How
do I apply?
Apply Online!
Now there are two ways to apply online. The Virtual Gateway Food Stamp Application, a web-based service introduced by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, enables community agencies, health centers, and other social service agencies to assist their clients in applying for food stamps online. If you would like help applying online, See a partial list of agencies by clicking here.
Any Massachusetts resident can now apply online from home, a library, school or work, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week whenever it's most convienient for them. Applicants will be directed to complete a simple screening form to estimate eligibility. You can also estimate eligibility on this website by using our simple to use eligibility calculator. The food stamp application can then be completed and sent electronically to the local DTA office where it is processed. In a few days, a DTA worker will contact the applicant to schedule an interview and request certain documents. To find the online application, go to www.mass.gov/dta and under "Key Resources" click "Apply Online".
Project Bread can still help you assist clients in applying for Food Stamps. Our website, www.gettingsnap.org, is an excellent way to screen clients, using the website's calculator or just call our toll-free FoodSource Hotline at 1-800-645-8333.
Apply for food stamps online
at neighborhood agencies!
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To apply for food stamps, you can also drop off
your application in person at your local DTA office or send
it there by mail or fax. To
find your local DTA office, click here. To save time
and help your application go faster, it is best to either
bring all of the needed verifications
the first time you go to DTA or send copies of them with
your application.
For a list of the documents you will
need to gather, click here.
You will be assigned a caseworker when your application
is received by DTA. This is the person you will work with
until your application is complete. Your caseworker is the
person you should call when you have questions about your
account. And if you need to provide new documents to DTA
in the future, you should give them to this same caseworker.
For example, if you change jobs, you will need to send your
caseworker new copies of your pay stubs.
If you are getting emergency
food stamps, DTA must give you food stamps no later
than 7 days after they receive your application.
If you are getting regular SNAP, DTA must give you
food stamps no later than 30 days after they receive your
application.
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