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Benefits in New Mexico
Where to apply and who to call in New Mexico. For services near you, see the New Mexico state page.
Medicaid
- Program
- New Mexico Medicaid (Turquoise Care) (New Mexico Health Care Authority (HCA), Income Support Division)
- Apply online
- yes.nm.gov
- By phone
- (800) 283-4465
- In person
- Visit an Income Support Division field 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.
- New Mexico is a 1634 stateA state where getting SSI (Supplemental Security Income) gives you Medicaid too, with no separate Medicaid application., so people who get SSI are usually enrolled in Medicaid based on the Social Security decision.
- If you work
- Working Disabled Individuals (WDI): Medicaid for working adults with disabilities whose income is above regular limits.
Medicare Savings Programs and the Medicaid Buy-In also go through this office. How Medicaid works.
Food
- SNAP: find the New Mexico 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 New Mexico, (505) 256-3100
- Legal aid
- LawHelp.org and the LSC legal aid finder
Planning forms
Free New Mexico advance directive forms, with instructions: New Mexico 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 New Mexico 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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