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Department of Human Services
Economic Assistance
Family Services
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The Family Investment Program
The
Food Stamp Program
Medicaid
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The Family Investment Program (FIP) replaced Aid to Dependent Children (ADC)
in Iowa. This program's goal is to help you leave poverty and become
self-supporting. FIP offers you training or education, allows you to keep
and save more of the money you earn, and teaches YOU how to deal with the
problems your family may face.
FIP assistance is available to families who qualify without regard to race,
color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, political belief, and
mental or physical disability.
FIP assistance is available to one-parent families and to relatives caring
for children whose parents are absent.
Also, FIP-Unemployed Parent or FIP-Incapacitated Parent assistance is
available to two-parent families. For the Unemployed Parent Program, both
parents must register with Iowa Workforce Development and follow work and
training rules. One parent must participate in the FIP-UP work program. the
FIP Incapacitated Parent program is available for families with a disabled
parent. FIP provides cash payments based on the income and size of your
family. There are several rules you must meet to get FIP benefits. Please
contact the Lee County Department of Human Services for more information.
You can get an application from any county DHS office. You and your children should apply for FIP
assistance in the county in which you live.
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The Food Stamp Program helps
low-income people buy the food they need for good health. You may be able
to get food stamps if you:
- Work
for low wages
- Are
unemployed or work part time
- Receive
welfare or other assistance payments
- Are
elderly or disabled and live on a small income
- Are
homeless
State
public assistance agencies run the program through their local offices. The
basic rules are the same everywhere.
The amount of food stamps you can get is based on the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's Thrifty Food Plan, which is an estimate of how much it
costs to give your household nutritious, low-cost meals. The estimate is
changed every year to keep pace with food prices.
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In the Food Stamp Program, a
household is a group of people who live together and buy food and prepare
meals together for all people in the group. If your household passes the
program's eligibility tests, the amount of food stamps you get will
depend on the number of people in your household and on how much monthly
income is left after certain amounts (deductions) are subtracted.
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For most households, food stamps are only part of their food budgets;
they must spend some of their own cash along with their food stamps in
order to buy enough food for a month.
For more information, contact us at the Lee County Department of Human
Services. If you live outside of Lee County, contact your local food stamp
office. It is probably listed under "Social Services Department"
or "Food Stamps" in the State or local government pages of the
telephone directory.
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Medicaid is an assistance program which pays for covered medical and health
care costs of persons who qualify. The Medicaid program is funded by the
federal and state governments and is managed by the Iowa Department of
Human Services (DHS).
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"Medically Needy" is
a program designed to provide medical coverage for you if you have either
limited income or high medical expenses that use up most of your income.
If you have too much income or resources to be eligible for case
assistance, but not enough to pay for medical expenses, you may
qualify under the Medically Needy program.
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The Medically Needy program may not pay all of your medical expenses. You
may be responsible to pay some of your medical expenses.
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Pregnant Women - You may qualify for the Medically
Needy program if:
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- You are pregnant and
- Your income exceeds the Mothers and Children (MAC) program
income limits and your resources do not exceed $10,000.
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People under 21
- You may qualify
for the Medically Needy program if:
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- You are under 21 and
- You would be eligible for the Family Investment Program
(FIP), the Child Medical Assistance Program (CMAP), or MAC except
that your income or resources exceed the limits.
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People who are aged, blind, or
disabled - You may qualify for the Medically Needy
program if:
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- You would be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
except that your income or resources exceed limits and
- You are age 65 or older or
- You are legally blind, with central visual activity of 20/200
or less in the better eye with the use of corrective lens, or
- You are disabled with a physical or mental impairment which
prevents you from working and has lasted or is expected to
last a continuous period of at least 12 months.
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Adults who care for dependent
children under age 18 (19 if still in school) - You may qualify for the
Medically Needy program if:
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- You are a caretaker relative (parent, incapacitated
stepparent, aunt, uncle, or grandparent, etc.) of a dependent child
under age 18, or under age 19 if still in school, and
- You would qualify for FIP except that your income or
resources exceed FIP limits.
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There
are other requirements for receiving Medicaid. Contact the Lee
County Department of Human Services for more information, or to apply.
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Department
of Human Services Home
Services
to Families & Children
Economic
Assistance
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