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Financial Program Resources
(last updated 6/12/12)
Social Security Income (SSI)
The Social Security Administration administers this program. However,
it is financed from general revenues, not from Social Security
contributions. Under this program, the state supplements federal funds
to provide aid to qualified individuals. Specific requirements for
eligibility are as follows: categorical eligibility (aged over 65,
blind, or disabled); residence; citizenship or lawful alien status;
limited income; and limited resources. SSI recipients also receive
medical assistance through the Medicaid program and may be eligible for
federal Food Stamp benefits. For information on eligibility and level of
benefits, contact a local Social Security office.
www.ssa.gov/agency-info.htm
Application for Social Security Income for children with disabilities
with limited financial resources
www.ssa.gov/applyfordisability/child.htm
Application for Social Security Income for adults with disabilities
with limited financial resources
www.ssa.gov/applyfordisability
Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
Financial assistance for families with children experiencing a
medical condition requiring services that are not covered by a private
insurer, federal or state assistance, or any other financial source.
www.mass.gov/cicrf
Mass Health Child Disability Info/ Supplement
http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/masshealth/cbhi/how-to-apply-masshealth-child.pdf
Commonwealth Care
A health insurance program for low and moderate income Massachusetts
residents who don’t have health insurance.
www.massresources.org/commonwealth-care.html
Mass Department of Transitional Assistance
Services include food and nutritional assistance, cash assistance,
and employment supports for families/working families, children, elders,
and people with disabilities.
www.mass.gov/dta
Emergency Aid to Elderly, Disabled and Children
(EAEDC) is a state-funded program providing cash assistance and
medical benefits to individuals over 65 awaiting SSI, disabled
individuals and the caretakers of disabled individuals, and families who
are ineligible for AFDC due to specific reasons. This program, enacted
10/13/91, replaced the General Relief program. For eligibility
information contact a local office of the Department of Transitional
Assistance
www.mass.gov/dta
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP )
SNAP (previously food stamps) benefits are provided by the federal
government and administered by DTA. Residents of the Commonwealth who
participate in SNAP are families with children, elders and disabled.
Many are the working poor with limited income or those who are
temporarily unemployed.
www.mass.gov/dta
Project Bread
Project Bread's toll-free FoodSource Hotline is the only
comprehensive statewide information and referral service in
Massachusetts for people facing hunger. The FoodSource Hotline:
1-800-645-8333.
www.projectbread.org
Food Pantries
List of food pantries and soup kitchens according to town provided by
Greater Boston Food Bank
www.gbfb.org/GetHelp/agencyLocator.cfm
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
WIC is a nutrition program that provides nutrition and health
education, healthy food and other services free of charge to
Massachusetts’s families who qualify. To apply for WIC, call
1-800-WIC-1007 or contact a WIC program in your community.
www.mass.gov/wic
Child Support
Intake Forms & Application for Full Child Support Services.
www.mass.gov/dor/cse
Adoption Subsidy Program/ Guardianship Subsidy Program
Subsidy available to children in the care and custody of Department
of Children and families whose adoption or guardianship is sponsored by the
Department of Children and Families for children.
http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/consumer/family-services/adoption/subsidies.html
Red Cross
The American Red Cross can provide two types of assistance after a
disaster – hard and soft. Hard assistance provides material items and
may include feeding, shelter, clean-up kits, comfort kits and financial
assistance. Soft assistance minimizes immediate disaster-caused
suffering through listening, guidance, advocacy, and counseling.
http://www.redcross.org
Utility Companies
Taunton Municipal Light Plant
Electric company servicing these local areas: Taunton, Raynham,
Berkley, Dighton, Lakeville and Bridgewater
Ability to provide payment and shut off assistance for chronic or
serious illness and in some instances financial hardship.
http://www.tmlp.com
Middleborough Gas and Electric
Electric and heating company
Ability to provide payment and shut off assistance for chronic or
serious illness and in some instances financial hardship.
http://www.mgandeonline.com
Columbia Gas of Massachusetts
Provides heat to Southeastern and Western Massachusetts.
They will provide financial assistance.
http://www.columbiagasma.com
National Grid
Gas and electric company provides services to Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire and New York.
Provides customer support and assistance programs.
http://www1.nationalgridus.com
MassResources.org
Offers Eligibility Checks for these programs:
o MassHealth
o Fuel Assistance (LIHEAP)
o SNAP Food Stamps
o Transitional Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC)
o Emergency Aid to Families,
Disabled, and Children (EAEDC)
o Rental Assistance (Section
8, public housing, subsidized housing)
o Supplemental Security
Income (SSI)
o Emergency Assistance
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