Wyoming benefits for college students
What Wyoming students can get beyond financial aid: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food assistance, Wyoming 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)
Wyoming's name for SNAP, run by Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS). 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: Wyoming Medicaid
Wyoming has not adopted the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, so coverage for adults without children is limited. A HealthCare.gov plan may be the better route; check the state's rules below. All your health coverage options →
Child care help: Child Care Subsidy Program
Going to college or training can count, with limits. The parent must be working or attending an employment-related educational program. For parents pursuing a college degree, assistance covers the time spent attending classes toward a FIRST baccalaureate degree (so not a second bachelor's or graduate degree). Only hours the parent is working or attending school are covered. In two-parent homes both parents must be in an approved activity during the same hours.
Apply for Child Care Subsidy Program · Help on campus (CCAMPIS) →
Phone and internet: Lifeline
We found no extra state Lifeline discount on Wyoming's official pages, so the federal discount applies. Who qualifies →
Taxes
Wyoming has no state Earned Income Tax Credit.
Free state filing · Federal education tax credits → · Free federal filing →
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