Nevada benefits for college students
What Nevada students can get beyond financial aid: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food assistance, Nevada Medicaid health coverage, child care help, phone and internet discounts and tax credits, with each program's own rules and application. Each section links to the full rules.
Checked against official sources October 11, 2026
Food assistance: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Nevada's name for SNAP, run by Nevada Department of Human Services, Division of Social Services (DSS). If you are enrolled at least half-time, you need a student exemption to qualify, such as working 20 hours a week, work-study or caring for a young child. If you are enrolled less than half-time, the student rule does not apply and only the regular SNAP rules do. See every exemption →
Health coverage: Nevada Medicaid
Nevada has expanded Medicaid, so adults with low incomes, students included, can qualify based on income. All your health coverage options →
Child care help: Child Care and Development Program (child care subsidy)
Going to college or training counts as an approved activity in this state. Nevada's 2025-2027 CCDF State Plan counts attending an educational program (adult high school/GED, 12-18 credit certificate programs, one-year diplomas, two-year and four-year degrees) as a qualifying activity, with no extra work requirement. The minimum is 6 or more credit hours per semester for education, or 20+ hours a week for job training; study time of 2 hours a day on class days and 1 hour of travel each way are also counted.
Apply for Child Care and Development Program (child care subsidy) · Help on campus (CCAMPIS) →
Phone and internet: Lifeline
Nevada Lifeline fund (Nevada Universal Service Fund): The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada says Lifeline customers can get up to an additional $3.50 a month from the Nevada Lifeline fund on top of the federal Lifeline discount. Who qualifies →
Apply for Lifeline (Nevada Lifeline fund (Nevada Universal Service Fund))
Taxes
Nevada has no state Earned Income Tax Credit.
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