New Hampshire grants
& benefits: town tax credits, Granite Advantage and fuel aid.

Granite Advantage covers adults 19 through 64 with net income at or under 133% of the federal poverty level. It has no resource test and no interview at application or renewal. Having Medicare Part A or B, or being entitled to it, rules a person out.

Starting in January 2027, members may need 80 hours a month of work, community service, an approved work program or half-time school, or a mix. Income of at least $580 a month also satisfies the rule, which equals 80 hours at the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

Timing depends on where you stand. Current members meet the rule, and 6-month renewals, at their first redetermination in 2027. Anyone applying on or after January 1, 2027, must show the hours for the month before applying, so a January applicant needs December 2026 hours.

Exempt groups include parents or caretakers of a child 13 or younger or of someone with a disability, pregnant and postpartum members, veterans rated totally disabled, former foster youth under 26, and people who are medically frail, including those with a substance use disorder.

Since October 1, 2026, adults who are not pregnant must be a U.S. citizen or national, a green card holder, a Cuban or Haitian entrant, or a COFA migrant to keep full Medicaid. Refugees, asylees and humanitarian parolees in that group now get emergency services only.

Children under 19 and pregnant people who are lawfully residing keep full coverage, including the 12 months after a pregnancy ends. Separately, from January 1, 2027, coverage before the application month shrinks to one month for Granite Advantage and two months for other Medicaid groups.

DRA's Low and Moderate Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief offsets part of the State Education Property Tax. The listed rules carry no age test: you must own a homestead subject to that tax and have lived there on April 1 of the claim year.

The cap uses adjusted gross income: $37,000 for a single filer, or $47,000 for someone married or the head of a New Hampshire household. Income of every adult in the home is reported, and the highest homestead value that can qualify for an award is $220,000.

Claims are taken only from May 1 to June 30, on Granite Tax Connect or a current Form DP-8; the window for the 2025 claim closed June 30, 2026. If your federal return was extended, DRA may still accept a late DP-8 until November 1 with the extension and return attached.

DRA paid just under $1 million through the program in 2025. You must send your final property tax bill showing net assessed value, plus your federal returns. Taxpayer Services answers questions at (603) 230-5920, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Because each city or town adopts its own amounts, neighbors across a town line can get different breaks. File a permanent application with your selectmen or assessors by April 15 before the tax rate is set. It carries over each year until you move.

The elderly exemption has three age bands: 65 to 74, 75 to 79, and 80 and older. State law sets floors: income limits no lower than $13,400 single or $20,400 married, an asset limit no lower than $35,000 excluding the home, and at least $5,000 off assessed value. You need 3 straight years of residency.

The standard veterans' credit is $50, and towns may adopt an optional credit of $51 to $750. On April 1, 2027, the optional ceiling rises to $1,000. A veteran with a total and permanent service-connected disability gets $700 a year, or $701 to $5,000 where the town adopts the optional amount.

The disability credit applies only to the home you live in, and you give the assessors VA certification of your rating. Surviving spouses can qualify for both credits. A credit for combat service can be claimed at any point in the tax year you serve, not just by April 15.

The Department of Energy runs the Fuel Assistance Program, the state's arm of federal LIHEAP, but your local Community Action Agency takes the application. Benefits run from $188 to $2,500, averaging $1,002, and are a grant you never repay. Renters whose heat is in the rent can apply.

The same agency enrolls you in the Electric Assistance Program, a 12-month discount of 5% to 86% for Eversource, Unitil, Liberty and NHEC customers. Both programs use 60% of state median income: $48,713 a year for one person and $93,680 for a family of four, as updated May 28, 2026.

In a heating emergency, Fuel Assistance can arrange an emergency fuel delivery or delay a shutoff notice. Benefits do not count as income when you apply for other help. To find the agency for your town, call 211.

Apply for SNAP at nheasy.nh.gov, or call 603-271-9700 and DHHS will mail a paper form. Since November 1, 2025, adults 18 through 64 who can work and have no child under 14 need 80 monthly hours of work, volunteer time or job training to keep SNAP beyond three months in three years.

Under the Elderly Simplified Application Project, a household where every adult is 65 or older or disabled, and no adult works, gets a 36-month certification. Recertification is on paper or online, with no interview unless you ask for one.

At farmers' markets with the Granite State Market Match sign, each SNAP dollar you spend earns another dollar for fruits and vegetables. Stores showing Double Up Food Bucks take 50% off fresh produce when you ask the cashier.

Table E limits, the 5th-of-the-month deposit and appeal deadlines are in our New Hampshire food stamps guide.