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Benefits for Immigrants
Georgia Common Point of Access to Social Services
(Separate Website)
COMPASS is a quick and easy way for people in Georgia to get answers to questions about health and human services.
Immigration Forms, Fees and Fingerprints
(Separate Website)
Welcome to the Forms, Fees and Fingerprints information center. From here you'll be able to find most of what you'll need to apply to for a immigration-related service, benefit, or permit. Many of these forms (benefit applications and petitions) require the payment of a fee in order for BCIS to process (adjudicate) your requests. Some also require applicants to pay an additional and separate fee for fingerprinting. This section will provide you with information on fees and fingerprint requirements. The Forms and Fees page provides information on Immigration forms and how to print them.
By: Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
Refugee Resettlement Program
(Separate Website)
The Refugee Resettlement Program is a national program, run through the state of Georgia, which offers a wide range of services to refugees
By: Division of Family and Children Services
Social Security Forms
(Separate Website)
This web site contains a large number of forms available in PDF format, including, but not limited to: (1) Benefit Claims Forms, (2) Benefit Claims Supporting Forms, (3) Direct Deposit Forms, (4) Certain Internal Revenue Service Forms. The web site also allows you to apply on line for certain benefits and services.
By: Social Security Administration
TANF/Food Stamps/Medicaid Application
(Separate Website)
This is an interactive program to assist people in completing the initial application for TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid. You must user INTERNET EXPLORER to access this program. The initial application is the first step in the application process. This program will take you to another website where you will register, login and then complete an interview. After you have completed the interview, you will be able to print the completed application.
Georgia Common Point of Access to Social Services
(Separate Website)
COMPASS is a quick and easy way for people in Georgia to get answers to questions about health and human services.
Social Security Forms
(Separate Website)
This web site contains a large number of forms available in PDF format, including, but not limited to: (1) Benefit Claims Forms, (2) Benefit Claims Supporting Forms, (3) Direct Deposit Forms, (4) Certain Internal Revenue Service Forms. The web site also allows you to apply on line for certain benefits and services.
By: Social Security Administration
TANF/Food Stamps/Medicaid Application
(Separate Website)
This is an interactive program to assist people in completing the initial application for TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid. You must user INTERNET EXPLORER to access this program. The initial application is the first step in the application process. This program will take you to another website where you will register, login and then complete an interview. After you have completed the interview, you will be able to print the completed application.
Food Stamp Hearing Request Form
(Separate Website)
Click this link to go to a website where you can create a form that you can use to request a hearing about your food stamps. The site will ask you a series of questions about your situation and then create an request form based on YOUR ANSWERS. This report can then be printed and filed with DFCS. PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a fill-in-the-blank form.
IMPORTANT: To use this form, you must use Internet Explorer as your browser and Microsoft Word as your word processor.
By: Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
TANF/Food Stamps/Medicaid Application
(Separate Website)
This is an interactive program to assist people in completing the initial application for TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid. You must user INTERNET EXPLORER to access this program. The initial application is the first step in the application process. This program will take you to another website where you will register, login and then complete an interview. After you have completed the interview, you will be able to print the completed application.
Food Stamps Application
(Separate Website)
The Georgia Food Stamp program provides monthly benefits to low-income households to help pay for the cost of food. A household may be one person living alone, a family, or several, unrelated individuals living together who routinely purchase and prepare meals together. Anyone may apply for food stamp benefits. The program helps households that have limited income and resources. This web site contains information about applying for benefits and to find out about eligibility requirements.
By: Georgia Department of Family and Children Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Emergency Food Assistance
(Separate Website)
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of low income persons in Georgia, including the elderly, by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance at no cost. These web pages provide information and forms relating to (1) Eligibility Requirements, and (2) How to apply for emergency food assistance.
By: Division of Family and Children Services
Georgia Common Point of Access to Social Services
(Separate Website)
COMPASS is a quick and easy way for people in Georgia to get answers to questions about health and human services.
Magistrate Court Forms
(Separate Website)
These forms have been developed by the Uniform Forms Committee of the Council of Magistrate Court Judges. They are not mandatory forms for filings in the Magistrate Courts. All Magistrate Courts in Georgia are encouraged to accept pleadings filed using these forms.
By: Council of Magistrate Court Judges
Ask for a Fair Hearing for Medicaid Benefits
You can ask for a fair hearing (an appeal) if:
• You have been denied Medicaid
• Your Medicaid benefits have been cut
• Your Medicaid benefits have changed.
If you want a fair hearing, call your county Department of Family and Children’s Services today. Then fill out this form. Bring it or mail it to your county Department of Family and Children Services.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program®
Other Formats:
Word File
Georgia Common Point of Access to Social Services
(Separate Website)
COMPASS is a quick and easy way for people in Georgia to get answers to questions about health and human services.
OSAH Form 1 - DFCS Request for Fair Hearing with Office of State Administrative Hearings
(Separate Website)
When you have been denied Medicaid or had your Medicaid Benefits lowered or terminated, you can ask for a fair hearing. You can fill out a fair hearing request letter and mail it or deliver it to your local Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) office to begin the process. When DFCS gets your letter asking for a fair hearing, they use this form to process your appeal with the Office of State Administrative Hearings (OSAH). You can give DFCS this form and ask them to fill it out and send it to OSAH and to the Department of Human Resources Legal Services to process your appeal.
By: Georgia Department of Human Resources
Other Formats:
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Power of Attorney for the Care of a Minor Child This power of attorney gives a grandparent the powers to care for a minor child, including the power to enroll the child in school, and to obtain medical care and housing for the minor child.
By: Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services
TANF/Food Stamps/Medicaid Application
(Separate Website)
This is an interactive program to assist people in completing the initial application for TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid. You must user INTERNET EXPLORER to access this program. The initial application is the first step in the application process. This program will take you to another website where you will register, login and then complete an interview. After you have completed the interview, you will be able to print the completed application.
Ask for a Fair Hearing for Medicaid Benefits
You can ask for a fair hearing (an appeal) if:
• You have been denied Medicaid
• Your Medicaid benefits have been cut
• Your Medicaid benefits have changed.
If you want a fair hearing, call your county Department of Family and Children’s Services today. Then fill out this form. Bring it or mail it to your county Department of Family and Children Services.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program®
Other Formats:
Word File
Georgia Common Point of Access to Social Services
(Separate Website)
COMPASS is a quick and easy way for people in Georgia to get answers to questions about health and human services.
OSAH Form 1 - DFCS Request for Fair Hearing with Office of State Administrative Hearings
(Separate Website)
When you have been denied Medicaid or had your Medicaid Benefits lowered or terminated, you can ask for a fair hearing. You can fill out a fair hearing request letter and mail it or deliver it to your local Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) office to begin the process. When DFCS gets your letter asking for a fair hearing, they use this form to process your appeal with the Office of State Administrative Hearings (OSAH). You can give DFCS this form and ask them to fill it out and send it to OSAH and to the Department of Human Resources Legal Services to process your appeal.
By: Georgia Department of Human Resources
Other Formats:
Word File
TANF/Food Stamps/Medicaid Application
(Separate Website)
This is an interactive program to assist people in completing the initial application for TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid. You must user INTERNET EXPLORER to access this program. The initial application is the first step in the application process. This program will take you to another website where you will register, login and then complete an interview. After you have completed the interview, you will be able to print the completed application.
Ask for a Fair Hearing for Medicaid Benefits
You can ask for a fair hearing (an appeal) if:
• You have been denied Medicaid
• Your Medicaid benefits have been cut
• Your Medicaid benefits have changed.
If you want a fair hearing, call your county Department of Family and Children’s Services today. Then fill out this form. Bring it or mail it to your county Department of Family and Children Services.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program®
Other Formats:
Word File
Georgia Common Point of Access to Social Services
(Separate Website)
COMPASS is a quick and easy way for people in Georgia to get answers to questions about health and human services.
OSAH Form 1 - DFCS Request for Fair Hearing with Office of State Administrative Hearings
(Separate Website)
When you have been denied Medicaid or had your Medicaid Benefits lowered or terminated, you can ask for a fair hearing. You can fill out a fair hearing request letter and mail it or deliver it to your local Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) office to begin the process. When DFCS gets your letter asking for a fair hearing, they use this form to process your appeal with the Office of State Administrative Hearings (OSAH). You can give DFCS this form and ask them to fill it out and send it to OSAH and to the Department of Human Resources Legal Services to process your appeal.
By: Georgia Department of Human Resources
Other Formats:
Word File
TANF/Food Stamps/Medicaid Application
(Separate Website)
This is an interactive program to assist people in completing the initial application for TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid. You must user INTERNET EXPLORER to access this program. The initial application is the first step in the application process. This program will take you to another website where you will register, login and then complete an interview. After you have completed the interview, you will be able to print the completed application.
Advance Directive for Health Care This new Advance Directive for Health Care form replaces the former Living Will and the former Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care.
By: Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services
Advance Directive for Health Care
(Separate Website)
This Advance Directive for Health Care form can be completed online. Click this link to go to a website where you can create an "Advance Directive for Health Care" that you can print, sign and have witnessed. The site will ask you a series of questions about your health care choices and then create an Advance Directive for Health Care based on YOUR ANSWERS. PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a fill-in-the-blank form.
IMPORTANT: If you use Mozilla, you must select Word or Wordpad when the program assembles the document.
By: Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Ask for a Fair Hearing for Medicaid Benefits
You can ask for a fair hearing (an appeal) if:
• You have been denied Medicaid
• Your Medicaid benefits have been cut
• Your Medicaid benefits have changed.
If you want a fair hearing, call your county Department of Family and Children’s Services today. Then fill out this form. Bring it or mail it to your county Department of Family and Children Services.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program®
Other Formats:
Word File
Georgia Common Point of Access to Social Services
(Separate Website)
COMPASS is a quick and easy way for people in Georgia to get answers to questions about health and human services.
Georgia Medicare Savings Program Applications
(Separate Website)
This site will allow you to apply online for the type of Medicaid that provides partial financial assistance with Medicare premiums, deductibles and co-payments to certain low income Medicare beneficiaries.
By: US Department of Health and Human Services
Georgia Medicare Savings Program Applications
(Separate Website)
This site will allow you to apply online for the type of Medicaid that provides partial financial assistance with Medicare premiums, deductibles and co-payments to certain low income Medicare beneficiaries.
By: US Department of Health and Human Services
Limited Financial Power of Attorney for QIT
(Separate Website)
This Limited Financial Power of Attorney for QIT (or Miller Trust) form can be completed online. Click this link to go to a website where you can create a "Limited Financial Power of Attorney" that you can print, sign and have witnessed. The site will ask you a series of questions about your financial choices and then create a Limited Financial Power of Attorney based on YOUR ANSWERS. PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a fill-in-the-blank form.
IMPORTANT: If you use Mozilla, you must select Word or Wordpad when the program assembles the document.
By: Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
OSAH Form 1 - DFCS Request for Fair Hearing with Office of State Administrative Hearings
(Separate Website)
When you have been denied Medicaid or had your Medicaid Benefits lowered or terminated, you can ask for a fair hearing. You can fill out a fair hearing request letter and mail it or deliver it to your local Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) office to begin the process. When DFCS gets your letter asking for a fair hearing, they use this form to process your appeal with the Office of State Administrative Hearings (OSAH). You can give DFCS this form and ask them to fill it out and send it to OSAH and to the Department of Human Resources Legal Services to process your appeal.
By: Georgia Department of Human Resources
Other Formats:
Word File
TANF/Food Stamps/Medicaid Application
(Separate Website)
This is an interactive program to assist people in completing the initial application for TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid. You must user INTERNET EXPLORER to access this program. The initial application is the first step in the application process. This program will take you to another website where you will register, login and then complete an interview. After you have completed the interview, you will be able to print the completed application.
Georgia Common Point of Access to Social Services
(Separate Website)
COMPASS is a quick and easy way for people in Georgia to get answers to questions about health and human services.
Snapshot of Social Security
(Separate Website)
This publication provides a snapshot of the most important features of the Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicare programs. You can find specific information about these programs, including our publications, by visitingwww.socialsecurity.gov on the Internet.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Chinese / 中文
Social Security Forms
(Separate Website)
This web site contains a large number of forms available in PDF format, including, but not limited to: (1) Benefit Claims Forms, (2) Benefit Claims Supporting Forms, (3) Direct Deposit Forms, (4) Certain Internal Revenue Service Forms. The web site also allows you to apply on line for certain benefits and services.
By: Social Security Administration
TANF/Food Stamps/Medicaid Application
(Separate Website)
This is an interactive program to assist people in completing the initial application for TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid. You must user INTERNET EXPLORER to access this program. The initial application is the first step in the application process. This program will take you to another website where you will register, login and then complete an interview. After you have completed the interview, you will be able to print the completed application.
Georgia Common Point of Access to Social Services
(Separate Website)
COMPASS is a quick and easy way for people in Georgia to get answers to questions about health and human services.
Snapshot of Social Security
(Separate Website)
This publication provides a snapshot of the most important features of the Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicare programs. You can find specific information about these programs, including our publications, by visitingwww.socialsecurity.gov on the Internet.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Chinese / 中文
Social Security Forms
(Separate Website)
This web site contains a large number of forms available in PDF format, including, but not limited to: (1) Benefit Claims Forms, (2) Benefit Claims Supporting Forms, (3) Direct Deposit Forms, (4) Certain Internal Revenue Service Forms. The web site also allows you to apply on line for certain benefits and services.
By: Social Security Administration
GLSP Housing Law Resources
This Tool Kit provides information from Georgia Legal Services Program on Landlord/Tenant law, public housing, and other housing law for Georgia residents.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program®
Magistrate Court Forms
(Separate Website)
These forms have been developed by the Uniform Forms Committee of the Council of Magistrate Court Judges. They are not mandatory forms for filings in the Magistrate Courts. All Magistrate Courts in Georgia are encouraged to accept pleadings filed using these forms.
By: Council of Magistrate Court Judges
Claim Weekly Unemployment Benefits
(Separate Website)
From this Georgia Department of Labor web site you may submit your weekly certification to receive unemployment benefits.
By: Georgia Department of Labor
Unemployment Insurance Claimant Handbook
(Separate Website)
From this Georgia Department of Labor web site,
View or print this publication to learn about umemployment insurance benefits rights and responsibilities and what individuals receiving benefits may expect from the program. This document is in PDF format.
By: Georgia Department of Labor
Unemployment Insurance Appeals Handbook
(Separate Website)
Have you been denied unemployment insurance benefits? From this Georgia Department of Labor web site you may view or print this publication for information on how the unemployment insurance benefits appeals process works. This document is in PDF format.
By: Georgia Department of Labor
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