SNAP

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• Elderly Simplified Application Project (ESAP)

  The Department of Social Services is pleased to announce a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) demonstration project for older adults and those with disabilities.

• SNAP Employment and Training

  SNAP Employment & Training is a skills-based program that provides short- term vocational programs at community colleges and community-based organizations.

• Get Help Applying for SNAP with SNAP Outreach

  The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the cornerstone of the Nation’s nutrition safety net and an investment in our future. SNAP helps low-income people buy the food they need for good health. Although SNAP is a Federal program, it is administered in Connecticut by the State of Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS).

• Extra COVID SNAP Benefits

• Summer EBT - S-EBT

• Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD)

  Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents from age 18 up to 50th birthday will be required to meet special work requirements to be eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for more than 3 months during a 36-month period.

• Summer EBT

• SNAP Policy Manual

• Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD)

  Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents from age 18 up to 50th birthday will be required to meet special work requirements to be eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for more than 3 months during a 36-month period.

• Nutrition Assistance Programs

  Nutrition Assistance programs provide food and cash equivalents to various populations DSS serves. Their goal is to promote adequate nutrition among the target populations.

• Summer EBT - S-EBT

• Middlesex Community College’s CTPathways Program Helps People Succeed

  A Middlesex Community College graduate who completed the Veterinary Assistant Program. She decided to enroll in this program because she wanted to work with animals her entire life, but never had the resources to go back to school.

• SNAP Employment and Training

  SNAP Employment & Training is a skills-based program that provides short- term vocational programs at community colleges and community-based organizations.

• Gateway Community College

• Commodity Supplemental Food Program

  The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) works to help improve the health of low-income persons at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious food products provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).