To Apply...

To apply for benefits, or for information about the Food Stamp Program, contact your local food stamp office. You can find local offices and each State's food stamp application on our national map. Local offices are also listed in the State or local government pages of the telephone book. The office should be listed under "Food Stamps," "Social Services," "Human Services," "Public Assistance," or a similar title. You can also call your State's food stamp information/hotline number. Most are toll-free numbers.

Please don't call us at FNS headquarters to apply. We don't handle applications for the Food Stamp Program here. The State and county offices do that. And we don't have application forms. Each State has its own application form. If your State’s form is not on the web yet, you'll need to contact your local food stamp office to request one.

On-line applications? The following States allow you to apply online. Here are their websites:

	Delaware (1)		New Jersey		Texas (2)
	Florida		Massachusetts		West Virginia
	Indiana		Oregon		Virginia
	Iowa		Pennsylvania		Washington
	Kansas		Rhode Island		Wisconsin
	Maryland		Tennessee

(1) On-line app and pre-screening tool
(2) Only residents of Travis, Hays, or Williamson Counties
     seeking benefits for the first time may apply online.

Other States are working on systems that will allow applicants to apply by computer, but none are ready yet. We’ll post them here as the States put them on line.

Last modified: 04/10/2008