The Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) assists and empowers low-income individuals and families to meet their basic needs, improve their quality of life, and achieve long-term economic self-sufficiency. DTA serves one in eight residents of the Commonwealth with direct economic assistance (cash benefits) and food assistance (SNAP benefits), as well as workforce training opportunities
In addition to food and cash benefits, DTA offers other services to help you meet your basic needs and achieve economic mobility.
Services include:
- Domestic Violence
- Disability Access
- DTA help for seniors
- SNAP help for veterans
- SNAP Nutrition Education
- SNAP Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Pilot
- Funeral & Burial Assistance
- Appeals and Hearings
- Rights, responsibilities, penalties
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- DTA Pathways to Work (employment & training)
- Healthy Incentives Program (HIP)
- Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC)
- Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children (EAEDC)