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Benefits in Pennsylvania
Where to apply and who to call in Pennsylvania. For services near you, see the Pennsylvania state page.
Medicaid
- Program
- Pennsylvania Medical Assistance (Medicaid) (Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS); County Assistance Offices)
- Apply online
- compass.state.pa.us
- By phone
- (866) 550-4355 (Consumer Service Center for Health Care Coverage)
- In person
- Your County Assistance Office (CAO). 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.
- Pennsylvania 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 get Medical Assistance without a separate application.
- If you work
- Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD): lets working people with disabilities keep Medical Assistance by paying a monthly premium.
Medicare Savings Programs and the Medicaid Buy-In also go through this office. How Medicaid works.
Food
- SNAP: find the Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, (717) 236-8110
- Legal aid
- LawHelp.org and the LSC legal aid finder
Planning forms
Free Pennsylvania advance directive forms, with instructions: Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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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