For Your Information:
Can a college student get Food
Supplement Benefits
(Food Stamps)?
Maybe. To get benefits you must be:
- A student between 18 and 49.
- Going to a school other than high school.
- Going to school at least half-time.
You must also meet one of the following:
- Work at least 20 hours per week for at least minimum wage;
- Participate in a state or federally funded
work-study program during the school year;
- Unable to work 20 hours per week due to a
disability;
- Take care of someone in your household
who is under age 6 (this applies even if
both parents are in the home);
- Take care of someone between the ages
of 6-11 where adequate child care is not
available (this applies even if both parents
are in the home);
- Be a full-time student and a single parent taking care of
your child under age 12 (regardless of whether adequate child care is available);
- Get TANF benefits; or
- Attend school under ASPIRE, the Workforce
Investment Act (WIA), Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) or other employment or
training program that the Department of
Health and Human Services approves.
How do I apply?
You can get a Food Supplement application from your local office of the Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS). You can call and ask them to send you an
application. You can also print an application from the DHHS
website.
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