Tools for pregnancy costs and benefits

Two free calculators built on the same sourced data as our state pages. Both run in your browser, and nothing you enter is saved or sent.

Mother working through forms and a laptop at a kitchen table, her baby in a bouncer beside her — Most benefit programs need an application, and most applications ask for proof of income.

Over-the-shoulder view of a pregnant woman filling in a simple form on her phone on the sofa

Benefits checker

Enter your state, household size and income. See whether you're under the limit for pregnancy Medicaid or CHIP and for WIC, with the math and the apply links.

Example: household of 3 in Texas, $40,000 a year

Yes

Pregnancy Medicaid. 146% of the poverty guideline, under Texas's 207% limit ($56,552).

Yes

WIC. Under the $50,542 limit for a household of 3.

Check your eligibility

Parents sitting on the living room rug comparing options on a laptop while their toddler plays with a wooden truck

Childcare cost lookup

Pick your state and county. See full-time prices at centers and in family childcare homes, for infants through school age, by the week and the year.

Example: Sacramento County, California (2022 prices)

Age	Center / yr	Home / yr
infant	$18,040	$12,581
toddler	$11,512	$10,400
preschool	$13,546	$10,636

Look up your county

Examples use KFF and USDA income limits (checked October 2026) and the U.S. Department of Labor's National Database of Childcare Prices.

Or read the tables

The limits behind the checker, for every state.

Pregnancy Medicaid limits by state51state programs, counting DC, in one sortable table with dollar limits for a household of twoKFF, January 2026 WIC income guidelines$40,034a year for a household of two, with every household size and pay period, plus Alaska and HawaiiUSDA, July 2026 to June 2027