NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
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Delaware’s SNAP Program to Issue Additional Emergency Benefits That Will Be Available Starting May 30th
Existing clients may receive additional benefits for May 2020
NEW CASTLE (May 28, 2020) – Emergency benefits will be issued to participants of Delaware’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for May as part of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020.
Under this federal act signed into law March 18, the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) will issue emergency benefits to any household not already receiving the maximum monthly SNAP benefit. SNAP households that already receive the maximum monthly benefit will not receive additional funds.