What is Benefits.gov?

What is Benefits.gov?

– The official benefits website of the U.S. government
– Informs citizens of benefits they may be eligible for
– Provides information on how to apply for assistance
– Learn facts about FREE MONEY and GRANTS

Benefits.gov (formerly GovBenefits.gov) was launched in an effort to provide citizens with easy, online access to government benefit and assistance programs. Eight years after its initial launch, GovBenefits.gov underwent a major redesign and became Benefits.gov. However, the program’s mission remains the same: reduce the expense and difficulty of interacting with the government while increasing citizen access to government benefit information.

The site’s core function is the eligibility prescreening questionnaire or “Benefit Finder.” Answers to the questionnaire are used to evaluate a visitor’s situation and compare it with the eligibility criteria for more than 1,000 Federally-funded benefit and assistance programs. Each program description provides citizens with the next steps to apply for any benefit program of interest.

Benefits.gov is a collaborative effort of 17 Federal agencies, including the U.S. Departments of Labor (Managing Partner), Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Office of Personnel Management, the Small Business Administration, and the Social Security Administration. This partnership not only funds, but strategically guides the direction of the program to continuously expand its value to citizens and government agencies, saving taxpayer dollars while improving the lives of millions of citizens in the process.