Connecticut Food Stamp Program

Program Description
The Food Stamp Program helps people to buy and eat nutritious food. The modern Food Stamp program was set up in 1971. The Federal government pays most of the costs of the Food Stamp program. Each state operates a Food stamp program following rules from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Today, people access Food Stamp benefits by Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a plastic swipe card that looks like a credit or debit card. If you are disabled and qualify for Food Stamps, you can designate another person to do food shopping with your Food Stamp card.

The rules for getting Food Stamps in Connecticut require that a person must be a resident of Connecticut whose income and countable assets (including motor vehicles, savings, checking, stocks, and bonds combined) are within set limits.

General Program Requirements
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a resident of the State of Connecticut and fall into one of two groups: (1) those with a current bank balance (savings and checking combined) under $2,001, or (2) those with a current bank balance (savings and checking combined) under $3,001 who share their household with a person or persons age 60 and over, or with a person with a disability (a child, your spouse, a parent, or yourself). For either group, you must also have an annual household income of less than $11,677 if one person lives in the household; $15,757 if two people live in the household; $19,849 if three people live in the household; $23,929 if four people live in the household; $28,009, if five people live in the household; $32,089 if six people live in the household; $36,169 if seven people live in the household; or $40,249 if more than seven people live in the household.

Application Process
For more information, see the Program Contact Information below.

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