Programs Offered

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Aid to the Blind (ABT)

    Provides financial assistance and Medicaid to eligible, legally blind persons of any age.

Aid to the Needy Disabled (AND)

    Provides financial assistance to eligible disabled persons who are 18 to 60 years of age.

Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)

    Offers financial assistance to subsidize child care costs through contracted providers, for families who meet low income guidelines.

Food Stamps (FS)

    Supplemental food assistance for low income families.

Low Income Energy Assistance (LEAP)

    Provides financial assistance to help low income households with winter home heating costs. Services may include:

-Paying a portion of home heating costs

-Furnace repair or replacement

-Replacing broken windows

Self Sufficiency Services

    This program provides self-sufficiency services to enable recipients to obtain employment and become self-sufficient.

Family Medical Services/Medicaid

    Health care benefits for minor children, parents of minor children, pregnant women, low income adults over age 65 and disabled persons of any age.

Medicare Supplement

    Programs to supplement your Medicare insurance for age 60 and older.

Old Age Pension (OAP)

    Provides assistance and health care benefits for low-income adults aged 60 or older.


To apply for any of these programs:

    Food Stamps
    Colorado Works/TANF
    Family Medical Services/Medicaid
    Long Term Care
    Medicare Savings Program
    Adult Medical Services/Medicaid
    Adult Financial Services including:

OAP (Old Age Pension)
AND (Aid to the Needy Disabled/Blind)

You must fill out the Colorado Department of Human Services Application for Assistance, and return applications to one of the Human Services offices listed below.

If you have a parent absent from your home and you are applying for Colorado Works/TANF, Family Medicaid or Adult Medicaid with SSI children, you must also fill out Application for Assistance, Part 2A, Child Support Information.

A phone interview is required when applying for these programs:

    Colorado Works/TANF
    Old Age Pension (OAP) or
    Aid to the Needy Disabled/Blind (AND/AB)

These interviews are by appointment only :
1001 South Main Street
Lamar, CO 81052  (719)336-7486

Applications for other programs may be delivered or mailed to:

    Prowers County Department of Human Services
    1001 South Main Street
    P.O. Box 1157
    Lamar, CO 81052