Food Supplement Benefits for College Students
If I'm a college student can I get Food Supplemental 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 disability;
- 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;
- attend school under ASPIRE, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA), or other employment or training program that the Department approves.
Use Pine Tree Legal's Calculator
to estimate your eligibility level.
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Maine Equal Justice Partners
July 2009
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