www.MyFlorida.com/AccessFlorida is a great website for people living in Florida to access services related to food stamps, medicaid and cash assistant. Generally, if you go to AccessFlorida website, you are in three categories:
Pre-qualified individual
Before proceeding, you need to prequalify to see if you are eligible to receive assistance from the Florida Department of Children and Families. The pre-screening step involves filling up a form to give information about your household. Even if the pre-screening step says you are not qualify, you should still go ahead to submit an application to see if you do qualify.
Applying for Benefits
If you are qualify, you will then proceed to apply for benefits. Here, you can start a new application or complete an application that you have fill in halfway. You can apply online for food stamps, cash assistance and medicaid benefit.
Checking your account
If you have already applied, then you can check your account. you can also view your current benefits and also obtain a temporary medicaid card. If you have any changes or a change in status, you should also go to www.MyFlorida.com/AccessFlorida to update the information.