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The calculator, programs and guides
- Benefits Calculator (the calculator) A free, independent benefits calculator for every US state and DC: what a household can get from SNAP, Medicaid, CHIP, marketplace tax credits, the EITC and Child Tax Credit, WIC, school meals, TANF, child care help, SSI and housing, and the exact pay where each one ends. Updated
- What Is a Benefits Cliff? How a Raise Can Leave You With Less, and How to Find Yours A benefits cliff is the pay where one more dollar ends a benefit worth more than that dollar. Which programs have them, how big they get, and where yours are. Updated
- Income Limits for Benefits 2026–27: SNAP, Medicaid, WIC, School Meals, Lifeline, EITC and More by Household Size Every program's income limit by household size for 2026–27, in one place: SNAP, WIC, school meals, Lifeline, the EITC, the marketplace tax credit and the poverty line. Updated
- Benefits by State: SNAP, Medicaid, CHIP, TANF and Child Care Income Limits for All 50 States and DC How much a family can earn and still get SNAP, Medicaid, CHIP, TANF or child care help in each state and DC, side by side, with a page for every state. Updated
- Public Charge Rule 2026: What It Looks At, Who Is Exempt and Where to Get Free Legal Help The public charge rule in force since September 18, 2026: what officers look at, who is exempt, how older benefits count, the lawsuit, and free legal help. Updated
- SNAP Calculator 2026–27: Food Stamp Income Limits, How Much You Get and Where It Ends Work out SNAP (food stamps) for your household: the 2026–27 income limits, how much you can get, and the exact pay where it stops. Updated
- WIC Income Limits 2026–27 and Calculator: Who Qualifies and What You Get WIC gives food to pregnant women, new mothers, babies and children under 5 whose household income is within its limit, or who get SNAP, Medicaid or TANF. Updated
- Free and Reduced-Price School Meals 2026–27: Income Limits, Who Qualifies and How to Apply The 2026–27 income limits for free and reduced-price school lunch and breakfast, who gets free meals with no form, and what happens when pay goes up. Updated
- Summer EBT (SUN Bucks) 2026–27: Who Qualifies, How Much per Child and Which States Take Part Summer EBT paid $120 a child for summer 2026 in the states that took part. Who gets it without applying, the income limits, and what is known about 2027. Updated
- Medicaid and CHIP Income Limits 2026 by State: Who Qualifies and Where a Raise Ends It Medicaid and CHIP income limits for every state and DC: adults, parents, pregnant women and children, and the pay where a raise can end them. Updated
- Obamacare Subsidy Calculator 2027: Your Premium Tax Credit and the 400% Cliff No marketplace tax credit for 2026 or 2027 coverage if household income is even $1 over 400% of the poverty line. See your share and your cliff. Updated
- Medicare Savings Programs 2026: QMB, SLMB and QI Income Limits and Help Paying the Part B Premium QMB, SLMB and QI pay the Medicare Part B premium for people with low income and savings: the 2026 limits, what each pays, and where states differ. Updated
- Extra Help 2026: Income and Savings Limits for the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy Extra Help pays Medicare drug plan premiums, removes the deductible and caps copays. The 2026 limits, who gets it without applying, and how to apply. Updated
- TANF Cash Assistance by State: Who Qualifies, How Much It Pays and How Work Changes It TANF is monthly cash for families with children. Each state sets who qualifies and how much it pays: see yours, and how a job or a raise changes it. Updated
- SSI Calculator 2027: How Much SSI You Get, the $1,029 Federal Rate and the Income Rules SSI pays up to $1,029 a month in 2027, minus part of your other income. How much you get, the income and savings rules, and how work changes it. Updated
- SSDI and Work 2027: The $1,770 Earnings Limit, the Trial Work Period and the SSDI Cliff In 2027, after your trial work period, a month you earn over $1,770 can stop your whole SSDI check. How the trial months, grace months and 36 months work. Updated
- EITC Calculator 2026: How Much You Get, the Income Limits and Where It Ends For 2026 the EITC pays up to $8,231 with three or more children and $664 with none. See how much you get, the income limits and where it ends. Updated
- Child Tax Credit 2026: $2,200 per Child, the Refundable $1,700 and the Income Limits For 2026 the Child Tax Credit is $2,200 for each child under 17, and up to $1,700 of it can come back as a refund. Who gets it, and how much. Updated
- Child Care Assistance Income Limits 2026: Who Qualifies, the Copay and When a Raise Ends It You can likely get child care assistance if you work or study and your income is under your state's limit. See the limits, copay and where a raise ends it. Updated
- Section 8 Housing Voucher Calculator: Income Limits, Your Rent Share and Waiting Lists Who can get a Section 8 voucher, how your share of the rent is set, what a voucher would pay in your county, and what HUD's figures say about the wait. Updated
- LIHEAP Income Guidelines 2026–27: Who Qualifies, How to Apply and How It Affects SNAP LIHEAP helps pay heating and cooling bills. See the 2026–27 income limits we have checked, how to apply in your state, and what LIHEAP does to SNAP. Updated
- Lifeline Program 2026: Income Limits, Who Qualifies and the $9.25 Phone or Internet Discount Lifeline is a monthly discount on one phone or internet plan for each household under its income limit, or on Medicaid, SNAP, SSI or a few other programs. Updated
- Benefits Denied, Cut or Ended? Appeal Deadlines for SNAP, Medicaid, SSI and More, With a Notice Date Calculator Type the date on your notice to see each deadline: the last day to appeal and keep your benefits while you wait, and the last day to appeal at all. Updated
- Benefit Renewals and Reporting Changes: When to Renew SNAP and Medicaid, and What to Report (Calendar Planner) Type the day your approval started to see your renewal and report dates for SNAP, Medicaid, SSI and more, then save them to your calendar or print them. Updated
- Documents for SNAP, Medicaid and Other Benefits: What to Bring, What an Office Cannot Ask, and the Interview (Checklist) Tick what you are applying for to get a printable checklist, the interview rules, how long the office has to decide, and a log of what you sent. Updated
- SSI, Social Security, SNAP and Tax Refund Payment Dates: The Next 12 Months, Worked Out From the Rules When SSI, Social Security, SNAP and tax refunds come, from each agency's own rules, with every state's SNAP days and what to do if a payment is late. Updated
- Is This Real? Benefit Scams, EBT Card Skimming and What a Benefits Office Never Asks For How to tell a real message from a scam about SNAP, Medicaid, Social Security or a tax refund, how to protect an EBT card, and where to report a scam. Updated
Benefits in each state
- Arizona Updated
- Arkansas Updated
- Colorado Updated
- Connecticut Updated
- District of Columbia Updated
- Florida Updated
- Illinois Updated
- Massachusetts Updated
- Michigan Updated
- Minnesota Updated
- Montana Updated
- North Carolina Updated
- North Dakota Updated
- Ohio Updated
- Oklahoma Updated
- Pennsylvania Updated
- Rhode Island Updated
- South Dakota Updated
- Vermont Updated
- Washington Updated
- West Virginia Updated
- Wisconsin Updated
- Wyoming Updated
About this site
- About Benefits Calculator An independent, free website that works out which US benefits a household can likely get, and the exact pay where each one ends, from the programs' own published rules. Updated
- Sources Every government page the calculator's figures come from, with what each one gives us and the day we checked it. Updated
- Corrections How to tell us about a mistake on Benefits Calculator, and what we do about it. Updated
- Contact us How to reach Benefits Calculator, and where to go with questions about your own benefits. Updated
- Privacy policy What this site collects (very little): the calculator works in your browser, and nothing you type about your household is sent to us or saved. Updated
- Terms of use The rules for using benefitscalculator.app: estimates, not decisions; independent of every agency; reusing our pictures and tables. Updated
- How the Benefits Calculator Works: Every Rule, Figure and Assumption How the calculator works out each program and each cliff, which figures it uses, what it assumes, and what it leaves out, in plain words. Updated
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