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.
From your 10-minute chat
We checked 4 benefits for you
Your navigator, Ana, checks each one before it's sent.
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.
NationalUnited States
Medicaid
69%
of people who lost Medicaid in the unwinding lost it over paperwork, in states that reported why
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.
- First: Medicaid enrollment and renewals, piloted in New York City with community partners.
- Next: food and family programs that share much of the same information, like SNAP and WIC.
- Then: tax credits, cash assistance, disability, unemployment, and veterans' benefits.
- Always: more programs and more states, until every benefit is in one place.
How it will work
Ask once, and we do the rest.
Sign up securely
Create your WelFairy account in the app.
A 10-minute chat
Tell your story once, in plain language, to our AI agents.
We find everything
Every federal, state, and local program you may qualify for.
We apply for you
You approve before anything is sent.
We keep it coming
Renewals and letters handled before deadlines.
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.
The Time Tax
Annie Lowrey on the hours people lose to forms, calls, and lines.
Open in a new tab ↗ Book · 2023Recoding America
Jennifer Pahlka on why public services break, and how to fix them.
Open in a new tab ↗ Book · 2018Administrative Burden
Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan on how paperwork keeps eligible people out.
Open in a new tab ↗ Data · KFFMedicaid Unwinding Tracker
Who lost coverage, and why, state by state.
Open in a new tab ↗ Report · 2026The $58 Billion Benefits Gap
NCOA and the Urban Institute on what older adults leave unclaimed.
Open in a new tab ↗ Report · 2026Benefits on Paper, Barriers in Practice
New York Health Foundation on New Yorkers who qualify but aren't enrolled.
Open in a new tab ↗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 [email protected].