Benefits

Financial Aid

Financial Aid includes: The Old Age Pension (OAP) program. - Basic financial and health care assistance for people who are 60 years or older. - To apply for the Old Age Pension program you must be a Colorado resident and you must apply in the county where you live. Colorado Works/Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) - A federal program that provides cash assistance to eligible low-income pregnant women and single and two-parent families with dependent children while working to secure or improve employment and achieve self-sufficiency. - Colorado Works/TANF clients may also apply for Food Assistance/SNAP and Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program). - Cooperation with Child Support Services is required unless good cause is established. - Child Care Assistance and other supportive services may be available for those prepared for or seeking employment. If approved for Colorado Works/TANF, recipients may be required to participate in a work related activity. - Undocumented immigrants are not eligible to receive Colorado Works/TANF, but US born citizen children of undocumented immigrants may be eligible for Colorado Works/TANF if the family meets all other eligibility criteria. - A minor parent, you must attend high school or a GED program and live with your parents or in another approved setting. Aid to the Blind & Aid to the Needy Disabled - Provides a small cash assistance benefit to low-income Colorado residents age 18 - 59 who have at least a six-month total disability that precludes them from working. - Must be low-income and meet the Social Security Administration's definition of blindness. - Other income such as wages or Veteran's Assistance, may reduce the amount of the AND/AB payment. - There are no medical benefits provided by the AND/AB program. - Client applying for AND will have Medicaid and will need to see their Primary Care Physicians to complete AND exam requirements. If clients do not have a doctor they can go to www.colorado.gov/pacific/hcpf/find-doctor . When the primary diagnosis is alcoholism or drug abuse, the AND recipient: - Is limited to 12 cumulative months in a lifetime; - Must agree to and participate in treatment; - Must submit to random testing; and - Will lose AND benefits if he/she tests positive for alcohol or drugs two times in any three-month period. Services: State Administered SSI Supplement Programs, TANF

Address

220 N Spruce St, Gunnison, CO 81230

Hours

Monday - Friday, 8:00 am -5:00 pm ( Administration Hours)

Who can use it

OAP For seniors age 60 and over who have income of $773 or less , TANF low- income pregnant women or families with dependent children, AND and AB age 18-59 years of age,

Phone

(970) 641-3244

Website

http://www.gunnisoncounty.org/149/Health-Human-Services

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