SNAP provides nutritional support for low-income seniors, people with disabilities living on fixed incomes, and other individuals and families with low incomes. SNAP eligibility rules and benefit levels are, for the most part, set at the federal level and uniform across the nation, though states have flexibility to tailor aspects of the program.
Individuals must pass all eligibility rules to receive food assistance benefits. Find out more about eligibility rules. Households can use food assistance benefits to buy breads, cereals, fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, dairy, and plants and seeds to grow food for your household to eat.
Households cannot use food assistance benefits to buy nonfood items such as pet foods, soaps, paper products, household supplies, grooming items, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, vitamins, medicines, food to eat in the store, or hot foods. Learn more about EBT cards. Learn how to protect your EBT card. You may be eligible to receive food assistance benefits through the SUNCAP Program without any additional application, paperwork, or interviews.
If your food assistance benefits will go down because of SUNCAP, you may choose to continue receiving your food assistance benefits under the regular Food Assistance Program. More retailers may join the online purchasing pilot as it progresses.
Updates and other important information will be shared with all SNAP benefit recipients as soon as it is available. The available delivery zip codes indicate where retailers are able to provide their full line of groceries, including perishable items.
