Benefits Plus Online
Solving the Public Benefit Puzzle
- COVID-19 Resources
- Advocacy
- Cash Benefits
- Cash Assistance
- Overview
- Description of Cash Assistance
- Qualifying for Cash Assistance
- Budgeting Income
- Applying for Cash Assistance
- Program Requirement: Work Activities
- Additional Program Requirements
- Time Limits
- Recertifying for Cash Assistance
- Documentation
- Returning to Work
- Overpayments
- Additional Allowances
- Housing Subsidies
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Child Support
- Overview
- Administrative Structure of Child Support
- Description of Child Support
- Obtaining a Child Support Order
- Collecting and Enforcing Child Support Payments
- Special Situations
- Child Support and Public Benefit Programs
- Non-Custodial Parents' Rights and Responsibilities
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Crime Victims Compensation
- Emergency Assistance to Adults (EAA)
- Emergency Assistance to Families (EAF)
- Emergency Safety Net Assistance (ESNA)
- HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA)
- Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
- NYS Disability Insurance
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
- Overview
- Description of Social Security Disability Insurance
- Qualifying for Social Security Disability Insurance
- SSA's Disability Determination Process
- Filing for Social Security Disability Insurance
- Recertifying for Social Security Disability Insurance
- Documentation
- Returning to Work
- Overpayments
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Social Security Retirement and Survivors Insurance
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Overview
- Description of Supplemental Security Income
- Qualifying for Supplemental Security Income
- Budgeting Income
- SSA's Disability Determination Process
- Applying for Supplemental Security Income
- Recertifying for Supplemental Security Income
- Documentation
- Returning to Work
- Overpayments
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- VA Disability Compensation
- VA Pension
- Workers' Compensation
- Cash Assistance
- Employment & Training
- Food Programs
- Additional Food Programs
- Senior Citizen Nutrition Programs
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Overview
- Description of SNAP
- Qualifying for SNAP
- Budgeting the SNAP Benefit Amount
- SNAP Budget Worksheet
- Applying for SNAP
- Program Requirements
- Recertifying for SNAP
- Documentation
- Returning to Work
- Overpayments
- Transitional Benefit Alternative
- NYS Nutrition Improvement Project (NYSNIP)
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
- Health Programs
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Overview
- Description of the Affordable Care Act
- Plans on the Marketplace & Who Qualifies
- Enrolling in a Health Plan
- Renewal Process
- Eligibility Verification Procedures
- The Premium Tax Credit
- The Cost Sharing Reduction
- Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- CHAMPVA
- COBRA Continuation Coverage
- Overview
- Description of COBRA Continuation Coverage
- Qualifying for COBRA Continuation Coverage
- Enrolling in COBRA Continuation Coverage
- Maintaining COBRA Continuation Coverage
- Medicaid COBRA Program
- NYS Continuation Assistance Demonstration Program for the Entertainment Industry
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Child Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HIV/AIDS Related Health Benefits
- Overview
- Description of Uninsured Care Programs for HIV/AIDS
- Qualifying for Uninsured Care Programs for HIV/AIDS
- Applying for Uninsured Care Programs for HIV/AIDS
- Recertifying for Uninsured Care Programs for HIV/AIDS
- AIDS Health Insurance Program (AHIP)
- Documentation
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Low Cost Health Care Options
- Overview
- Hospital Financial Assistance – Charity Care
- NYC Health and Hospitals Options
- NYC Care
- Community Health Centers (Federally Qualified Health Clinics)
- Prescription Assistance
- Low Cost Dental Care Options
- Low Cost Vision Care Options
- Options for Self-Employed Workers
- Dependent Coverage Up to Age 26
- Dependent Coverage Through Age 29
- Emergency Medical Services
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Medicaid
- Overview
- Description of Medicaid
- Automatic Eligibility for Medicaid
- MAGI Medicaid vs. Non-MAGI Medicaid
- Qualifying for MAGI Medicaid
- Applying for MAGI Medicaid
- Medicaid Renewal for MAGI Recipients
- Qualifying for Non-MAGI Medicaid
- Applying for Non-MAGI Medicaid
- Medicaid Renewal for Non-MAGI Recipients
- Documentation
- Medicaid Managed Care Provisions
- Medicaid Community Based Long Term Care Services (Home Care)
- Home and Community Based Services Waiver
- Institutional Medicaid
- Additional Medicaid Benefits
- Cost Containment Provisions
- MAGI Advocacy and Appeals
- Non-MAGI Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Medicaid Buy-In
- Medicaid Spenddown Program
- Medicare
- Overview
- Description of Medicare
- Medicare Coordination with Other Health Coverage
- Medicare Covered Services
- Qualifying for Medicare
- Enrolling in Medicare
- Times of the Year to Make Changes to Coverage
- Medicare Cost Sharing
- Original Medicare: Claims Processing
- Medicare Supplement Plans: MEDIGAP
- Managed Care: Medicare Advantage Plans
- Medicare Part D
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Medicare - Programs to Assist with Cost Sharing
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Housing Programs & Services
- DRIE
- Housing Court
- NYC Shelter System
- Overview
- Description of the NYC Shelter System
- The NYC Shelter System for Families with Children
- The NYC Shelter System for Adult Families
- The NYC Shelter System for Single Adults
- Documentation
- Cash Assistance Budgeting in the NYC Shelter System
- Domestic Violence Shelters
- Relocation Assistance for Displaced Tenants (Vacate Orders)
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Other HUD Subsidized Housing Programs
- Overview
- Description of Other Types of Private HUD Subsidized Housing
- Qualifying for Other Types of Private HUD Subsidized Housing
- Applying for Other Types of Private HUD Subsidized Housing
- Determining the Tenant’s Share of Rent
- Maintaining a Private HUD Subsidized Apartment
- Subsidy Terminations and Evictions
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Project Based Section 8
- Overview
- Description of Project Based Section 8
- Qualifying for Project Based Section 8
- Applying for a Project Based Section 8 Apartment
- Determining the Tenant’s Share of Rent
- Maintaining a Project Based Section 8 Apartment
- Adding/Removing Family Members
- Transferring to Another Apartment
- Succession Rights
- Subsidy Terminations and Evictions
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Public Housing
- Overview
- Description of Public Housing
- Qualifying for Public Housing
- Applying for Public Housing
- Setting Rent Levels
- Adding/Removing Family Members
- Maintaining Public Housing
- Getting Repairs in Public Housing
- Transfering to Another Apartment
- Tenancy Terminations and Evictions
- Succession Rights
- Returning to Work
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- SCRIE
- Section 8 Voucher Program
- Overview
- Description of the Section 8 Voucher Program
- Qualifying for the Section 8 Voucher Program
- Applying for a Section 8 Voucher
- Finding & Obtaining Approval for an Apartment
- Calculating The Subsidy and The Tenant’s Share Of Rent
- Maintaining a Voucher And Apartment
- Landlord’s Duty to Maintain an Apartment
- Adding/Removing Family Members
- Transferring to Another Apartment
- Succession Rights
- Returning to Work
- Enhanced or Sticky Vouchers
- Subsidy Terminations and Evictions
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Immigrants' Rights and Services
- Support Services
- ACS Subsidized Child Care
- Overview
- ACS Subsidized Child Care Options
- The ACS Child Care Subsidy
- Qualifying for ACS Subsidized Child Care
- Applying for ACS Subsidized Child Care
- Recertifying for ACS Subsidized Child Care
- Documentation
- Child Care Rules under Cash Assistance
- Child Care Provider Information
- Advocacy and Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Transportation Services
- ACS Subsidized Child Care
- Tax Credits
Chapter Listing
Below is an alphabetical listing of all chapters contained in Benefits Plus Online. Click on the categories below that best describes your needs.
- ACS Subsidized Child Care
- Additional Food Programs
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Cash Assistance
- CHAMPVA
- Child Health Plus
- Child Support
- COBRA Continuation Coverage
- College Preparation & Resources
- Crime Victims Compensation
- DRIE
- Emergency Assistance to Adults (EAA)
- Emergency Assistance to Families (EAF)
- Emergency Safety Net Assistance (ESNA)
- Employment Programs & Rights
- Essential Plan
- Fair Hearings
- HIV/AIDS Related Health Benefits
- HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA)
- Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
- Housing Court
- Immigrants' Eligibility for Benefits
- Immigration Statuses/Naturalization
- Informal Advocacy
- Legal Services
- Low Cost Health Care Options
- Medicaid
- Medicaid Buy-In
- Medicaid Spenddown Program
- Medicare
- Medicare - Programs to Assist with Cost Sharing
- NYC Shelter System
- NYS Disability Insurance
- Obtaining a High School Diploma or its Equivalency
- Other HUD Subsidized Housing Programs
- Overview of COVID-19 Impact
- Project Based Section 8
- Public Housing
- SCRIE
- Section 8 Voucher Program
- Senior Citizen Nutrition Programs
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
- Social Security Retirement and Survivors Insurance
- Social Security & SSI Appeals
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Tax Credit Programs
- Transportation Services
- Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- VA Disability Compensation
- VA Pension
- Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
- Workers' Compensation