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Individual service and scholarship rules depend on the grantee; low-income, school enrollment, cohort, graduation, postsecondary admission, financial-aid, residency, and satisfactory-progress conditions can apply.","activation":"Ask the student's school counseling office or district whether it participates in GEAR UP, or use the Department of Education's current grant-award lists to identify the serving grantee. Enroll through the local project and separately complete any scholarship and financial-aid steps it requires.","cost_basis":"no-cost","cost_basis_label":"No-cost access","cost_basis_context":{"classification":"free","definition":"The core benefit has no required payment, purchase, deposit, paid membership, or pre-existing paid-product relationship under the captured terms.","agent_instruction":"Still disclose optional add-ons, transportation, parking, replacement charges, taxes, capacity, and eligibility conditions found in fees or requirements.","variation_patterns":null,"does_not_mean":null},"fees":"Project services are free to participating students, but GEAR UP is not available at every school. Scholarships are not offered by every project, have separate eligibility and funding limits, and may not cover full college costs; participation does not guarantee admission or an award.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","Funded GEAR UP schools, cohorts, states, and partnership service areas"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-special-populations/grants-economically-disadvantaged-students/gaining-early-awareness-and-readiness-undergraduate-programs-gear/grant-awards","source_url":"https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-special-populations/grants-economically-disadvantaged-students/gaining-early-awareness-and-readiness-undergraduate-programs-gear-84334a84334s","source":{"primary_url":"https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-special-populations/grants-economically-disadvantaged-students/gaining-early-awareness-and-readiness-undergraduate-programs-gear-84334a84334s","evidence":[{"source":"U.S. Department of Education state and partnership grantees","url":"https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-special-populations/grants-economically-disadvantaged-students/gaining-early-awareness-and-readiness-undergraduate-programs-gear-84334a84334s","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"national","family":"children-and-education","jurisdiction":"United States","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/gear-up-college-readiness","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}},{"id":"mckinney-vento-homeless-student-rights","name":"McKinney-Vento Education Rights for Students Experiencing Homelessness","provider":"State and local educational agencies under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act","entitlement_type":"government-benefit","entitlement_type_label":"Government benefit","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route.","domain":"public-benefits","archetype":"direct-program","agent_instruction":"Identify the administering jurisdiction and disclose income, household, age, disability, immigration, residence, renewal, fee, and capacity rules that apply."},"summary":"Children and youth experiencing homelessness have federal rights to immediate school enrollment, school stability, full participation, and support through a local homeless-education liaison even when ordinary enrollment documents are unavailable.","benefit":{"description":"Immediate enrollment and attendance, a best-interest decision about staying in the school of origin or enrolling locally, transportation to the school of origin when required, comparable school services, help obtaining records, and a written dispute and appeal process.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Child or youth experiencing homelessness","Unaccompanied homeless youth","Parent or caregiver seeking school access for an eligible student"],"requirements":"The child or youth must meet the McKinney-Vento definition based on lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. Coverage can include sharing housing because of loss or hardship, shelters, motels, cars, public spaces, and unaccompanied youth situations; the local liaison determines eligibility and disputes can be appealed.","activation":"Ask the school district for its local homeless-education liaison, explain the current living situation, request immediate enrollment or school-of-origin support, and use the written dispute process if eligibility, school selection, enrollment, or transportation is denied.","cost_basis":"no-cost","cost_basis_label":"No-cost access","cost_basis_context":{"classification":"free","definition":"The core benefit has no required payment, purchase, deposit, paid membership, or pre-existing paid-product relationship under the captured terms.","agent_instruction":"Still disclose optional add-ons, transportation, parking, replacement charges, taxes, capacity, and eligibility conditions found in fees or requirements.","variation_patterns":null,"does_not_mean":null},"fees":"The protected public education, liaison help, and required transportation are free. The law does not pay every housing, travel, child-care, clothing, or personal expense, though the liaison can connect families to other supports.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","Public school districts and covered charter schools"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://nche.ed.gov/legislation/mckinney-vento/","source_url":"https://nche.ed.gov/enrolling-children-and-youth-experiencing-homelessness-in-school/","source":{"primary_url":"https://nche.ed.gov/enrolling-children-and-youth-experiencing-homelessness-in-school/","evidence":[{"source":"State and local educational agencies under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act","url":"https://nche.ed.gov/enrolling-children-and-youth-experiencing-homelessness-in-school/","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"national","family":"children-and-education","jurisdiction":"United States","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/mckinney-vento-homeless-student-rights","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}},{"id":"21st-century-community-learning-centers","name":"21st Century Community Learning Centers","provider":"State educational agencies and local 21st CCLC subgrantees","entitlement_type":"government-benefit","entitlement_type_label":"Government benefit","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route.","domain":"public-benefits","archetype":"direct-program","agent_instruction":"Identify the administering jurisdiction and disclose income, household, age, disability, immigration, residence, renewal, fee, and capacity rules that apply."},"summary":"Local federally funded community learning centers provide before-school, after-school, weekend, and summer academic enrichment, youth development, and family education, particularly for students at high-poverty and low-performing schools.","benefit":{"description":"Out-of-school-time reading, math and other academic help; arts, science, technology, recreation, mentoring, college and career, health, and youth-development activities; plus literacy and educational services for participating children's families where offered.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Student eligible for a current local 21st Century Community Learning Center","Family member eligible for a participating center's family education services"],"requirements":"A child must be served by a current state-funded local center and meet its school, grade, residence, enrollment, schedule, attendance, consent, transportation, or priority rules. Programs particularly serve students attending high-poverty or low-performing schools, but the exact target population and family participation rules are set by each subgrantee.","activation":"Ask the child's school or district about its 21st CCLC or federally funded after-school and summer programs, or contact the state education agency listed through the federal program, then complete the local registration, consent, schedule, and transportation steps.","cost_basis":"varies","cost_basis_label":"Variable by provider or eligibility","cost_basis_context":{"classification":"variable","definition":"The user's out-of-pocket cost cannot be represented by one fixed amount because it depends on provider policy, income, household, geography, selected service, coverage group, subsidy amount, or the underlying program. It may be free, reduced, sliding-scale, or partly paid.","agent_instruction":"Read and disclose the record's fees and requirements; use the most precise bounded price or variation reason available instead of repeating only that cost varies.","variation_patterns":["bounded price range","provider-set price","income-based sliding scale","coverage or service-dependent cost sharing","partial subsidy","directory of programs with different terms"],"does_not_mean":["universally free","cost information was necessarily omitted"]},"fees":"Many funded activities are free, while local programs may have limited seats, attendance rules, waitlists, transportation boundaries, optional activity charges, or other approved fee practices. Availability follows current state subgrants and is not guaranteed at every school.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","State-funded local school and community-center service areas"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/formula-grants/school-improvement-grants/nita-m-lowey-21st-century-community-learning-centers-title-iv-part-b","source_url":"https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/formula-grants/school-improvement-grants/nita-m-lowey-21st-century-community-learning-centers-title-iv-part-b","source":{"primary_url":"https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/formula-grants/school-improvement-grants/nita-m-lowey-21st-century-community-learning-centers-title-iv-part-b","evidence":[{"source":"State educational agencies and local 21st CCLC subgrantees","url":"https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/formula-grants/school-improvement-grants/nita-m-lowey-21st-century-community-learning-centers-title-iv-part-b","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"national","family":"children-and-education","jurisdiction":"United States","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/21st-century-community-learning-centers","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}},{"id":"irs-american-opportunity-tax-credit","name":"American Opportunity Tax Credit","provider":"Internal Revenue Service","entitlement_type":"government-benefit","entitlement_type_label":"Government benefit","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route.","domain":"public-benefits","archetype":"direct-program","agent_instruction":"Identify the administering jurisdiction and disclose income, household, age, disability, immigration, residence, renewal, fee, and capacity rules that apply."},"summary":"A partly refundable federal tax credit for qualified education expenses during an eligible student's first four years of higher education.","benefit":{"description":"Up to $2,500 per eligible student: 100% of the first $2,000 and 25% of the next $2,000 of qualified expenses, with up to 40% of the allowed credit refundable when the tax rules are met.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Eligible student in the first four years of postsecondary education","Taxpayer entitled to claim an eligible student"],"requirements":"The student generally must pursue a degree or recognized credential, be enrolled at least half-time for at least one academic period, have no completed first four years before the tax year, and have no disqualifying felony drug conviction. 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Tuition and other education costs remain due except to the extent offset by aid or the eventual credit.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","Eligible educational institutions, including some outside the United States"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/education-credits-aotc-and-llc","source_url":"https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/education-credits-aotc-and-llc","source":{"primary_url":"https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/education-credits-aotc-and-llc","evidence":[{"source":"Internal Revenue Service","url":"https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/education-credits-aotc-and-llc","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"national","family":"tax-and-financial-help","jurisdiction":"United States","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/irs-american-opportunity-tax-credit","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}},{"id":"national-school-lunch-program","name":"National School Lunch Program","provider":"USDA Food and Nutrition Service","entitlement_type":"government-benefit","entitlement_type_label":"Government benefit","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route.","domain":"public-benefits","archetype":"direct-program","agent_instruction":"Identify the administering jurisdiction and disclose income, household, age, disability, immigration, residence, renewal, fee, and capacity rules that apply."},"summary":"Participating public schools, nonprofit private schools, and residential child-care institutions provide nutritionally balanced lunches that are free, reduced-price, or subsidized.","benefit":{"description":"Free or reduced-price school lunch for eligible children, and subsidized meals for other students at participating schools.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Student at a participating school or institution"],"requirements":"The school must participate. Free and reduced-price eligibility can be based on household income, direct certification, categorical eligibility, or a schoolwide provision; rules and application timing are administered locally.","activation":"Ask the school or district whether it participates and submit its household application unless the student is directly certified or the school serves meals at no charge to all students.","cost_basis":"varies","cost_basis_label":"Variable by provider or eligibility","cost_basis_context":{"classification":"variable","definition":"The user's out-of-pocket cost cannot be represented by one fixed amount because it depends on provider policy, income, household, geography, selected service, coverage group, subsidy amount, or the underlying program. It may be free, reduced, sliding-scale, or partly paid.","agent_instruction":"Read and disclose the record's fees and requirements; use the most precise bounded price or variation reason available instead of repeating only that cost varies.","variation_patterns":["bounded price range","provider-set price","income-based sliding scale","coverage or service-dependent cost sharing","partial subsidy","directory of programs with different terms"],"does_not_mean":["universally free","cost information was necessarily omitted"]},"fees":"Eligible students receive free or reduced-price lunch; other students may pay the school's meal price.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","Participating schools and institutions"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://www.fns.usda.gov/schoolmeals","source_url":"https://www.fns.usda.gov/nslp","source":{"primary_url":"https://www.fns.usda.gov/nslp","evidence":[{"source":"USDA Food and Nutrition Service","url":"https://www.fns.usda.gov/nslp","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"national","family":"food-and-nutrition","jurisdiction":"United States","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/national-school-lunch-program","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}},{"id":"irs-savers-credit","name":"Retirement Savings Contributions Credit (Saver's Credit)","provider":"Internal Revenue Service","entitlement_type":"government-benefit","entitlement_type_label":"Government benefit","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route.","domain":"public-benefits","archetype":"direct-program","agent_instruction":"Identify the administering jurisdiction and disclose income, household, age, disability, immigration, residence, renewal, fee, and capacity rules that apply."},"summary":"A nonrefundable federal tax credit for eligible lower- and moderate-income taxpayers who make qualifying contributions to retirement accounts or an ABLE account they own.","benefit":{"description":"A credit equal to 10%, 20%, or 50% of up to $2,000 of eligible contributions per person, for a maximum credit of $1,000 per filer or $2,000 on an eligible joint return, limited by tax liability.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Eligible taxpayer making qualified retirement or ABLE contributions"],"requirements":"The filer must be at least 18, not claimed as another person's dependent, not a full-time student under the tax rules, and within the adjusted-gross-income limit for the filing status and tax year. 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Account fees, early-distribution taxes, contribution limits, and tax-preparation costs can still apply.","personalized":false,"regions":["US"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-savings-contributions-credit-savers-credit","source_url":"https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-savings-contributions-credit-savers-credit","source":{"primary_url":"https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-savings-contributions-credit-savers-credit","evidence":[{"source":"Internal Revenue Service","url":"https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-savings-contributions-credit-savers-credit","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"national","family":"tax-and-financial-help","jurisdiction":"United States","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/irs-savers-credit","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}},{"id":"lubbock-public-library-cardholder-benefits-benefit-08-home-delivery-of-up-to-five-library-items-per-","name":"Lubbock Public Library — Home delivery of up to five library items per visit for cardholders inside Lubbock city limits who are unable to…","provider":"Lubbock Public Library","entitlement_type":"library-benefit","entitlement_type_label":"Library benefit","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"A specific digital, physical, educational, technology, cultural, or accessibility service offered through a library system.","domain":"libraries","archetype":"included-perk","agent_instruction":"Verify card type, local eligibility, inventory, loan period, reservations, fines, replacement costs, age, and branch-specific availability."},"summary":"Lubbock Public Library documents home delivery of up to five library items per visit for cardholders inside Lubbock city limits who are unable to come to the library as a current accessibility and outreach benefit for people who meet its service and eligibility rules.","benefit":{"description":"home delivery of up to five library items per visit for cardholders inside Lubbock city limits who are unable to come to the library","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Eligible Lubbock Public Library cardholder"],"requirements":"Lubbock city and county residents can receive a card under current photo-identification, address, age, guardian, and account rules. This specific benefit may also have card-type, age, branch, vendor-license, reservation, loan-period, inventory, orientation, or service-specific rules.","activation":"Open the linked official library source, confirm current availability for this specific benefit, then sign in, reserve, register, contact the library, or visit a participating branch as instructed.","cost_basis":"no-additional-cost","cost_basis_label":"Included with a qualifying relationship","cost_basis_context":{"classification":"included","definition":"The benefit adds no separate charge, but the user must already have an eligible card, account, insurance plan, library card, membership, employment, or similar relationship that may itself cost money.","agent_instruction":"Say included or no additional cost, not universally free, and name the qualifying relationship.","variation_patterns":null,"does_not_mean":null},"fees":"No separate core benefit charge is described for eligible users; card, nonresident, printing, supplies, consumables, replacement or damage, partner, venue, and optional add-on charges may apply.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","Lubbock, Texas"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://www.mylubbock.us/725/Get-a-Library-Card","source_url":"https://www.mylubbock.us/725/Get-a-Library-Card","source":{"primary_url":"https://www.mylubbock.us/725/Get-a-Library-Card","evidence":[{"source":"Lubbock Public Library","url":"https://www.mylubbock.us/725/Get-a-Library-Card","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"},{"source":"Lubbock Public Library","url":"https://www.mylubbock.us/357/Services","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":{"id":"lubbock-public-library-cardholder-benefits","name":"Lubbock Public Library Cardholder Benefits","relationship":"benefit-of","web_url":"/benefits/lubbock-public-library-cardholder-benefits"},"coverage":{"level":"local","family":"libraries","jurisdiction":"Lubbock, Texas","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/lubbock-public-library-cardholder-benefits-benefit-08-home-delivery-of-up-to-five-library-items-per-","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}},{"id":"st-louis-public-library-cardholder-benefits","name":"St. Louis Public Library Cardholder Benefits","provider":"St. Louis Public Library","entitlement_type":"library-access","entitlement_type_label":"Library access","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"Eligibility for a public or specialized library card, collection, lending network, or accessible library service.","domain":"libraries","archetype":"access-program","agent_instruction":"Check residence, work, school, property, age, disability, card type, good-standing, lending, reservation, and service-area rules."},"summary":"St. Louis Public Library cardholders can use a city-specific mix of digital and physical benefits. 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