Benefits Application Next Steps | Texas Health and Human Services (2024)

To confirm your eligibility when applying for one of our benefit programs, you’ll need to submit proof of facts (information about you and others on your case).

To submit proof of facts, upload your documents to a Your Texas Benefits account, deliver them to a local benefits office, or send them by mail or fax.

SNAP Food Benefits

To get SNAP, a person must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident.

Proof of income from your job — Last three pay stubs or paychecks, a statement from your employer or self-employment records.
Bank accounts — The most current statement for all accounts.
Medical costs — Bills, receipts or statements from health care providers (doctors, hospitals, drugstores, etc.). These items should show costs you have now and costs you expect in the future.
Rent or mortgage costs — Recent checks, check stubs or statement from the mortgage bank or landlord. Renters also need to give the landlord’s name, address and phone number.
Dependent care expenses — Receipts, canceled checks or a signed statement from the person you pay. A signed statement must show when and how much you pay.
Child support anyone pays — Court papers that show what you must pay for child support. For example: divorce decree, court order or district clerk record.
Child support anyone gets — District clerk record or letter from the parent who pays showing how much, how often and the date it’s usually paid. The letter must have the name, address, phone number and signature of the parent who pays.

TANF Cash Help

Proof of income from your job — Last three pay stubs or paychecks, a statement from your employer or self-employment records.
Bank accounts — Most current statement for all accounts.
Proof a child is related to you — Legal birth, hospital or baptismal certificate.
Citizenship — U.S. passport, Certificate of Naturalization, U.S. birth certificate (copies of the front and back), hospital record of birth or Medicare card. If you were born in Texas, we might be able to look up your birth record.
Child’s vaccines — Vaccine records for each child.
Proof a child lives with you — A signed statement from your landlord or a nonrelative neighbor that includes his or her name, address and phone number.
Child support anyone pays — Court papers that show what you must pay for child support. For example: divorce decree, court order or district clerk record.
Child support anyone gets — District clerk record or letter from the parent who pays showing how much, how often and the date it’s usually paid. The letter must have the name, address, phone number and signature of the parent who pays.
Health insurance — Copy of the front and back of the insurance card or policy.

CHIP or Children’s Medicaid

Proof of income from your job — One pay stub or paycheck from the last 60 days, a statement from your employer or self-employment records.
Medical costs — Bills or statements from health care providers (doctors, drugstores, etc.) from the past three months. We only need these items if you haven’t already paid for these services.
Citizenship — U.S. passport, Certificate of Naturalization, U.S. birth certificate (copies of the front and back), hospital record of birth or Medicare card. If you were born in Texas, we might be able to look up your birth record.

Medicaid for an Adult or Pregnant Woman

Proof of income from your job — Last three pay stubs or paychecks, a statement from your employer, self-employment records or last year’s tax return.
Medical costs — Bills or statements from health care providers (doctors, hospitals, drugstores, etc.) from the past three months. We only need these items if you haven’t already paid for these services.
Citizenship — U.S. passport, Certificate of Naturalization, U.S. birth certificate (copies of the front and back), hospital record of birth or Medicare card. If you were born in Texas, we might be able to look up your birth record.