State Benefits — Assistance When You Need It

This program allows working adults (16-64) with a qualifying disability to “buy in” and maintain health coverage even if they earn too much to qualify for regular Medicaid. Check out the Colorado Cross Disability Coalition Video, learn more details at Health Care Policy and Financing, and talk to a benefits counselor.

Formerly known as food stamps, SNAP provides food assistance benefits as part of a federal nutrition program to help low-income households purchase food.

AND and AB provide cash assistance to low-income Coloradans with a disability that prevents work, when documented by a licensed physician. AND may be temporarily provided while Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits are sought, or a supplement may be available for SSI recipients who do not receive the full SSI benefit.

Colorado Works/TANF is a cash assistance program designed to assist eligible families with very low incomes to attain economic security by promoting job preparation, work, and family stabilization.

LEAP helps low-income households with winter home heating costs. The program operates from November 1 through April 30 each year, and eligible households receive one benefit per program year.

CCCAP provides child care assistance to families who are working, searching for employment, or are in training, and families who are enrolled in the Colorado Works Program and need child care services to support their efforts toward self-sufficiency.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, provides information about subsidized apartments, public housing, and housing choice vouchers at its Colorado webpage.