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Government
Benefit Check Up Web Sites
BenefitsCheckUp.org
The National
Council on Aging and other partners have created a web site called BenefitsCheckUp.org . This is an online
service to screen for federal, state and some local private and public benefits for older
adults (ages 55 and over). BenefitsCheckUp also provides a detailed description of the
programs, local contacts for additional information, and materials to help successfully
apply for each program.
GovBenefits.gov
The federal government also maintains a web site designed
to simplify access to information about government programs called GovBenefit.gov. Users enter
the site and check boxes indicating, for example, that they are unemployed or the victim
of a disaster. A series of yes-or-no questions about the person's situation follows, and
then the site produces a list of government programs and benefits for which the user may
be eligible, with links and other contact information for each program.
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