Grants & Aid Finder

Fourteen federal programs covering cash assistance (TANF, SSI), food (SNAP, WIC), healthcare (Medicaid, CHIP), housing (Section 8), childcare (CCDF, Head Start), education (Pell Grant, FSEOG), energy (LIHEAP), and tax credits (EITC, Child Tax Credit). State-specific programs are not included, links at the bottom point you to your state's portal.

Federal program eligibility is based on the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), which adjusts annually and varies by household size. The tier system maps approximately to FPL brackets: 'very low' = below 50% FPL (deep poverty), 'low' = 50, 130% FPL (most SNAP/Medicaid families), 'moderate' = 130, 200% FPL (many CHIP/childcare-subsidy families), 'above' = 200%+. The exact dollar threshold for your state and family size is on each program's site.

Each state runs additional aid, emergency rental assistance, utility programs, scholarships for in-state schools, and so on. The tool focuses on federal programs because they're standardized; state programs change often and would go stale fast. The note under your results points to benefits.gov for state-specific lookups.

The matcher is conservative, if the answer is borderline, it includes the program rather than excluding it. Treat results as a list to investigate, not a guarantee of approval. Most programs have additional requirements (asset limits, work requirements, immigration status) that are too situation-specific to encode here.

No. Your answers stay in your browser. Application links go directly to the relevant federal agency, you'll fill out their forms on their site, on their domain. We never see your information.