AI agents for public benefits

Every benefit people are owed. Automagically.

WelFairy is a nonprofit service that uses AI agents within its app to find every benefit a person qualifies for, apply for them, and keep it renewed. AI agents make it automatic, and a real person checks every high-stakes step. We're starting with Medicaid in New York, then adding program after program until every dollar makes it to every person who is owed it.

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The problem

Help exists, but accessing it is too difficult.

Choose a state to see how many eligible people miss out where you live.

Tip: once a state is focused, the arrow keys move around the map.

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Medicaid

69%

of people who lost Medicaid in the unwinding lost it over paperwork, in states that reported why

KFF

EITC

19.2%

of eligible taxpayers don't claim the Earned Income Tax Credit

IRS, tax year 2022

SNAP

12%

of eligible people don't get SNAP

USDA, FY 2022

WIC

44%

of people eligible for WIC weren't enrolled

CBPP, 2023 data

The programs are there. What's missing is a simple way through them.

The plan

One place. Every benefit. Automagically.

We start where paperwork is doing the most harm right now, and we never stop adding.

  1. First: Medicaid enrollment and renewals, piloted in New York City with community partners.
  2. Next: food and family programs that share much of the same information, like SNAP and WIC.
  3. Then: tax credits, cash assistance, disability, unemployment, and veterans' benefits.
  4. Always: more programs and more states, until every benefit is in one place.
Medicaid · first SNAP · next WIC · next Medicare Savings SSI and SSDI Unemployment VA benefits EITC Child Tax Credit Energy help Housing Child care

How it will work

Ask once, and we do the rest.

  1. Sign up securely

    Create your WelFairy account in the app.

  2. A 10-minute chat

    Tell your story once, in plain language, to our AI agents.

  3. We find everything

    Every federal, state, and local program you may qualify for.

  4. We apply for you

    You approve before anything is sent.

  5. We keep it coming

    Renewals and letters handled before deadlines.

  6. A person, always

    Trained navigators step in whenever software isn't enough.

Go deeper

Read More: Experts on the Difficulty of Receiving Deserved Benefits.

For anyone who wants to understand how big this is.

Book · 2026

The Time Tax

Annie Lowrey on the hours people lose to forms, calls, and lines.

Open in a new tab ↗ Book · 2023

Recoding America

Jennifer Pahlka on why public services break, and how to fix them.

Open in a new tab ↗ Book · 2018

Administrative Burden

Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan on how paperwork keeps eligible people out.

Open in a new tab ↗ Data · KFF

Medicaid Unwinding Tracker

Who lost coverage, and why, state by state.

Open in a new tab ↗ Report · 2026

The $58 Billion Benefits Gap

NCOA and the Urban Institute on what older adults leave unclaimed.

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Benefits on Paper, Barriers in Practice

New York Health Foundation on New Yorkers who qualify but aren't enrolled.

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Plus participation data from the IRS (EITC), USDA (SNAP), and CBPP (WIC). See all sources

Support

Help us build it.

We're looking for funders, contributors ready to roll up their sleeves, and community and health partners who want to make getting help as simple as it should be.

Tell us a little about yourself and how you'd like to help. We'll reply personally.

The WelFairy overview

Two pages: the problem, the vision, the plan, and how to help.

Prefer email? Write to hello@welfairy.com.

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The overview

Tell us who you are, and the PDF is yours.

Two pages: the problem, the vision, the plan, and how to help. We ask for a name and an email so we know who's reading, and so we can follow up if you'd like us to.

We use your details only to reply to you. We never sell or share them.