Step 1 (optional): Take the pre-screening test here.
Step 2: Apply online here.
Note: For help, call: (402) 471-3121 or 1-800-430-3244 or contact your local department of health and human services (DHHS) here.
Applying For Nebraska Food Stamps
Food stamps, or SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) as it is currently technically named, was established to help those located in the U.S. who’re undergoing difficulty purchasing food due to the fact they are earning a low income. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also called food stamps) supports millions of persons. In fact, it helped over 40 million folks in the year 2010.
Lower income households located in Nebraska can apply for food stamps benefits no matter what their ethnic background, gender, religious beliefs, or background is. The typical individual was given $101/month from the SNAP program in 2008, allowing them to get bread, milk products, various meats, vegetables, fruits and even garden seeds.
Nebraska Application Information
For you to become accepted into the Nebraska food stamp program, you need to match certain monetary as well as situational requirements. Furthermore, there are a few documents an applicant is going to need during the food stamps application and interview process.
For many individuals under the age of 60, you can’t have more than $2,000 in assets. If a person within your home, or you, are no less than sixty years old, then the limit is raised up to $3,000. In case you are currently getting aid from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF), or take Supplemental Security Income (SSI), these will not be counted as assets when you apply for food stamps. What is counted as assets is any cash you possess, money that you have saved in a bank account, or even your automobile (in some circumstances).
A particular requirement in Nebraska is that you need to meet a specific income limit, that’s dependent on what kind of money you are getting and how many persons you’ve got currently living with you in your household.
How much your expenses are will also be considered while asking for SNAP benefits. Child care, elderly care, rent, mortgage, and utilities are expenditures that are factored in. If you have medical related expenses, these may also be looked at.
A Nebraska EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) card is supplied to those who are found eligible and pass the application and interview process. An EBT card is very much like a debit card and can be used at most food stores, as well as a number of qualifying convenience stores or farmers markets.
When Will My Benefits Be On My EBT Card?
Nebraska food stamp benefits are added to EBT card on different days depending on what the last digit of your social security number is. If there are more than one person in your household receiving food stamps, the social security number that matters is the one of the designed head of the household (usually the person who applied). To figure out which day of the month you will receive food stamps, look at the last number of your social security number.
If the number is a 1 or a 2, you will receive your food stamps on the first of every month.
If the number is a 3 or a 4, you will receive your food stamps on the second of every month.
If the number is a 5 or a 6, you will receive your food stamps on the third of every month.
If the number is a 7 or an 8, you will receive your food stamps on the fourth of every month.
If the number is a 9 or a 0, you will receive your food stamps on the fifth of every month.
This will be your benefit date every month as long as you are eligible to receive food stamps in Nebraska.