Other benefits:

• Fuel Assistance
  Signing up for fuel assistance may actually increase your monthly 3SquaresVT dollar amount. 3SquaresVT gives people who get fuel assistance the highest deduction for shelter costs. Click here for information on how to apply.
• Free School Meals
  Kids in 3SquaresVT households can get free school meals if their school participates in the federal school breakfast or lunch program. Click one of the following for an application (Adobe; get the Adobe reader here)
• Lifeline and Link Up
  People who are eligible for 3SquaresVT benefits are also eligible for Lifeline, a monthly credit of at least $13 to help households maintain phone service, and Link UP, which provides credit up to $30 to pay half the cost of installing a phone line. Click here for information on how to apply.
• VHAP Premiums
  Out of pocket medical expenses paid by people 60 and older and people with disabilities can be deducted from 3SquaresVT income. This may help some people qualify for 3SquaresVT benefits and help others get more 3SquaresVT benefits each month. Click here to download a medical expense deduction worksheet.
• TANF, Vermont Earned Income Tax Credit, SSI
  People who receive any of these benefits may be categorically eligible for 3SquaresVT benefits. Even if they get $0 in 3SquaresVT benefits, they are still considered "eligible" and therefore qualify for free school meals, lifeline, etc.