SNAP - formerly known as Food Stamps

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SNAP - formerly known as Food Stamps

	The online service addresses Child Food Insecurity with FREE Application Assistance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Download Press Release Template
2012 Proposed SNAP Cuts to Farm Bill November 2012 Assessing Child Nutrition Programs August 2012 SNAP Survival June 2012
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the new name for the federal Food Stamp Program. SNAP is the national name, individual states may use a different name, such as Indiana and their Federal Nutrition Supplement program. The new name, SNAP, reflects a heightened focus on nutrition and putting healthy food within reach for low income households. Changes have been made to make the Program more accessible. SNAP helps low-income people and families buy the food they need for good health. You apply for benefits by completing a State application form. Benefits are provided on an electronic card that is used like an ATM card and accepted at most grocery stores. Through nutrition education partners, SNAP helps clients learn to make healthy eating and active lifestyle choices.
Download Materials English & Spanish	When schools close for summer vacation, children who were getting free school meals no longer have those programs to rely on. An inconsistency in their ability to obtain the nutritious and sufficient amount of food necessary to be healthy results in food insecurity that studies have shown contribute to a weakened immune system, deflated academic development and developmental risk. Add to this the current economic strain of reduced incomes, unemployment and underemployment, and it’s easy to see how SNAP has become a vital component in a prescription of care.
Additional Resources and Information The Food Stamp program is 50 Years Old! Food Insecurity Mapping Tool - The percentage of the population who is food insecure. - Food Insecurity by Congressional District - The percentage of the food insecure population who qualify based on income for SNAP and other federal nutrition programs. Food Desert Mapping Tool provides data on population characteristics of census tracts where residents have limited access to affordable and nutritious foods.
The Benefit Bank supports SNAP in the following states: NorthCarolina \| Ohio \| Pennsylvania \| SouthCarolina \| Texas

Last Update 12/12