Benefit Cliffs Calculator

This tool will show you how your benefits change when your income changes. There are 7 steps with questions for you to answer. Step 8 will show your results and suggest next steps.

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  1 Location & Family Size
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  Household
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  Current Benefits
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  Work & Income
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  Child Care
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  Health Care
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  Other Expenses
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  Results

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Location and family size

What city or county do you live in?	--Select Location-- Abbot Acton Addison Albion Alexander Alfred Allagash Alna Alton Amherst Amity Andover Anson Appleton Argyle UT Arrowsic Arundel Ashland Athens Atkinson Auburn Augusta Aurora Avon Baileyville Baldwin Bancroft Bangor Bar Harbor Baring plantation Bath Beals Beaver Cove Beddington Belfast Belgrade Belmont Benton Berwick Bethel Biddeford Bingham Blaine Blanchard UT Blue Hill Boothbay Harbor Boothbay Bowdoin Bowdoinham Bowerbank Bradford Bradley Bremen Brewer Bridgewater Bridgton Brighton plantation Bristol Brooklin Brooks Brooksville Brownfield Brownville Brunswick Buckfield Bucksport Burlington Burnham Buxton Byron Calais Cambridge Camden Canaan Canton Cape Elizabeth Caratunk Caribou Carmel Carrabassett Valley Carroll plantation Carthage Cary plantation Casco Castine Castle Hill Caswell Central Aroostook UT Central Hancock UT Central Somerset UT Chapman Charleston Charlotte Chebeague Island Chelsea Cherryfield Chester Chesterville China Clifton Clinton Codyville plantation Columbia Falls Columbia Connor UT Cooper Coplin plantation Corinna Corinth Cornish Cornville Cranberry Isles Crawford Criehaven UT Crystal Cumberland Cushing Cutler Cyr plantation Dallas plantation Damariscotta Danforth Dayton Deblois Dedham Deer Isle Denmark Dennistown plantation Dennysville Detroit Dexter Dixfield Dixmont Dover-Foxcroft Dresden Drew plantation Durham Dyer Brook Eagle Lake East Central Franklin UT East Central Penobscot UT East Central Washington UT East Hancock UT East Machias East Millinocket Eastbrook Easton Eastport Eddington Edgecomb Edinburg Eliot Ellsworth Embden Enfield Etna Eustis Exeter Fairfield Falmouth Farmingdale Farmington Fayette Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Frankfort Franklin Freedom Freeport Frenchboro Frenchville Friendship Frye Island Fryeburg Gardiner Garfield plantation Garland Georgetown Gilead Glenburn Glenwood plantation Gorham Gouldsboro Grand Isle Grand Lake Stream plantation Gray Great Pond Greenbush Greene Greenville Greenwood Guilford Hallowell Hamlin Hammond Hampden Hancock Hanover Harmony Harpswell Harrington Harrison Hartford Hartland Haynesville Hebron Hermon Hersey Hibberts gore Highland plantation Hiram Hodgdon Holden Hollis Hope Houlton Howland Hudson Industry Island Falls Isle au Haut Islesboro Jackman Jackson Jay Jefferson Jonesboro Jonesport Kenduskeag Kennebunk Kennebunkport Kingfield Kingman UT Kingsbury plantation Kittery Knox Lagrange Lake View plantation Lakeville Lamoine Lebanon Lee Leeds Levant Lewiston Liberty Limerick Limestone Limington Lincoln plantation Lincoln Lincolnville Linneus Lisbon Litchfield Littleton Livermore Falls Livermore Long Island Louds Island UT Lovell Lowell Lubec Ludlow Lyman Machias Machiasport Macwahoc plantation Madawaska Madison Magalloway plantation Manchester Mapleton Mariaville Mars Hill Marshall Island UT Marshfield Masardis Matinicus Isle plantation Mattawamkeag Maxfield Mechanic Falls Meddybemps Medford Medway Mercer Merrill Mexico Milbridge Milford Millinocket Milo Milton UT Minot Monhegan plantation Monmouth Monroe Monson Monticello Montville Moose River Moro plantation Morrill Moscow Mount Chase Mount Desert Mount Vernon Muscle Ridge Island UT Naples Nashville plantation New Canada New Gloucester New Limerick New Portland New Sharon New Sweden New Vineyard Newburgh Newcastle Newfield Newport Newry Nobleboro Norridgewock North Berwick North Franklin UT North Haven North Oxford UT North Penobscot UT North Washington UT North Yarmouth Northeast Piscataquis UT Northeast Somerset UT Northfield Northport Northwest Aroostook UT Northwest Hancock UT Northwest Piscataquis UT Northwest Somerset UT Norway Oakfield Oakland Ogunquit Old Orchard Beach Old Town Orient Orland Orono Orrington Osborn Otis Otisfield Owls Head Oxbow plantation Oxford Palermo Palmyra Paris Parkman Parsonsfield Passadumkeag Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation Patten Pembroke Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Penobscot Perham Perkins UT Perry Peru Phillips Phippsburg Pittsfield Pittston Pleasant Ridge plantation Plymouth Poland Portage Lake Porter Portland Pownal Prentiss UT Presque Isle Princeton Prospect Randolph Rangeley plantation Rangeley Raymond Readfield Reed plantation Richmond Ripley Robbinston Rockland Rockport Rome Roque Bluffs Roxbury Rumford Sabattus Saco Sandy River plantation Sanford Sangerville Scarborough Searsmont Searsport Sebago Sebec Seboeis plantation Seboomook Lake UT Sedgwick Shapleigh Sherman Shirley Sidney Skowhegan Smithfield Smyrna Solon Somerville Sorrento South Aroostook UT South Berwick South Bristol South Franklin UT South Oxford UT South Portland South Thomaston Southeast Piscataquis UT Southport Southwest Harbor Springfield Square Lake UT St. Agatha St. Albans St. Francis St. George St. John plantation Stacyville Standish Starks Stetson Steuben Stockholm Stockton Springs Stoneham Stonington Stow Strong Sullivan Sumner Surry Swans Island Swanville Sweden Talmadge Temple The Forks plantation Thomaston Thorndike Topsfield Topsham Tremont Trenton Troy Turner Twombly UT Union Unity Unity UT Upton Van Buren Vanceboro Vassalboro Veazie Verona Island Vienna Vinalhaven Wade Waite Waldo Waldoboro Wales Wallagrass Waltham Warren Washburn Washington Waterboro Waterford Waterville Wayne Webster plantation Weld Wellington Wells Wesley West Bath West Central Franklin UT West Forks plantation West Gardiner West Paris Westbrook Westfield Westmanland Weston Westport Island Whitefield Whiting Whitney UT Whitneyville Willimantic Wilton Windham Windsor Winn Winslow Winter Harbor Winterport Winterville plantation Winthrop Wiscasset Woodland Woodstock Woodville Woolwich Wyman UT Yarmouth York
How many people under age 18 are in your household?	0 1 2 3 4 5
How many people age 18 and up are in your household?	1 2 3 4
Is any person age 18 and up a full-time or part-time student?	No Yes