Wyoming grants
& benefits: no income tax, two homeowner exemptions and a SNAP form you still fill out on paper.

As of KFF's October 16, 2026 update, Wyoming is still one of 10 holdouts on the ACA Medicaid expansion. WDH's program list has no group for working-age adults on low income alone. You qualify through a child in the home, a pregnancy, being 65 or older, blindness or a disability.

Family Care covers parents and caretaker relatives of a Medicaid-eligible child under 18, and its income line is very low: WDH's Family MAGI limit is $873 a month for three people. Children up to age 5 qualify to 154% of the poverty line, ages 6 to 18 to 133%, and Kid Care CHIP picks up children under 19 below 200%.

WDH states that Wyoming will not be affected by the new federal Medicaid work requirement. Two other changes do apply: from January 1, 2027, retroactive coverage is limited to 2 months before you apply, and immigration rule changes took effect October 1, 2026, with notices mailed to those affected.

Apply or renew online through the Wyoming Eligibility System at wesystem.wyo.gov, by phone at 1-855-294-2127, or with a paper form mailed to the WDH Customer Service Center, 3001 E. Pershing Blvd., Suite 125, Cheyenne. WDH warns that processing can take up to 45 days.

For how the 2027 hours rule works in states that did expand, see our Medicaid work requirements guide.

Senate File 69, passed in 2025, created the Homeowner's Exemption. It strips 25% off the taxable value of a single-family dwelling you own and live in, plus its improved land, on the first $1 million of fair market value. Houses, condos, townhouses, manufactured and mobile homes all count.

The Long-term Homeowner's Exemption goes further. If you or your spouse are 65 or older and you have paid residential property tax in Wyoming for at least 25 years, not necessarily in a row, 50% of the home's fair market value is exempt, on up to 35 acres and the first $3 million of value.

Both are claimed with the Wyoming Residential Owner-Occupied Affidavit, filed online between October 1 and March 1 and checked by your county assessor. For tax year 2027 you must live in the home at least eight months of the year; active-duty families can qualify if the home is the service member's legal domicile.

Initiative 1, on the November 3, 2026 ballot, would add a separate exemption of 50% of the assessed value of a primary home's dwelling, for owners with one year of state residency who lived there six months of the prior year. Claims would go to the county assessor by the fourth Monday in May.

Separate from the exemptions, the Property Tax Refund Program returns up to 75% of the tax you paid on your home, capped at half of your county's median residential tax bill. There is no age test. The Department of Revenue issues refunds between July 1 and September 30.

Income is measured for every adult in the household, taxable or not, and compared with 125% up to 145% of the higher of your county's or the state's median household income. Household size does not change the limit. You need these to qualify:

• Five years of Wyoming residency, counted to December 31 of the prior year.
• The home is your primary residence, and you lived in it at least nine months of the year.
• Property tax paid on time; if only one half was paid on time, only that half can be refunded.

Each year a qualifying veteran can shield $6,000 of assessed value on their principal residence. You can use it on county vehicle licensing fees instead, which Laramie County puts at about $90 a year, up to $180 when more than one vehicle qualifies. Sales tax on a vehicle is not covered.

You need three years of Wyoming residency, a DD-214 or similar record, and either service in an armed conflict with the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal or an equivalent award, or a compensable service-connected disability from any era. Widows and widowers keep it while they stay unmarried and live in Wyoming.

File a sworn claim with the county assessor on or before the fourth Monday in May, in person the first time. In later years a phone call to the assessor by that date confirms you still qualify. The exemption can be claimed in only one county.

Under W.S. 19-14-106, overseas combat veterans, their surviving spouses and their dependents can attend the University of Wyoming or a community college tuition free. Anyone enrolled since summer 2018 gets tuition only, not fees, for up to 8 semesters within an 8-year period.

DFS takes SNAP applications on a paper form only, in English or Spanish. Turn it in at a local DFS office, by mail or fax, or by email to snappowerservice@wyo.gov. Interviews run by phone at 307-777-8550 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

If a member is 60 or over, or disabled, the household may hold up to $4,750 in resources (the federal limit since October 1, 2026), against $3,000 for others; SSI or POWER households have no resource test. Older or disabled members can also deduct medical costs above $35, with no cap on the shelter deduction.

USDA approved Wyoming's Healthy Choice waiver as a two-year test that begins February 1, 2027. From then, SNAP cannot buy sweetened, carbonated drinks; drinks containing milk or a milk substitute, or more than 50% juice, stay allowed. The Governor's office says candy limits follow in February 2028.

Apply for this season from October 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027 at mylieapwyo.org, or call (800) 246-4221 for help. Household income must be at or below 60% of the state median. Owners, renters and people living in permanently parked RVs can apply, and natural gas, electric, propane, coal and wood all count.

LIEAP pays your fuel vendor directly, and the seasonal benefit can be used through May 31, 2027 or until it runs out. Non-emergency applications are processed within 45 days. A denial can be challenged in writing within ten days of the notice.

A one-time crisis benefit for shutoff notices, running out of fuel or a broken furnace is open to anyone approved for seasonal aid. Since October 1, 2026 you must show at least one verifiable payment toward your main or second utility in the past 60 days. Heat loss emergencies are handled within 18 business hours.

The same application puts you in line for free weatherization, such as insulation and sealing leaks, which is accepted year-round. Approval for LIEAP does not guarantee it, because the program ranks homes by priority points and uses its own income guidelines.