Select Programs
After the client either logs into their account and authenticates or selects to start screening without creating an account, the client is taken to a page to select the type of screening desired.
From the Select Screening page, the client can select to complete a human services by providing only basic information about the household or they can choose to perform a more detailed screening. The system uses the basic information to determine what benefits and services might be available to the client. Alternatively, the client can select to run a screening by providing more detailed information about the household to get a more accurate result.
Human services programs provide financial and medical assistance and supportive services to vulnerable clients of all ages to help them achieve and maintain independence and optimum health and improve their lives. Services and benefits include temporary and emergency cash assistance, work and training opportunities, health care, food and nutrition benefits, housing and home energy assistance, and child development programs.
| Programs | Description |
|---|---|
| Cash Assistance | This program provides temporary cash assistance, supportive services, and work opportunities to needy families. The program's goal is to help people get employment and become self-sufficient through job training, education, and work activities. |
| Child Care Assistance | The Child Care Program provides assistance to low-income families who need child care so they can work or participate in a work-related training or education activity. The purpose of the program is to ensure that children are well cared for in a safe, healthy, and educational environment by trained, qualified child care providers while parents are working or attending training. |
| Early Head Start | The Early Head Start program (for pregnant women, infants and toddlers) provides educational, health, nutritional, and social services for low-income families. |
| Emergency Assistance | This program provides short-term cash assistance to citizens in emergency situations. Examples of emergencies include homeless, need to make a rent payment to prevent eviction, need to make a mortgage payment to prevent foreclosure, need money for legal services to avoid eviction, or the need to make a utility payment to prevent shutoff. |
| Food Assistance | The Food Assistance Program helps low-income people and families buy the food they need for good health. This benefit may be issued in the form of vouchers or credit on an Electronic Benefits Card (EBTcard) which can be used in place of cash to purchase food in participating stores. |
| Head Start | The Head Start program (for children ages 3-5) promotes school readiness for children in low-income families by providing comprehensive educational, health, nutritional, and social services. The program focuses on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school. |
| Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) | The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) assists eligible low income households pay home heating costs. Households may also be eligible for cooling assistance and emergency heating assistance. |
| Medical Assistance | The Medical Assistance program provides health care and health related services to certain low income individuals and families, including families with dependent children, pregnant women, children to age 21, individuals age 65 and older, or individuals determined blind or permanently disabled. |
| School meals | School Meals (National School Lunch program and School Breakfast program) provides free, nutritious meals and snacks to children in low income areas. |
| Summer meals | The Summer Food Service Program provides free, nutritious meals and snacks to children in low-income areas. The program helps children get the nutrition they need to learn, play, and grow, throughout the summer months and during other long periods when they are out of school. |
| Women, Infants and Children (WIC) | The purpose of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is to promote and maintain the health and well-being of nutritionally at risk pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children. The WIC program provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition and breastfeeding information, and referral to other health and nutrition services. |
What can I configure or customize?
The types of programs and screenings that are available can be configured by an organization.
The help text in the IEG script can be customized.