National and Community Service:

• Foster Grandparent Program

• Senior Companion Program

• Department of the Treasury:

• Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics

• Department of Labor:

• Job Corps

• Workforce Investment Act Youth Activities

• National Farmworker Jobs Program

• Senior Community Service Employment Program

• Legal Services Corporation:

• Legal Services for the Poor

• Department of Agriculture:

• National School Lunch Program

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP benefits)

• School Breakfast Program (for free and reduced-price meals only)

• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

• Child and Adult Care Food Program (for free and reduced-price meals only)

• Department of Energy:

• Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons

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