Free benefits tools and screening guides
Choose a tool for the question you have. Some compare numbers; others explain where to apply. None can approve a benefit or promise a payment. The tools do not need your name or contact details. Email sign-up is separate and optional.
Find program rules and next steps
Benefits Estimator
Limited 2026 federal tax-credit estimates for confirmed wage-only families, plus program guidance. No combined benefits total.
SNAP screening guide
What the food-help office checks and how to apply. No payment estimate.
TANF screening guide
Questions to ask your state or tribal cash-help office. No monthly award calculation.
Medicaid screening guide
Find your state office and learn which family and health facts matter.
Medicare Savings Program screening guide
Learn about help with Medicare costs and where to apply. No personal cutoff test.
Compare income with published figures
Housing income limit checker
HUD's limits for your county and household size. Other housing rules still apply.
AMI calculator
Compare income with your county's area median income tiers.
HUD calculator
Look up HUD's 30%, 50% and 80% income limits.
Section 8 income checker
Check local income limits. Your housing office decides your case and rent share.
2026 poverty-guideline calculator
Compare one family's income with the HHS guideline. This is not a benefits test.
Check a rating or a rent budget
VA combined rating calculator
Combine ratings VA already gave you. This does not predict a new rating or payment.
Rent affordability calculator
Try the 30% rent budgeting rule. It is not the Section 8 rent formula.
What should you do with a result?
Read the limits shown beside it. Then use the guide's official agency link to check the full rules. Only the office that runs the program can decide your case.
Pick one place to start. If you are not sure which rule fits, ask the office before you rule out help.
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