Nevada financial assistance directory
Low-Income Help and Resources in Nevada
If household costs are hard to manage, Nevada has programs that may help with food, housing, utilities, healthcare, child care, and other basic needs. Start with the statewide options below, then follow the regional or local application route when a program is handled by a community provider, housing authority, or service agency.
Money Fit serves Nevada residents statewide. If debt or monthly payments are also part of the problem, call 800-432-0310 or start a confidential debt review.
Where to start
Nevada uses Access Nevada for many public benefits, while housing, food, child care, energy, and aging services may also use regional providers or separate application routes.
Apply for public benefits
Access Nevada is the state's online portal for SNAP, TANF cash assistance, Medicaid-related programs, Energy Assistance, and child care assistance.
Find nearby help statewide
Nevada 211 connects residents with food, housing, utilities, healthcare, transportation, child care, aging, disability, and other community services.
Housing or energy assistance
Nevada Housing funds the statewide rental locator, while the Energy Assistance Program and Weatherization Assistance Program use state and regional application routes.
Nevada services are often regional. Southern and northern Nevada use different food-bank networks, weatherization providers, child care application partners, workforce systems, and some housing-service networks. Confirm the provider serving your county before submitting documents.
Food assistance
For ongoing grocery help, start with Nevada SNAP or WIC when the household may qualify. For food needed sooner, use the regional food bank serving northern or southern Nevada or search Nevada 211.
Nevada SNAP
SNAP provides grocery benefits to eligible Nevada households. The quickest application route is Access Nevada. Paper applications can also be submitted to a local Division of Social Services office.
DSS customer service: 800-992-0900
Nevada WIC
WIC provides healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals for eligible pregnant and postpartum participants, infants, and children under age five. Local WIC agencies complete enrollment.
Nevada WIC: 800-8-NEV-WIC (800-863-8942)
Three Square Food Bank
Three Square is Southern Nevada's regional food bank. Its Food Finder lists food pantries, drive-through distributions, senior food programs, children's meals, home delivery, and other local options.
Food assistance call center: 702-765-4030, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Food Bank of Northern Nevada
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada serves northern Nevada and the eastern Sierra through partner pantries and food-distribution programs. Its current food-help section provides pantry lists and distribution calendars while a new map experience is being developed.
Food Bank of Northern Nevada: 775-331-3663
Nevada SNAP work rules changed in 2026. Current state guidance defines an ABAWD as certain adults ages 18 through 64 who are physically and mentally able to work and do not have a child under age 14 in their SNAP household. Unless an exemption applies, affected adults generally need 80 hours of qualifying work or training each month to receive SNAP beyond the applicable time limit.
Housing, rent, and utility help
Nevada housing and utility help is spread across statewide search tools, local public housing authorities, homelessness providers, the Energy Assistance Program, and regional weatherization agencies. Funding and waiting lists can change.
Nevada Energy Assistance Program
EAP helps eligible Nevada households with home heating and cooling costs. The FY 2027 program year runs July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Prior-year recipients generally may not reapply until about 11 months after their last benefit.
Statewide toll-free: 800-992-0900
North: 775-684-0730
South: 702-486-1404
Nevada Weatherization Assistance Program
Weatherization can help qualifying renters and homeowners reduce energy use and improve home health and safety through approved upgrades. Nevada Housing funds regional providers, so residents apply through the agency serving their area.
Nevada Housing Division: 702-486-4311
NVHousingSearch.org
Nevada Housing Division funds NVHousingSearch.org as the state's online housing locator and call-center resource. Search available rental listings and contact each property directly to confirm rent, eligibility, accessibility, and current availability.
Local public housing authorities
Public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs are administered by local housing authorities. Waiting-list status differs by agency, so residents should contact the authority serving their community directly.
HUD public housing help: 800-955-2232
Nevada 211 housing and shelter referrals
Nevada's homelessness response is locally administered. Nevada 211 can help identify emergency shelter, coordinated-entry contacts, rental assistance, homelessness prevention, and other housing services available in the caller's area.
Call: 211 or 866-535-5654
Nevada Legal Services
Nevada Legal Services provides free civil legal assistance to qualifying low-income residents. Housing help can include eviction notices, habitability concerns, illegal lockouts, landlord disputes, and other tenant issues. Online intake is available statewide.
Healthcare coverage and clinics
Nevada Medicaid and Nevada Check Up cover different eligibility groups. Access Nevada can help route applicants to the correct medical-assistance application, while Nevada Health Link is the state's Marketplace for qualified health plans.
Nevada Medicaid and Nevada Check Up
Nevada provides Medicaid-related coverage for qualifying low-income adults, families, children, pregnant people, older adults, and people with disabilities. Access Nevada includes a screening tool to help applicants choose the correct application route.
DSS customer service: 800-992-0900
Nevada Health Link
Nevada Health Link is Nevada's health-insurance Marketplace. Residents who do not qualify for Medicaid may be able to compare private plans and, depending on current federal rules and household income, receive financial help with premiums or other costs.
Nevada Health Link: 800-547-2927
Community health centers
Federally supported health centers provide primary care and may offer dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, substance-use treatment, and other services. Health centers serve insured and uninsured patients and use sliding-fee programs based on income and family size.
Child care, family, and cash assistance
Nevada's Child Care and Development Program and TANF cash assistance use separate eligibility rules, but both can be started through state application systems.
Child Care and Development Program
CCDP helps eligible families pay part of child care costs. New child care subsidy applications are currently subject to a waitlist with no fixed wait time. The state reviews the waitlist monthly and processes new applications in chronological order as slots become available.
Child Care and Development Program: 775-684-0625
Nevada TANF
TANF provides temporary cash assistance and employment-related support to qualifying families with dependent children. Nevada uses different TANF categories depending on household circumstances, and work requirements or time limits can apply.
Nevada 211 family services
Nevada 211 can help families locate child care, parenting support, diapers and baby supplies, transportation, family resource centers, healthcare, food, housing, and other community services.
Head Start and Early Head Start
Head Start programs provide early learning, health, nutrition, and family support for eligible young children and families. Local programs handle eligibility, applications, openings, and waiting lists.
Locator help: 866-763-6481
The child care subsidy waitlist does not have a set duration. Nevada says the waitlist changes as applications, income rules, and available slots change. Foster children remain exempt from the subsidy waitlist under current program rules.
Work, legal help, and essential services
Job loss, a legal problem, or loss of affordable phone or internet service can quickly affect housing, healthcare, transportation, and the rest of the household budget.
Nevada unemployment insurance
Eligible workers who lose employment may qualify for temporary unemployment benefits. Nevada uses the Claimant Self-Service portal for new claims, weekly certifications, claim status, and account management.
Northern Nevada: 775-684-0350
Southern Nevada: 702-486-0350
Rural Nevada and out of state: 888-890-8211
EmployNV and American Job Center services
Nevada's public workforce system includes EmployNV, Workforce Connections in southern Nevada, and Nevadaworks in northern and central Nevada. Services can include job search, career planning, training, reemployment help, and referrals to partner programs.
Nevada Legal Services
Nevada Legal Services provides free civil legal assistance to qualifying low-income residents statewide. Areas of help may include housing, public benefits, consumer matters, debt, unemployment, family safety, Social Security, veterans benefits, and other civil issues.
Federal Lifeline benefit
Lifeline may reduce the monthly cost of qualifying phone or broadband service. Eligibility can be based on household income or participation in certain public benefit programs.
Lifeline Support Center: 800-234-9473
Older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers
Nevada Care Connection provides local navigation for older adults, people with disabilities, veterans, caregivers, and families. Adult Protective Services handles reports involving vulnerable adults throughout Nevada.
Nevada Care Connection
Nevada Care Connection Resource Centers provide one-on-one help exploring long-term services, caregiver support, veterans services, benefits, housing, transportation, healthcare, and other community resources. Regional centers serve different counties.
Nevada Medicare Assistance Program
Nevada MAP provides free, unbiased Medicare counseling to help beneficiaries and caregivers understand benefits, compare plans, and review programs that may help with Medicare costs.
Nevada MAP: 800-307-4444
Nevada Adult Protective Services
APS investigates reports of abuse, neglect, self-neglect, exploitation, isolation, and abandonment involving vulnerable adults age 18 and older. Reports can be made by phone or through the state's online intake.
Clark County: 702-486-6930
All other Nevada areas: 888-729-0571
Crisis, safety, and disaster resources
If someone is in immediate danger, has a life-threatening medical emergency, or cannot stay safe, call 911.
Nevada 988
Call, text, or chat 988 for free, confidential, 24-hour support involving emotional distress, mental health crisis, suicidal thoughts, or alcohol and drug use concerns. Nevada 988 is administered by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
Call or text: 988
Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence
NCEDSV does not operate an emergency shelter or crisis hotline, but it maintains a statewide directory of shelters, advocacy programs, and legal-assistance providers. For immediate national hotline support, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline or National Sexual Assault Hotline.
Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
Sexual Assault Hotline: 800-656-4673
Nevada 211
Nevada 211 provides free, confidential information and referrals for essential health and human services. Phone specialists are available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pacific, excluding holidays. Online search is available at any time.
Call: 211 or 866-535-5654
Text: ZIP code to 898211
Nevada and federal disaster assistance
Nevada Division of Emergency Management coordinates state recovery activity. Federal Individual Assistance becomes available only after qualifying presidential declarations and only for designated areas and eligible losses. Check current event information before applying.
Nevada Division of Emergency Management: 775-684-4240
FEMA Helpline: 800-621-3362
Review the household budget and unsecured debt together
Public assistance may help with food, housing, healthcare, child care, or utilities while credit cards, medical bills, collections, personal loans, payday loans, or other unsecured debts continue affecting the household budget. Money Fit nonprofit credit counseling can help Nevada residents review income, expenses, debts, and possible next steps.
A debt management plan may help organize eligible unsecured debts into one monthly payment to Money Fit, which then sends payments to participating creditors. It is not a new loan or debt settlement. Creditor participation, concessions, account treatment, fees, and payment changes can vary.
Money Fit does not provide cash assistance, food benefits, rent assistance, utility benefits, government benefits, or emergency grants. The counseling form below is for help reviewing debt and monthly payments.
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