Mississippi Approved for D-SNAP Food Benefits for Tornado Affected Communities – MEMA

(Jackson, Miss.) Mississippi Division of Human Providers (MDHS) officers introduced as we speak that the company will start Catastrophe Supplemental Vitamin Help Program (D-SNAP) operations within the following counties affected by the March 24-25 twister: Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, Montgomery, Panola, and Sharkey.

D-SNAP supplies eligible households who don’t at present obtain Supplemental Vitamin Help Program (SNAP) advantages with assist shopping for groceries because of misplaced earnings or damages following a catastrophe.

D-SNAP purposes might be taken in Montgomery, Humphreys, Sharkey, and Carroll counties the week of April 17-22. Purposes might be taken in Monroe and Panola counties the week of April 25-30.

To be eligible for D-SNAP, a family should not be a present SNAP recipient, should both dwell or work in an recognized catastrophe county when the catastrophe occurred, have been affected by the catastrophe, and meet sure D-SNAP eligibility standards together with earnings limits and qualifying disaster-related bills like dwelling or enterprise repairs, relocation bills, catastrophe associated medical or funeral bills, misplaced or no entry to earnings, and meals loss because of catastrophe.

MDHS Government Director Robert G. (Bob) Anderson encourages Mississippians that will not usually be eligible beneath common SNAP guidelines to use for D-SNAP.

“Eligibility for D-SNAP makes use of completely different standards than regular SNAP due to the distinctive wants of disaster-affected households,” acknowledged Anderson. “Even when you wouldn’t usually qualify for SNAP, chances are you’ll qualify for D-SNAP.”

Common SNAP households DO NOT want to use for D-SNAP. Impacted households that obtain common SNAP advantages in Sharkey, Humphreys, Carroll, and Monroe counties will obtain info within the subsequent few days concerning alternative and supplementary SNAP advantages. No alternative profit or D-SNAP software is important for these purchasers. There isn’t a must contact your county workplace.

Common SNAP households in Panola and Montgomery counties have till April 24, 2023 to submit a alternative SNAP software at mdhs.ms.gov.

MDHS will take in-person D-SNAP purposes on the following websites and instances:

• Carroll County: Vaiden Health club, 504 Mulberry Road, Vaiden, MS 39176 from Tuesday, April 18, 2023, via Saturday, April 22, 2023 – 7:00am to 7:00pm
• Humphreys County: Humphreys County Neighborhood Facility Constructing, 102 Castleman Road, Belzoni, MS 39038 from Tuesday, April 18, 2023, via Saturday, April 22, 2023 – 7:00am to 7:00pm.
• Monroe County: West Amory Neighborhood Heart, 713 eleventh Road, Amory, MS 38821 from Wednesday, April 26, 2023, via Sunday, April 30, 2023 – 7:00am to 7:00pm.
• Montgomery County: Winona Neighborhood Home, 113 Sterling Avenue, Winona, MS 38967 from Monday, April 17, 2023, via Friday, April 21, 2023 – 7:00am to 7:00pm.
• Panola County: Extension Constructing, 394 Freeway 51 South, Batesville, MS 38606 from Wednesday, April 26, 2023, via Sunday, April 30, 2023 – 7:00am to 7:00pm.
• Sharkey County: MS Christian Household Providers, 394 Pine Road, Rolling Fork, MS 39159 from Tuesday, April 18, 2023, via Saturday, April 22, 2023 – 7:00am to 7:00pm.

  D-SNAP candidates MUST go to the D-SNAP website of their county of residence or employment to use and obtain advantages, if eligible.

  Candidates might identify an Licensed Consultant to go to a D-SNAP website on their behalf. Licensed representatives should deliver with them to the D-SNAP website an image ID and the image ID of the applicant/head of family together with a signed 918 Consultant Authorization kind from the applicant/head of family or an grownup family member authorizing them as a consultant. This way is out there on the MDHS web site.

  Lodging might be made for older adults and people with disabilities to scale back on-site wait instances. All registrants should present verification of id.

  Registrants might be requested to supply, if attainable, the next info:
  • Title, Social Safety Quantity and Date of Beginning for every family member Everlasting and/or non permanent residence deal with
  • Month-to-month earnings for every family member
  • All liquid belongings for every family member (money available, checking, financial savings and cash market account balances and certificates of deposit)

  As with all applications, MDHS works to make sure this program and others can be found for eligible candidates by aggressively defending towards fraud in advantages applications year-round. Robust safeguards are in place to make sure that solely eligible residents obtain D-SNAP advantages, to establish those that are dishonest about their eligibility and to pursue recoupment and/or prosecution. MDHS desires to make sure that solely these eligible candidates obtain D-SNAP advantages.

The timing of D-SNAP at all times begins after business channels of meals distribution have been restored and households are in a position to buy and put together meals at dwelling.

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