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The Food Stamp Program helps people with low-income, buy healthy food. A food stamp household is normally a group of people who live together and buy food and cook meals together. If your household passes the Food Stamp Program's eligibility rules, the amount of food stamp benefits you get depends on the number of people in your household and how much money is left after certain expenses are subtracted.
Individuals must pass all eligibility rules to get food stamp benefits. Some of the eligibility rules are:
People who are convicted of drug trafficking, who are running away from a felony warrant, who break Food Stamp Program rules on purpose, who are noncitizens without a qualified status, and some students in colleges or universities are not eligible for food stamp benefits.
Foods You Can Buy With Food Stamp Benefits
Households can use food stamp benefits to buy breads, cereals, fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, dairy, and plants and seeds to grow food for your household to eat. Households cannot use food stamp benefits to buy nonfood items such as pet foods, soaps, paper products, household supplies, grooming items, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, vitamins, medicines, food to eat in the store, or hot foods.
The SUNCAP Program is a special Food Stamp Program for individuals who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI). You may be eligible to receive food stamp benefits through the SUNCAP Program without any additional application, paperwork, or interviews. If you already receive foods stamp benefits in the regular Food Stamp Program, you may be automatically put in the SUNCAP Program when you become SSI eligible. If your food stamp benefits will go down, because of SUNCAP, you may choose to continue receiving your food stamps under the regular Food Stamp Program.
Detailed information about the Food Stamp Program is available in the Food Stamp Program Fact Sheet.
For information about other ACCESS Florida programs, visit Medicaid and Temporary Cash Assistance.