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This graphic shows household participation rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) in rural areas by county in each state.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can be tapped to help individuals and communities recover from natural or man-made disasters. Advocates can work with federal and state partners to get temporary Disaster SNAP (D-SNAP) benefits to households not already participating in SNAP, and replacement and supplemental SNAP benefits to current SNAP participants adversely affected by disaster.

Advocates and state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) agencies can improve access to SNAP for people with disabilities by disseminating accurate information about the program, opting for program practices that best serve people with disabilities, and partnering with people with disabilities and the organizations that support them.

An overview of SNAP overall trends, 2001-2007 trends, and 2008-2010 trends.

Economic, health, and food security impacts of the SNAP Program.

1 in every 5 SNAP households contains a person with disabilities.

One of two graphics describing strengths of SNAP

Monthly SNAP data reports for 2017.

Includes information on Congressional action needed for: SNAP/Food Stamps, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), Support Policies to Enable Easier Food Donation, Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).

Monthly SNAP data reports for 2016.

Pursuant to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) final rule, effective March 7, 2017, state agencies may use a telephone interview for SNAP applicants at initial application and recertification, unless the client requests a face-to-face interview.

This paper provides background information on SNAP; briefly summarizes the harmful impacts of poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition on health and well-being; summarizes research on SNAP’s role in addressing these issues among low-income Americans; and describes how this role of furthering the public’s health would be enhanced if SNAP benefits were more adequate.

This brief reviews a variety of strategies proposed in the context of SNAP and dietary quality. It includes a review of SNAP participant characteristics, benefit redemption patterns, and purchasing habits. It summarizes the research on SNAP’s role in dietary quality, obesity, and other health outcomes, such as food insecurity.

This toolkit, from FRAC and the AARP Foundation, offers practical tips and examples to help organizations of all sizes address food insecurity in all types of communities with a goal of increasing senior SNAP participation. The toolkit walks through the basics of SNAP, and then provides practical resources to help organizations craft successful programs of education, outreach, and application assistance. It includes real examples of collateral and messages that have worked in communities across the nation, and offers strategies on how to measure success.

Information on how states can use “categorical eligibility” (Cat El) rules to raise the gross income threshold for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). States may pursue broad-based Cat El through state SNAP agency or state legislative action.