HealthChoices, Pennsylvania's Medical Assistance program, provides you and your family with many health care options.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the School Meals program help you and your family buy food and receive nutritious free or reduced-price school meals.
Home and Community Based Services provide services beyond those covered by Medical Assistance that enable an individual to remain in a community setting. The following services are not available to be applied for on COMPASS, but you can submit a referral to express your interest in the service. Go to Do I Qualify? to submit your referral today.
Call us between 8:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. If you are hearing impaired, call TTY/TTD at 1-800-451-5886. If you have a question during non-business hours or prefer to use email.
Please visit the CHIP website at www.chipcoverspakids.com and click on "FAQ" at the top right corner to find answers to most questions.
Please contact the school your child attends.
If you have other questions or need additional information, please visit the contact page for all up-to-date details.
Community Partners are community-based agencies, organizations, coalitions, hospitals, church groups, sponsors of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other groups that wish to help Pennsylvanians submit applications for health and human services.
Service Providers and Business Partners are public utilities that provide Lifeline and other program benefits to low-income individuals.
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How to scan a document and attach to an application:
1. Enter the County and record number.
2. Make sure your scanner is connected to your computer and turned on. When it is ready to use, click the Select A Scanner button and select your scanner from the list provided.
3. Click the Add button and select the document type from the list. Then scan the document.
4. Click the Add button once again if you wish to add another document to the same document type or for another document type.
5. When the document has finished scanning, it will be located to the right. Preview the document before attaching to the application.
6. View all the images to make sure they are correct. Images can be rotated or deleted before submitting by using the rotate left, rotate right and delete buttons on the bottom right hand side of the screen
7. When done scanning all the documents, click on the I am Finished button.
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Make sure your scanner Is connected To your computer And turned On. When it Is ready To use, click the Select a Scanner button And then select your scanner from the list provided.
Choose from the list below or Select 'Other'. If 'Other' please provide a description of the document in the space provided.
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