Benefits in your state
Benefits in Iowa
Where to apply and who to call in Iowa. For services near you, see the Iowa state page.
Medicaid
- Program
- Iowa Medicaid (IA Health Link) (Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS))
- Apply online
- hhs.iowa.gov/programs/welcome-iowa-medicaid
- By phone
- (855) 889-7985
- In person
- Your local Iowa HHS office Find an office
- If you get SSISupplemental Security Income: monthly payments from Social Security for people with disabilities who have low income and few savings.
- Yes. Iowa gives Medicaid to people who get SSI without a separate application.
- If you work
- Medicaid for Employed People with Disabilities (MEPD): lets working people with disabilities keep Medicaid, with a premium for some people.
Medicare Savings Programs and the Medicaid Buy-In also go through this office. How Medicaid works.
Food
- SNAP: find the Iowa SNAP office in the USDA state directory, or call 211.
- Find your food bank and home-delivered meals.
- SNAP rules for people with disabilities
Bills and phone
- Energy help (LIHEAP): call 1-866-674-6327 to be sent to your local office.
- Lifeline phone or internet discount: lifelinesupport.org.
- More on bills, shutoffs and housing
Legal help
- Disability rights agency (free)
- Disability Rights Iowa, (515) 278-2502
- Legal aid
- LawHelp.org and the LSC legal aid finder
Planning forms
Free Iowa advance directive forms, with instructions: Iowa forms at CaringInfo. What each form does.
People who help for free
- 211: call or text 2-1-1.
- Medicare counseling (SHIP): shiphelp.org.
- Area Agency on Aging and Aging and Disability Resource Center: Eldercare Locator, 1-800-677-1116.
- Work and benefits counseling (WIPA): choosework.ssa.gov/findhelp.
- Search Iowa services in the Atlas
Medicaid details checked October 9, 2026. Disability rights agency from the NDRN member list; forms from CaringInfo. Last reviewed November 9, 2026.
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