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Program Options
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Help to Buy Food
Meet your family's nutritional needs - Healthcare
Support for your family's medical needs - Cash Assistance
Other aid for families in need - Community Supports
Help for adults with long term needs - Medicare Savings
Help paying Medicare premiums
Help to Buy Food
SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that used to be called Food Stamps. SNAP helps low-income people buy the food they need for good nutritional health. If you qualify for the SNAP/State Food Program, you will get an Illinois Link Card. Each month, the amount of your food benefits will be added to your Link Card account, and you can use it like a debit card to pay for food at most grocery stores.
Help to pay for Health Care coverage
Medicaid and All Kids cover health care for low income people of all ages in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Health Care and Family Services (HFS) is committed to improving the health of Illinois' families by providing access to quality health care. This mission is accomplished through HFS Medical Programs that pay for a wide range of health services, provided by thousands of medical providers throughout Illinois, to about two million Illinoisans each year.
Learn more about Healthcare coverage
Help to pay for Medicare costs
Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) cover the cost of Medicare premiums for low income seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare. People who qualify for one of the Medicare Savings Programs do not have to use their Social Security income to pay Medicare premiums. For some people, Medicare deductibles and co-insurance charges are also covered.
Learn more about Medicare Savings
Help with Cash Assistance
Households who qualify can receive Cash Assistance to help pay for food, shelter, utilities, and expenses other than medical costs.
Learn more about Cash Assistance
Let's Get Started!
- Answer a few short questions to see if you might be eligible for benefits. The answers you give will not be saved.
- Start an application for benefits. Your answers will be saved and we will use them to decide what benefits you will get.
- View your benefit information, update case information, or complete important renewal activities.
- Answer a few short questions to see if a Summer EBT application is needed for your child.
Questions about Your Benefits?
ABE Manage My Case provides customers with information about their benefits, including application status, redetermination status, recent notices and benefit amounts. Customers can also submit redeterminations and changes and request new benefit programs.
Visit DHS ABE Customer Support Center for more information on how to manage your account using ABE Manage My Case.