Summer EBT is a federally funded program that provides a one-time benefit of $120 to purchase food for each eligible child in a household. A household will receive a Common Benefits Identification (CBIC) card for each eligible child with the benefit encoded. Households will have 122 days from the date of issuance to spend the $120 benefit.NYS Office [...]

Effective October 1, 2024, the following changes have been made to the SNAP program:Increase in the income guidelines, click here for a full chart of the updated income guidelines.Slight increase to the benefit amount,Increase in certain deductions: the shelter cap, as well as the homeless deduction have increased.You can view all updates using our SNAP Budget [...]

Monday July 22, 2024On Friday, due to the widespread global IT outage, some government agencies were impacted but now have resumed normal operations.  Please see links for current agency status.Social Security: https://www.ssa.gov/agency/emergency/Currently all Social Security offices are open in NYC.NYCHA: https://x.com/NYCHA/status/1814324890272444758.CCC and MyNYCHA are now fully operational again.NYC Human Resources Administration:The ACCESS HRA Client Portal and [...]

In October 2021, Governor Hochul signed legislation establishing the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP), enabling eligible households to use their SNAP benefits via their EBT card to purchase prepared meals at participating restaurants.   In December 2023, with approval from the USDA, NYS began a pilot program with Monroe County, followed by NYC in 2024 in Brooklyn. Go [...]