Assist families to apply for social services, including Medicaid or Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

“Assist families to apply for social services, including Medicaid or Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).” is a supplemental task performed by Community Health Workers. Among the occupation's 29 rated tasks, workers place it 10th by importance (#20 most important). About 49% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Assist others to access additional services or resources. in Assisting and Caring for Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Perform basic diagnostic procedures, such as blood pressure screening, breast cancer screening, or communicable disease screening. · importance 4.5
• Maintain updated client records with plans, notes, appropriate forms, or related information. · importance 4.4
• Advise clients or community groups on issues related to diagnostic screenings, such as breast cancer screening, pap smears, glaucoma tests, or diabetes screenings. · importance 4.1
• Advise clients or community groups on issues related to risk or prevention of conditions, such as lead poisoning, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), prenatal substance abuse, or domestic violence. · importance 4.0
• Administer immunizations or other basic preventive treatments. · importance 4.0
• Identify the particular health care needs of individuals in a community or target area. · importance 4.0
• Advise clients or community groups on issues related to improving general health, such as diet or exercise. · importance 4.0
• Advise clients or community groups on issues related to self-care, such as diabetes management. · importance 4.0
• Conduct home visits for pregnant women, newborn infants, or other high-risk individuals to monitor their progress or assess their needs. · importance 4.0
• Transport or accompany clients to scheduled health appointments or referral sites. · importance 3.9
• Identify or contact members of high-risk or otherwise targeted groups, such as members of minority populations, low-income populations, or pregnant women. · importance 3.8
• Contact clients in person, by phone, or in writing to ensure they have completed required or recommended actions. · importance 3.8
• Distribute flyers, brochures, or other informational or educational documents to inform members of a targeted community. · importance 3.8
• Refer community members to needed health services. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Community Health Workers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-19039,
  title  = {Assist families to apply for social services, including Medicaid or Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-19039}
}