The letters (and words) we live by

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Across
  1. 4. Cash program, usually for low-income families with minor children
  2. 6. Federal Administrative agency that oversees the Medicaid program
  3. 10. DHS's website where you can file applications
  4. 11. Immigrants in this program can get medical and cash benefits, but not SNAP
  5. 12. It's a Legal Aid Chicago term for when DHS doesn't meet it's statutory duty to evaluate for all programs
  6. 14. Social Security Administration
  7. 15. Illinois administrative department that oversees the Medicaid program
  8. 16. pays Medicare premiums
  9. 18. one of the MSP programs
  10. 20. Most TANF cases require one of these, usually an adult
  11. 21. one of the MSP programs
  12. 22. Highly underutilized program providing food assistance to pregnant women and very young children
  13. 23. where you get your benefits
  14. 24. Medical and Cash benefits for people with disabilities and people over 65 years old
  15. 25. one of the MSP programs
Down
  1. 1. Illinois administrative department that makes DHS benefits determinations
  2. 2. DHS should give people in this category a special housing deduction in SNAP, but they don't
  3. 3. For SNAP it's either 30 days or 5 days
  4. 5. for SNAP its 90 days, for other programs its 60
  5. 7. DHS's website where you can check on the status of application and download old notices
  6. 8. Federal administrative agency that oversees the SNAP program
  7. 9. Legal Aid Chicago project that primarily helps people access DHS benefits
  8. 13. Immigrants in this program can get medical, food, and cash assistance (but sometimes they won't get a notice of decision)
  9. 17. used to be food stamps
  10. 19. An analogy for the Medicaid program