Don T Receive Food Stamps Connecticut Sending 32 5 Million In Food Assistance To Qualified Families Today

Less people will be going hungry in Connecticut as a scheduled one-time benefit of $391 per eligible child is on its way.

                By                    Nicole Spector                

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In partnership with the Connecticut State Department of Education, the Connecticut Department of Social Services is distributing $32.5 million in special food assistance benefits on Monday, Nov. 7. This assistance will help schoolchildren who are enrolled in the free or reduced-price meals program, but who do not get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Family Assistance (TFA), or Medicaid (HUSKY A).

This action will benefit more than 65,7770 kids and their families.

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Separately, 17,500 children who qualify for the Summer Pandemic EBT: Children in School distribution but didn’t already receive a Pandemic EBT card will get their distribution along with their household’s EBT cards as soon as November 17.

DSS has lined up the deposit of Summer Pandemic EBT food benefits on EBT accounts by 5:00 p.m. on Monday.

More aid is likely on the way; an extra distribution for roughly 54,000 SNAP household children under the age of six who are not also enrolled in school is expected to arrive in early December.