Portsmouth NH Welfare Programs and Statistics

New Hampshire Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Healthcare benefit

The New Hampshire Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides access to low-cost and free health coverage options for New Hampshire's uninsured children and teens. This program is administered as part of New Hampshire Medicaid....

New Hampshire Financial Assistance for Needy Families Program (FANF)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Living Assistance benefit

The Financial Assistance for Needy Families Program (FANF) provides cash assistance to families with dependent children through either the Family Assistance Program (FAP), the New Hampshire Employment Program (NHEP), the Unemployed Parent program, or...

New Hampshire Food Stamp Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The Food Stamp Program is about good nutrition and health. It provides eligible individuals and households with benefits used to purchase food items at grocery stores, supermarkets or other participating food retailers. The Food Stamp Program ensures...

New Hampshire Head Start

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Child Care benefit

Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that su...

New Hampshire Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Energy Assistance benefit

The New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning Fuel Assistance Program (FAP) may be able to provide some relief for residents who are having trouble paying for heat during the winter season. The Office of Energy and Planning (OEP) contracts with six...

New Hampshire Medicaid

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare benefit

The New Hampshire Medicaid program is a Federal and state funded program that serves needy individuals and families in New Hampshire who meet financial and other eligibility requirements and certain other individuals who lack adequate resources to pa...

New Hampshire School Breakfast and Lunch Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The School Breakfast Program provides funding that makes it possible for schools to offer a nutritious breakfast to students each day. Similarly, the goal of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is to protect the health and well-being of the nati...

New Hampshire Special Milk Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The Special Milk Program (SMP) was established to encourage consumption of fluid milk by children in public schools, child care centers, after-school-hours child care programs, summer camps, and similar non-profit institutions devoted to the care and...

New Hampshire Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The New Hampshire Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, inf...

New Hampshire Unemployment Insurance

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Employment Assistance benefit

Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet New Hampshire's eligibility requirements....

New Hampshire Weatherization Assistance Program

Energy Assistance benefit

The state of New Hampshire's Weatherization Program is designed to reduce household energy use and costs in the homes of low-income persons throughout the state by installing energy efficiency improvements. The overall goal of the Weatherization Prog...