Your Texas Benefits: how to log in and get the check

In Texas there are five types of state benefit programs, aimed at helping people with little or no money who are in need. The five programs are as follows:

• SNAP Food Benefits: Helps families buy food for good health.

• TANF Cash Help: Helps families with children age 18 and younger pay for basic needs.

• Health Care: Helps cover visits to doctors, dentists, and hospitals. Also covers medicines ordered by doctors and dentists.

• Support Services: Helps people with daily living needs, caregivers, and people with mental health, drug or alcohol issues.

• WIC Food Benefits: Helps pregnant, breastfeeding women and families with children younger than 5 buy healthy foods.

How do I login?

Creating an account or logging into an existing one couldn't be simpler. Follow this link and follow onscreen instructions.

What do I need to have ready to apply?

Be ready to answer questions about the person(s) applying such as:

• Social Security number and birth date

• Citizenship or immigration status

• Money from jobs and other sources

• The value of cars and other property

• Costs you pay for bills

Before logging in and making a claim

You can check out the prescreening tool. Answer some basic questions to find out which benefits and support services you might be able to get.

When you're done, you can create an account to apply for benefits and send your info to support services to be contacted by programs.

Or if you don’t need to make a claim but would like to one of the services to make contact with you, you’ll need to make your account for free and make contact through your account.

With an account, you will also be able to save your support service screening forms and check the status of any you have already filled out.

What services are available online?

• Check the status of your benefits

• Report changes to your case

• Renew your benefits

• Print a Medicaid card

• Upload items we need from you

• Use the Your Texas Benefits mobile

There’s also an app, and you can choose to go paperless too.

Unemployment benefits

For unemployment benefits information see the Texas Workforce Commission website and   remember that it recently reinstated its work search requirements for any Texans on unemployment.

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