The paper looks at the situation of poor and vulnerable households after the Haiti earthquake using a unique food security-oriented survey. It addresses the question of whether public works programs are allocated adequately in Haiti. Modelling the impact of various covariates on cash and food-for-work programs participation, we find that these programs are not specifically targeted at people who are most in need, be it because of their low level of subsistence or because of earthquake-related losses. Pre-earthquake participation to programs appears to be an important determinant of post-earthquake participation. What is more, cash-for-work is rarely declared as the main source of household income. Improving the targeting performance of these programs should thus be an important matter in a post-disaster context.