DRAFT

Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC) provides time-limited cash benefits to certain families with dependent children and pregnant women in the last 120 days of pregnancy.

Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children (EAEDC) provides cash benefits to individuals who are eligible because they are:

~ a U.S. citizen or a legal immigrant. For more information view eligible noncitizens;

~ unable to work due to a physical or mental incapacity which has lasted or will last at least 60 days and meets the Department-established medical standards for disability;

~ over 65 waiting for SSI payments to begin or if found ineligible for SSI, if all other EAEDC eligibility requirements are met

~ a student, under age 21, enrolled in a full-time program in a school that is not beyond the secondary level;

~ participating in a Mass. Rehabilitation Commission program; and/or

~ required in the home to care for an incapacitated individual who would have to be institutionalized if someone does not provide the care in the home.

Food Stamp Benefits

Many low income working families are eligible for food stamp benefits to help buy nutritous food for their family. To apply or get information about food stamp benefits call the Application Information Unit at 1-800-249-2007 or go to your local DTA office. You can apply in person, by mail or you can fax in your application.
You can also print an application or apply online at:
www.gettingfoodstamps.org

Emergency Assistance (EA)

Emergency Assistance (EA) may be available to needy families with dependent children under the age of 21 or to a pregnant woman without any dependent children.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a cash assistance program administered by the Social Security Administration for the elderly (over age 65) and disabled. Individuals receiving SSI are automatically eligible for MassHealth. There are five Transitional Assistance Offices (Quincy, Fall River, Revere, Springfield, and Worcester) that handle food stamp benefits for SSI recipients. For more information on SSI eligibility, contact the Social Security Administration.