New Hampshire Financial Assistance to Needy Families

Program Information

The Financial Assistance to Needy Families Program (FANF) provides cash assistance to families with dependent children through the following programs of assistance

  • New Hampshire Employment Program (NHEP);
  • Family Assistance Program (FAP);
  • Interim Disabled Parent (IDP) program; or
  • Families With Older Children (FWOC).

 

All FANF programs have the same cash eligibility requirements, and the same benefit limits.

  • To qualify, the dependent children must lack parental support or care due to death, continued absence or because at least one parent in a two-parent home is disabled.