BenefitsCheckUp – A New Web Service From the National Council on Aging

The National Council on the Aging (NCOA) has a quick, confidential and free web service, BenefitsCheckUp, that can help seniors and their families connect to the federal and state programs available to help them.

Hundreds of benefits programs exist for seniors today. The process of researching those benefits can be complex and time-consuming. Many seniors may be missing out on benefits available to help them.

BenefitsCheckUp is a free, confidential, online service that contains from 40 to 60 different programs for each state that seniors may be eligible for. After filling out a simple, straightforward questionnaire – a process that rarely takes more than 15 minutes – you can get a report detailing the programs for which you may be qualified. The report also contains information on where and how to apply for those benefits. The service is fast and comprehensive.

The NCOA brought together several corporations and foundations including AOL Time Warner, Inc., New York Life, Lucent Technologies, the Merck Company Foundation and the Archstone Foundation to make BenefitsCheckUp available as a free service to the public.