Replacement Food Stamp Benefit Extension for Hurricane Irene

Food Stamp Offices have been instructed by NYS to continue to take requests for replacement food stamp benefits from current food stamp recipients who lost power or experienced flooding due to Hurricane Irene and therefore lost food.

The new deadline for reporting their food loss is Friday, September 23.

You should still encourage people to report the loss to their food stamp office ASAP.

See our newest memo concerning the extension and highlighting clarifications on the Replacement Food Stamp policy.

All other power outages, and flooding due to storms last Sunday 9/4, and the rain this past week are not considered part of Hurricane Irene. People experiencing flooding or power outages due to these misfortunes are also eligible to request replacement food stamp benefits under the normal processing rules (report loss within 10 days of misfortune).

For more information on Replacement Food Stamp Benefits see our memo on Flooding, Power Outages and Replacement Food Stamp Benefits.

A flyer is available for your use to help spread the word about this important assistance available to any current food stamp recipient who has lost food due to power outages or flooding.

For More Information: There are Nutrition Outreach and Education Program (NOEP) Coordinators in many communities across NYS. NOEP coordinators are available to help potentially eligible individuals and families apply for food stamp benefits.

NOEP coordinators can help families and individuals who may be eligible for Replacement Food Stamp Benefits by:

• Providing the form for households to request Replacement Food Stamps



• Helping households complete this form, and



• Answering any questions households may have.

Find out if there is a NOEP in your community.

If you have any questions about this memo, or any other food-stamp related question, please contact me at (518) 436-8757, ext. 112, or by e-mailing Dawn.Secor@HungerSolutionsNY.org