Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

• Online: https://mybenefits.ny.gov/
• In Person:  Staff at your local District Office can help assess your eligibility. Please check for the District Office that services your location
• By Mail: Applicants may also mail in an application.  Applications can be obtained by calling (914) 995-3333 or by download from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.

Check your elibigility online:  New York State online pre-screening tool

Detailed Eligibility Information:
If your income, based on your household size, is less than or equal to the amounts in the charts below, you may be eligible for SNAP benefits.

If your household's gross income is below these amounts, it does not ensure that you will be eligible for SNAP. A SNAP budget must be calculated for your household in order to determine eligibility and benefit amount.

The only way to determine if your household is eligible for SNAP benefits is to apply.

* Chart information is based upon SNAP Standards effective October 1, 2022.

* Chart information is based upon SNAP Standards effective October 1, 2022.

* Chart information is based upon SNAP Standards effective October 1, 2022.

For more help call DSS at (914) 995-3333 or visit one of our District Offices. 

In most cases, once you submit your application, our office will process it and send you a notice telling you whether or not you are eligible for benefits within 30 days.

During the 30 days, you may need to complete an eligibility interview and give proof of the information you provided. 

To process your application, the following documentation is REQUIRED:

• Identity for all individuals in your SNAP household
• Address, if you have one
• Household composition
• Age of all individuals in your SNAP household
• Social security number of all individuals in your household
• Citizenship of all individuals in your household
• Earned income (ALL gross income for the 4 weeks prior to your application date) for all household members
• Unearned income of all individuals in your household
• Resources if over age 60

Documentation of the following is OPTIONAL but may increase your SNAP benefits:

• Rental/shelter expense
• Medical bills if over age 60/disabled
• Other expenses (such as dependent care expenses)

After filing an application, the Department of Social Services may contact you to schedule a required eligibility interview. 

Failure to submit required documents may result in the denial of your application.

If you are age 16 – 59 years old and able to work, you will probably need to meet the general work requirements to get SNAP benefits.

The general work requirements include:

• Registering for work
• Participating in SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) or workfare if assigned
• Taking a suitable job if it is offered
• Not voluntarily quitting a job or reducing your work hours below 30 a week without a good reason.

Beginning March 2, 2026, if you are 18-64, able to work and don’t have any dependents younger than 14, you may need to meet both the general work requirements and other specific work requirement for Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) in order to get SNAP for more than 3 months in 3 years (the time limit). Read more about these new rules.

For more information about these requirements, exceptions that may excuse you from having to meet these requirements, and what happens if you are receiving SNAP but stop meeting these requirements please visit the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service website.

For more help, call DSS at (914) 995-3333 or visit one of our District Offices. 

If you are 60 years old or older, or you have a disability, and you have no household earned income you may be eligible to participate in the SNAP Elderly Simplified Application Project (ESAP).

ESAP is intended to simplify the SNAP application, recertification and verification processes for eligible households, where all adult members are seniors and/or disabled.

Call DSS at (914) 995-3333 or visit one of our District Offices to find out if you are eligible to use the simplified application. 

Once you qualify for SNAP, you will receive an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. The EBT card looks like a debit card. It allows you to buy groceries with your benefits at participating stores and locations.

Click for information about how to use, care for and secure your EBT card.

Any food for the household, such as:

• Fruits and vegetables;
• Meat, poultry, and fish;
• Dairy products;
• Breads and cereals;
• Other foods such as snack foods and non-alcoholic beverages; and
• Seeds and plants, which produce food for the household to eat.

Households CANNOT use SNAP benefits to buy:

• Beer, wine, liquor, cigarettes, or tobacco
• Vitamins, medicines, and supplements. If an item has a Supplement Facts label, it is considered a supplement and is not eligible for SNAP purchase.
• Live animals (except shellfish, fish removed from water, and animals slaughtered prior to pick-up from the store).
• Foods that are hot at the point of sale
• Any nonfood items such as:
  • Pet foods
  • Cleaning supplies, paper products, and other household supplies.
  • Hygiene items, cosmetics

For more help call DSS at (914) 995-3333 or visit one of our District Offices. 

• Online: Visit www.ebtEDGE.com or download the ebtEDGE Mobile App at the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
  
• By Phone: Call (888) 328-6399. The hotline is available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Italian, Korean and Russian, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Online Users:

• You must register your EBT Card account and select your User ID and password by using either the ebtEDGE app or at www.ebtEDGE.com for access.
• Registering on either one also registers you on the other.
• Have your EBT Card handy when registering.
• If you were using the old ConnectEBT.com system to manage your EBT account, you will have to create a new registration with ebtEDGE.
• For more information see the ebtEDGE Cardholder Portal and Mobile Application User Guide.

Click for more information about EBT cards.

If your EBT card is damaged, lost or stolen, you must contact EBT Customer Service to report the issue with your card and have it deactivated so that no one else can use it.

You can report the issue with your card online or by phone.

• Online: Visit the ebtEDGE website or use the ebtEDGE mobile app available at the  Apple App Store and Google Play Store. 
• By Phone: Call the toll-free hotline at (888) 328-6399

Click for information about how to use, care for and secure your EBT card.

Your benefits can be stolen through scams like skimming and phishing.

Card skimming scams directly copy card and personal identification number (PIN) information from EBT cardholders using a device placed on top of a store's card reading machine. The stolen data is used to access your EBT account and spend your Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and cash benefits. Skimming can happen anywhere you swipe your EBT card, including automated teller machines. Find out how to protect yourself (in English and Spanish).

In partnership with Westchester County Department of Social Services, the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester provides nutrition education to SNAP participants under the SNAP-Ed Program. The program enables participants with limited budgets to make healthier food choices. The ESNY classes meet in convenient places such as schools, senior centers and other community based locations.

Learning through the Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNP) is hands-on. Classes are taught in English and Spanish. Program participants prepare, cook and taste a variety of different foods and everyone who participates in a series of classes receives a certificate.

To learn more or enroll in a class, visit the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester EFNP website,  call (914) 285-4620 or see this flyer in English or Spanish.