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Part 1:Stretching Your Budget to Pay
for Healthy Food
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Stretching Your Budget to Pay for Healthy Food
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Supplemental Nutrition AssistanceProgram
SNAP is a federally funded, means-tested entitlement program that
provides certain low-income individuals and families with a
monthly benefit that they can use to buy food.
It is administered by the US Department of Agriculture, but has
slightly different rules in every state.
It used to be known as the Food Stamps program.
What is SNAP?
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Quick SNAP Facts
$134 The median SNAP benefit for households with an elderly person in 2013 ($113 for all living alone)
15.3% of elderly SNAP households received the minimum benefit in 2013 ($16 per month in 2013, now $15)
9.3% Proportion of all SNAP households with at least one person age 60 or older
42% Older adults eligible for SNAP who are actually participating in the program
2013 SNAP QC Data
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SNAP has an application process that includes 3 steps
How to apply for SNAP
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How to use SNAP benefits
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SNAP complements other nutrition programs
Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Emergency Food Assistance Program Commodity Supplemental Food Program Home Delivered Meals
• For example, Meals on Wheels Congregate Dining
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Provides coupons to buy fresh fruits, vegetables, honey, and herbs
Use at farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community programs that grow fruits and vegetables• Call: 1-866-348-6479• Visit:
www.fns.usda.gov/sfmnp/senior-farmers-market-nutrition-program-sfmnp
Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
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Helps you get basic foods, such as fruits, vegetables, cheese, pasta, soups, and beans necessary for adequate nutrition at no costs
You can pick up food at a local agency or receive a free meal• Call: 1-866-348-6479• Visit:
www.fns.usda.gov/tefap/emergency-food-assistance-program-tefap
The Emergency Food Assistance Program
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Monthly food package that you may take home
Designed to provide important nutrients that may be missing from your diet• Call: 1-866-348-6479• Visit: http://
www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/pfs-csfp.pdf
Commodity Supplemental Food Program
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Online resources
USDA Recipe Finder• Create healthy menus from new foods• http://recipefinder.nal.usda.gov
BenefitsCheckUp® • Screen yourself for benefits programs to help pay for food,
medicine, housing, utilities, and more• www.BenefitsCheckUp.org
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Facilitators name and contact information• Name• Phone number• Email address
Join us for these classes to stay healthy!• Name, date, time, location• Name, date, time, location• Name, date, time, location
For more information