To Apply...

To apply for benefits, or for information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, contact your local SNAP office. You can find local offices and each State's application on our national map. Local offices are also listed in the State or local government pages of the telephone book. The office should be listed under "Food Stamps," "Social Services," "Human Services," "Public Assistance," or a similar title. You can also call your State's SNAP hotline number. Most are toll-free numbers.

Please don't call us at FNS headquarters to apply. We don't handle applications for the SNAP here. The State and county offices do that. And we don't have application forms. Each State has its own application form. If your State’s form is not on the web yet, you'll need to contact your local SNAP office to request one.

On-line applications? The following States allow you to apply online. Here are their websites:

	Arizona		Maryland		Rhode Island
	California (1)		Massachusetts		South Carolina
	Colorado		Michigan		Tennessee
	Delaware		Missouri		Texas
	Florida		Montana		Utah
	Georgia		Nebraska		Vermont
	Illinois		New Jersey		Virginia
	Indiana (2)		New York (3)		Washington
	Iowa		Ohio		West Virginia
	Kansas		Oregon		Wisconsin
	Louisiana		Pennsylvania

(1) Currently, residents of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras,
     Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial,
     Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa,
     Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada,
     Plumas, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus,
     Sutter, Riverside, San Benito, San Bernardino, Tehama,
     Trinity, Tuolumne and Yuba counties may apply for benefits
     online. If you live in another California county, click on
     local SNAP office.

(2) Only residents that live in some Indiana counties may apply
     for benefits online.  Qual-Check is an on-line screening tool to
     find out if you may be eligible, but is not an online
     application.  If you click on your county and Qual-check
     comes up, you can find out how and where to apply at
     www.in.gov/fssa/dfr/2999.htm  

(3)  Only certain counties in New York have online applications
      or provide online application assistance. You can get a listing
      of these counties at: www.otda.state.ny.us/
      main/foodstamps/online.asp.

Other States are working on systems that will allow applicants to apply by computer, but none are ready yet. We’ll post them here as the States put them on line.

Last modified: 05/23/2012