FS Disaster benefits (D-SNAP), Replacement SNAP

An Advocate's Guide to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Massachusetts By Patricia Baker and Victoria Negus, January 2024 Edition (Updated May 2024) An indispensable handbook for all who need to know about the SNAP program in Massachusetts. The SNAP…

Federal and state SNAP rules provide for replacement of food lost by individual SNAP recipients due to "household misfortune." Household misfortune includes fire, flood, loss of electricity (for 4 hours or more), equipment (refrigerator/freezer) failure or other disaster. To…

When the President has declared a federal disaster as a result of severe weather or other federal emergency, USDA and local state SNAP agencies, including DTA, work together to provide “D-SNAP benefits.”  D-SNAP are special SNAP benefits to non-SNAP households needing immediate food…

On Sept 1st, DTA released guidance to the field (OLGT 82)advising DTA staff how to handle applications from individuals and families seeking refuge with family and friends in Massachusetts. As DTA notes, they have already been receiving calls from residents of Texas and Louisiana. If the…

Given the winter storm that impacted much of the state on February 9, 2017, staff are reminded that clients can request replacement SNAP benefits lost in a household misfortune. Household misfortune includes power outages that lasts four hours or more. Procedures for issuing replacement benefits can…

Click the links to download the forms: English SNAP-9B Spanish SNAP-9B (S) See additional materials on SNAP Replacement Benefits due to household misfortune.

Overview SNAP policy allows for the replacement of food lost during a household misfortune, such as a fire, flood, loss of electricity, equipment malfunction (such as refrigerator or freezer) or other disaster. Replacement is limited to the value of the food lost, not to exceed the total monthly…

This email serves as a reminder that clients can request replacement SNAP benefits lost in a household misfortune such as loss of electricity. Case managers are referred to policy citation 106 CMR 364.900 (C) and Operations Memo 2013‐30, SNAP: General Household Misfortune Procedures for…

Overview SNAP policy allows for the replacement of food lost during a household misfortune, such as a fire, flood, loss of electricity, equipment malfunction (such as refrigerator or freezer) or other disaster. Replacement is limited to the value of the food lost, not to exceed the total monthly…

Attached is the Massachusetts Disaster SNAP Management Evaluation Report. The FNS New England Regional Office met and interviewed with DTA staff and the Disaster SNAP (D-SNAP) team February 16th and 17th in Springfield. FNS issued this report after thoroughly reviewing DTA's DSNAP operation in June…

Hurricane Irene passed through Massachusetts on August 28, 2011, bringing significant damage to a number of communities. Affected households who receive SNAP benefits may request replacement of food lost due to household misfortune, such as an extended power outage, a flood or an equipment failure…

The Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) received approval from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to automatically issue D-SNAP supplements to ongoing SNAP households who reside in Brimfield, Monson, or Wilbraham. Ongoing SNAP households in these three communities will not…

Field Operations Memo 2011-23 primarily focused on the operation of a Disaster SNAP (D-SNAP) for applicants who were not currently receiving SNAP benefits. Since then, the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) received approval from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to issue…

Following a Presidential Declaration of Disaster, the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to operate a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) for certain…

This guide was developed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but it also explains a lot of the steps in the disaster declaration process generally.