The Department of Human Services provides assistance in the form of financial and medical programs to help individuals and families in Otero County that qualify.
Click on the PEAK link to the right if you are interested in finding out if you and your household may qualify for public assistance. Completing an inquiry does not commit you to applying for assistance, nor should an inquiry result stating your household "may not be eligible" for assistance keep you from applying.
Public Assistance Programs
Otero County manages these programs under the administration of the Colorado Department of Human Services and the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing:
Family Medicaid Program
Colorado Works (TANF)
Old Age Pension (OAP)
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB)
Special Low Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB)
Low Income Subsidy (LIS)
Home Community Based Services (HCBS)
Home Care Allowance (HCA)
Colorado Supplement to SSI (C/S)