If you receive SNAP, Medicaid, or cash assistance benefits, you may be eligible to receive utility assistance through the Electric Assistance Program and the Fuel Assistance and Weatherization Assistance Programs.
Extra SNAP benefits are now available for January 2021! If you get SNAP, you will get extra benefits on your EBT card to help buy food during the COVID-19 crisis. In late December, Congress approved a temporary 15% boost to the SNAP maximum benefit amount. This change will be in place for the next six months, from Jan. 1 – June 30, 2021. SNAP - Offering to sell SNAP benefits and/or EBT cards publicly or online Policy Memos SNAP Student Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 - Questions and Answers.
Contact your local Community Action Agency to apply today.
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Online Purchasing
EBT cardholders are now able to make online purchases at Amazon, ALDI, and Walmart. Amazon can accept EBT SNAP purchases on SNAP approved items only, and any additional fees (such as delivery fees) must be paid via another form of payment. Walmart can accept both EBT SNAP and Cash purchases, with cash being able to be used for any additional fees and non-SNAP approved items.
Amazon, ALDI, and Walmart may offer promotions at different times and delivery fees may be charged. Prior to making purchases the retailers’ websites should be checked to find any current promotions being offered.
For more information on the SNAP Online Purchasing Program, please see the DHHS Press Release: NH DHHS Announces Online Purchasing Program For SNAP Recipients.
Farmers' Markets
Get more with your SNAP dollars at participating Farmers' Markets. With every SNAP dollar spent, you will get an additional dollar to spend on fresh fruits and veggies. Go to the Market Manage Booth and ask for “Granite State Market Match!”
Shopping at farmers markets or farm stands doesn’t just help your community’s farmers, it’s fun!
For locations, and more information, visit granitestatemarketmatch.org.
Double Up Food Bucks
Another healthy and delicious way to stretch your SNAP benefit is to shop where you see the DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS sign. You can get 50% off the fresh fruits and vegetables you buy instantly when you ask the cashier for Double Up Food Bucks. Then swipe your EBT or P-EBT card and enjoy!!
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Double-Up Food Bucks are Available at these Participating Stores | |
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Berlin Marketplace | 19 Pleasant Street, Berlin, NH 03570 |
EM Heath Supermarket | 12C Main Street, Center Harbor, NH 03226 |
Hanover Co-op Food Store | 45 South Park Street, Hanover, NH 03755 |
Root Seller | 77 Main Street, Lancaster, NH 03584 |
Vista Foods | 378 South Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246 |
LaPerle’s IGA | North Main Street, Colebrook, NH 03576 |
Monadnock Food Coop | 34 Cypress Street, Keene NH 03431 |
Lebanon Co-op Food Store | 12 Centerra Parkway, Lebanon, NH 03766 |
Newberry Farms | 66 Main Street, Newmarket, NH 03857 |
Lovell Lake Food Center | 66 Meadow Street, Sanbornville, NH 03872 |
Sully’s Superette | 39 Allenstown Road, Allenstown, NH 03275 |
White River Junction Co-op Food Store | 209 Maple Street, White River Junction, VT 05001 |
The Local Grocer | 3358 White Mountain Highway, N. Conway, NH 03818 |
Fiddlehead Farmers Marketplace | 451 High Street, Somersworth, NH 03878 |
Concord Food CO-OP | 52 Newport Road, New London, NH 03257 |
Concord Food CO-OP | 24 South Main Street, Concord, NH 03301 |
About The SNAP Program
The SNAP Program is about good nutrition and health. It provides eligible people with benefits to buy food items at grocery stores, farmers markets and other approved food retailers.
Who is eligible for SNAP?
You may qualify for SNAP benefits depending on your household size, income, expenses and resources. You may qualify if you own your home, have no home, live with someone else or live alone. You can have a job and you do not have to have children as long as your household meets eligibility guidelines. The Program gives deductions for things like housing costs, utilities, medical costs and child care.
Don’t assume that you won’t be eligible. The only way to find out is to apply.
You can apply on line at nheasy.nh.gov. You can print an application from this website and mail it in. Or you can call 271-9700 or 1-800-852-3345 extension 9700 and they will mail you an application.
If you have an unresolved SNAP concern/complaint, you can work with your District Office to address it, complete and submit the Unresolved Food Stamp Complaints form.
What You Can Buy With Your Snap Benefits
With your Food SNAP benefits you can buy milk and other dairy products; meat, fish, poultry, eggs and beans; cereals, rice, pasta and other grain products; any ingredient used for baking or cooking; fruits and vegetables; cold deli foods for home consumption; ice and water for human consumption; infant formula, some special dietetic or diabetic food and 'natural' or 'organic' food items; and garden seeds and plants for growing food at home.
You cannot buy any kind of beer, alcohol or wine; any type of tobacco products; non-food items like cleaning products, soap and paper products; drugstore medicines such as aspirin, cough syrup and vitamins; items to preserve food such as jars and freezer containers; any 'hot' prepared foods that are ready to eat; and foods not for people such as pet foods.
How You Will Receive and Use Your SNAP Benefits
Your food stamp/SNAP benefits are directly deposited once a month into your Electronic Benefits Transfer SNAP account. You will use an EBT debit card to go shopping at participating grocery stores. At check out, you will use the same card machine used by all other customers. No one will know how you are paying for your food except the cashier and you. The store clerk is trained to assist you if you need help. You can learn more about EBT at the EBT webpage.
SNAP Program Work Rules
Special ABAWD work rules
Please read this important information about work rules for ABAWD SNAP recipients:
Please read this important information about work rules for ABAWD SNAP recipients:
- SNAP Program Work Rules
- Reglas de trabajo del programa de estampillas para comida (Spanish)
If you do not understand these rules or have questions about them, please call, email or visit your local District Office.
SNAP Employment & Training Program
If you get SNAP benefits, we have services that can help you find and get a job. Find out more at the SNAP E&T webpage.
Are You Eligible For WIC?
If you are pregnant or have young children up to the age of 5, you may be eligible for the WIC Nutrition Program. WIC offers nutritious foods, like milk and cheese and fruits and vegetables, along with nutrition education and breastfeeding support. To apply, call WIC at 1-800-942-4321 or visit the WIC Program's webpage for more information.
SNAP Nondiscrimination Notice
Declaración de No-Discriminación (Spanish)
Nondiscrimination Statement
This institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex and in some cases religion or political beliefs.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture also prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, religious creed, disability, age, political beliefs or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027), found online at How to File a Complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
- Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410
- Fax: (202) 690-7442; or
- Email: [email protected]
For any other information dealing with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) issues, persons should either contact the USDA SNAP Hotline Number at (800) 221-5689, which is also in Spanish, or find them online at www.fns.usda.gov/contact-us.
To file a complaint of discrimination regarding a program receiving Federal financial assistance through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), write: HHS Director, Office for Civil Rights, Room 515-F, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201 or call (202) 619-0403 (voice) or (800) 537-7697 (TTY).
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
You may also write: Ombudsman, NH DHHS, 129 Pleasant St., Concord, NH 03301-3857, or call (603) 271-6941 or 1-800-852-3345 ext. 6941. TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964 or 711.
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P-EBT Food Benefits for the 2020-21 School Year
The Continuing Appropriations Act 2021 and Other Extensions Act (the CR) extended the availability of P-EBT benefits for every month for which school is in session through September 30, 2021. OTDA cannot issue P-EBT food benefits to eligible students for the 2020-2021 school year until we receive approval from the United States Department of Agriculture, and we anticipate that P-EBT food benefits for the 2020-2021 school year will be issued to eligible children no sooner than March 2021. Please continue to visit our website for the most up to date information.
SNAP COVID-19 Information
Information on the Supplemental Emergency Allotment (EA) of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits for households.
Answers to many commonly asked questions about the P-EBT food benefits for New York State residents.
Group 2/Children Enrolled in Medicaid
Group 3/All Other Eligible Children
Answers to many commonly asked questions about the Supplemental Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits.
Snap Cards Pdf
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) will automatically issue an Emergency supplemental SNAP benefit to households not already receiving the maximum benefit.