Fax Your Pennsylvania Benefits Paperwork
The fax line each Pennsylvania agency publishes for Medicaid and CHIP, SNAP, unemployment, state leave benefits, and state tax, with what that office asks you to put on every page.
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Where to fax it
No Pennsylvania agency below publishes a general fax line for its program's documents: 2 run their programs through local offices, so the number is your own county's. Each row says what its line takes.
The office asks for your case number on every page. Put it on every page you send, and keep the fax receipt. An office that cannot match a page to a case has to set it aside, and the receipt is what proves you sent it before the deadline.
Call before you send. Agency fax lines change and some stop answering. A short call confirms the number and whether that office is the one holding your case.
The Department of Human Services takes Medical Assistance and CHIP verification documents by fax at the county assistance office that holds the case, so the number to use is that office's own.
The Department of Human Services takes a completed Application for Benefits, the form used for SNAP and cash assistance, by fax at the county assistance office, signed and dated on page 1 and page 15.
The Department of Labor & Industry asks that a faxed unemployment appeal letter carry the claimant's name and address, the last four digits of the claimant's Social Security number, the claim or determination number, the date of the determination, the reason for the appeal, and the filer's contact details.
The Department of Labor & Industry dates a faxed unemployment appeal by the receiving fax machine's imprint, falling back to the sending machine's transmission date when the receiving imprint is not legible.
No general fax line published. The lines this office does publish:
The Department of Revenue asks that a completed Taxpayer Request for Assistance Form (REV-556) travel with every written request to the Office of Taxpayers' Rights Advocate, the fax included.
No general fax line published. The lines this office does publish:
What the fax costs on FaxTerra
This is what FaxTerra charges to send it. It is not a fee the office charges.
Every FaxTerra account gets 10 free pages a month, and a page to a US fax number counts as one. A renewal or verification packet of up to 10 pages sends free, with no credit card.
Free pages reset on the 1st. If a second packet in the same month takes you past 10 pages, a FaxTerra Lite pack covers it, with no subscription.
Questions
What do I put on every page I fax to a Pennsylvania agency?
Your case or client number, your name, and your date of birth, unless the row below says the office asks for something else. A page that arrives without a case number has to be matched by hand, which is the slowest path through any agency.
Can I fax a Pennsylvania agency without a fax machine?
Yes. Upload the pages from your phone or computer, enter the office's fax number, and send. The agency receives it as a fax. Every account gets 10 free pages a month, and a page to a US fax number counts as one.
What if the fax line does not answer?
Call the number in that office's row before you try again. A line that rings and never connects will not start working on a retry, and the office can tell you whether the number changed or whether it wants the document another way.
My row says the program runs through county offices. Where do I fax it?
To your own county office, whose fax is in the state directory linked in that row. Pennsylvania does not run that program from one address, so there is no statewide number to give you, and a number from another county will not reach your caseworker.
Is this an official Pennsylvania site?
No. FaxTerra is a fax service. Pennsylvania and the office you are writing to set the rules and decide your case; every number and requirement here is linked to the agency's own page under official sources.
Official sources
- www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/resources/medicaid/medicaid-chip-renewals
- www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/dhs/documents/services/assistance/documents/benefits-applications/pa-0600.pdf
- www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/programs-services/apply-for-benefits
- www.pa.gov/agencies/dli/programs-services/unemployment/appeals/appealing-a-determination-to-a-uc-referee
- www.pa.gov/agencies/dli/programs-services/unemployment/appeals/appealing-a-referee-decision-to-the-uc-board-of-review
- www.pa.gov/services/revenue/request-assistance-from-the-office-of-taxpayers-rights-advocates
- www.pa.gov/agencies/revenue/get-assistance/tax-appeals
- www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/contact/cao-information
FaxTerra is a fax service, not a benefits agency. Pennsylvania and the office holding your case set the rules and decide it; follow their instructions where they differ from anything here. Every number above is linked to the agency page it was read on. Reviewed September 2026.
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