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Economic and o ty uppo . Program Information: The Food Support programr Page I o�` 3 <br />' _ Main Page <br />Child Sum_ _ <br />[ . f._ &B a_Ar_ Q_f -Hearing <br />er =viQe$ <br />Proem Information <br />Regulations and <br />Procedures <br />Welfare Reform <br />Information vstem s <br />RepP rt 5 ...o nd.,.tati sti cs <br />Feedbag <br />Global Navigation <br />� Haw, DoI We... <br />� A.,to Z_T_opi[s <br />� FAQs (?j <br />Calendar <br />� Newsroom <br />40 Documents &Forms <br />'� Grants & RFPs <br />40 Bulletins &Manuals <br />�I Publica ions.& Reports <br />Counties & Reaianal <br />Em lr ment <br />About DIES <br />Topic H_.,2m..g_ search l.�g. Conti <br />Economic and Community <br />Supports <br />The Food Support Program <br />(formerly called Food Stamps) <br />Program Description <br />The Food Support program started in this country in 1939. <br />However, the program as we know it today began in 1977. <br />The goal of the program is to assist low- income persons and <br />families so they can purchase food and better meet their <br />nutritional reeds. The program is not intended to supply all <br />of a person's or family's food needs. Instead, it <br />supplements those needs while the person or family makes <br />an effort to become self- supporting. <br />111 0 <br />9M3=6 <br />The United States Department of Agriculture, Food and <br />Nutrition Services provides states with the funding needed <br />and the policy governing the Food Support program. <br />Minnesota's Department of Human Sery ices supervises the <br />program on a state level,, clarifies policies, reviews county <br />performance, and distributes monthly benefits. In <br />accordance with state and federal directives county human <br />services agencies accept client applicationSr determine <br />eligibility and determine benefit levels. The Food Support <br />program is available in all 87 Minnesota counties. <br />- R r*W.,OXM 14 11 V, g I I r. a I M <br />Monthly benefit levels are based on income and the number <br />of persons in the household. Usually, if the household's net <br />income is mound 130 percent of federal poverty or below, <br />the household will qualify for Food Support assistance. If all <br />the persons in a household qualify for General Assistance <br />(GA) or the Supplemental Security Income {55I) program, <br />they would also qualify for foal support. Households exiting <br />the MFIP program may still qualify for food assistance from <br />the Food Support program. <br />Monthly Benefits <br />hap-://www.dhs.state.mn.us/ECS/Program/FoodSupport.hun 1/21/2003 <br />