SNAP and Medicaid in Las Vegas: How Benefits Enrollment Support Works

SNAP (food assistance) and Medicaid (health coverage) are benefits many Las Vegas residents have earned and are eligible for — but the application process, required documentation, and follow-up can be genuinely confusing. RHTWG's Benefits Enrollment program exists to make that process manageable.

What Benefits Enrollment Support Looks Like

1. A trained peer Community Health Worker sits with you. Not a call center, not a stack of forms mailed to you — an actual person walking through it with you.
2. You gather documents together. Your CHW helps you figure out what's needed — ID, proof of income, proof of residency — and how to get anything you're missing.
3. You complete the application together. Step by step, with someone available to answer questions as they come up.
4. Submission and follow-up. Your navigator helps you submit and can support you through any follow-up requests from the state agency.

What It Costs

This service is at no cost to participants. There's no fee for sitting down with a Community Health Worker to work through your SNAP or Medicaid application.

Common Roadblocks This Solves

• Missing documentation that's been blocking a previous application attempt
• Confusion about what counts as proof of income or residency
• Not knowing where or how to submit an application in Clark County
• Needing a Nevada state ID or Social Security card first — which is where RHTWG's Document Readiness program can help in parallel

Frequently Asked Questions