Idaho Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

Idaho offers the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) so your children-infants to teens-may qualify for health insurance at no cost to you. CHIP provides insurance to working and non-working families. It allows you-parents, grandparents, and...read more

Idaho Food Stamp Program

The Food Stamp Program helps put food on the table for approximately 34,000 Idaho households and 85,000 individual Idahoans every day. It provides low income households with a card which can be used instead of cash to purchase food items to ensure...read more

Idaho Head Start

Head Start is a national program that provides comprehensive developmental services for low-income preschool children and their families. Currently funded at approximately $4.3 billion nationally, Head Start serves over 750,000 children and their...read more

Idaho Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

The Low-Income High Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) assists low-income Idaho residents with the high cost of home energy. Funding is provided from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) block grant through the U.S. Department of...read more

Idaho Medicaid

Idaho Medicaid is the state and Federal partnership that provides health coverage for selected categories of people in Idaho with low incomes. Its purpose is to improve the health of people who might otherwise go without medical care for themselves...read more

Idaho School Breakfast and Lunch Program

The School Breakfast and Lunch Programs make nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free meals available to school children each school day. Over 92,000 schools offer lunches at school, and nearly 70,000 schools offer breakfast at school. School...read more

Idaho Special Milk Program

The Special Milk Program provides reimbursement for milk served to children in programs where they have no access to lunch either through the National School Lunch Program or the Child and Adult Care Food Program. These programs include half-time...read more

Idaho Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are determined to be at nutritional risk. To...read more

Idaho Summer Food Service

The Idaho Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides reimbursement for free, nutritious meals and snacks served to Idaho children 18 and younger. These meals help children in low-income areas get the nutrition they need to learn, play, and grow...read more

Idaho Temporary Assistance for Families in Idaho (TAFI)

Temporary Assistance for Families in Idaho (TAFI) is the monthly cash assistance program for low-income families in Idaho. The program goal is to provide necessary assistance to need families with children on a temporary basis and provide parents...read more