Public Benefits
How to apply for, keep, and appeal Utah and federal benefits — Medicaid, SNAP, disability, and housing assistance.
Utah Medicaid Estate Recovery: Can the State Take Your Home or Your Family's Inheritance?
After a Medicaid member dies, Utah can recover what it paid for care received at age 55 or older from the member's estate and certain trusts, but not while a spouse is living or if a child under 21 or a blind or disabled child survives.
Utah Medicaid Denied or Cut? How to Request a Fair Hearing and Keep Your Coverage
You generally have 90 days from the date on the notice to request a Utah Medicaid fair hearing, and asking within 10 days of receiving the notice can keep your benefits going during the appeal.
Utah Medicaid: Who Qualifies, How to Apply, and What Is Changing in 2026 and 2027
Utah Medicaid covers low-income children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, older adults, parents, and expansion adults; apply through the DWS myCase portal, and new work and renewal rules start in 2027.
Utah SNAP (Food Stamps): How to Apply, Expedited Benefits, and How to Appeal a Denial or Cut
In Utah you can apply for SNAP online through the DWS myCase portal; benefits start the day you apply, expedited cases can get benefits within seven days, and you generally have 90 days to request a fair hearing.
Denied Social Security Disability (SSDI or SSI) in Utah: How to Appeal and the 60-Day Deadline
If Social Security denies your disability claim you generally have 60 days from receiving the notice to appeal, and each later stage (hearing, Appeals Council, federal court) has its own 60-day clock.