Step-by-step guides to free and low-cost help with food, utility bills, internet, transportation, housing, healthcare and everyday savings.
How to get free or reduced-price school meals, find summer meal sites, check on Summer EBT, and handle a school lunch balance you cannot pay.
Read the guide: Free and Reduced-Price School Meals, Summer Meals and Summer EBT: A Parent’s Guide →A plain-language guide to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: who may qualify, what documents to gather, how the application and interview work, and what you can buy.
Read the guide: How to Apply for SNAP (Food Stamps): Eligibility, Steps and Tips →Ways to cut transportation costs, from reduced transit fares and paratransit to free rides for medical visits, volunteer drivers and smarter car insurance and repair choices.
Read the guide: Transportation Help: Reduced Fares, Rides to Medical Appointments and Lower Car Costs →Behind on electric, gas or water? Learn how LIHEAP works, what to ask your utility company, which local charities help, and what to do the moment you get a shutoff notice.
Read the guide: How to Get Help Paying Your Utility Bills →211 is a free information and referral service that connects people to local help with food, housing, utilities, healthcare and more. Learn how to use it, what to ask, and how it differs from 311, 988 and 911.
Read the guide: What Is 211 and How to Use It to Find Local Help →WIC provides healthy food, nutrition counseling and breastfeeding support for pregnant people, new parents, infants and children under five. Here is who qualifies and how to enroll.
Read the guide: WIC Explained: Who Qualifies and How to Apply →