Announcements

FROM: Cal U Cupboard RE: Expansion of SNAP Benefits for College Students
Sent:
2/23/2021 10:50:35 AM
To: Students, Faculty, Staff

 

Expansion of SNAP Benefits for College Students from Governor Wolf 

 

The Wolf Administration has announced the changed eligibility for the SNAP benefits.

Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, college students who are eligible for a state or federal work study program, regardless of whether they are actually participating, or students who have an estimated family contribution of $0 on their federal student aid determination are now eligible for SNAP. For those under the age of 22 for students who live at home with their parents. For now, these families will receive a benefit more commensurate to their household size that they would otherwise not get because their household contains a student.

Applications for SNAP, Medicaid, and other public assistance programs that provide help with utilities, home energy, and cash assistance can be submitted online at www.compass.state.pa.us. Those who prefer to submit a paper application can print from the website, pick one up at a County Assistance Office (CAO), or request an application by phone at 1-800-692-7462 and mail it to their local CAO or place it in a CAO’s secure drop box, if available. You do not need to know your own eligibility in order to apply. While CAOs remain closed, work processing applications, determining eligibility, and issuing benefits continues. Clients should use COMPASS or the MyCOMPASS PA mobile app to submit necessary updates to their case files while CAOs are closed to the public.

For more information about food assistance resources for people around Pennsylvania impacted by COVID-19 and the accompanying economic insecurity, visit the Department of Agriculture’s food security guide.

Click here to read the full article.

 

Questions about SNAP or other resources for students, please contact
Diane Hasbrouck at Hasbrouck_d@calu.edu or by phone 724-938-4794.

 

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