SNAP (food stamp) Outreach
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) improves the health and well being of low-income Oregonians by providing food dollars to help meet their nutritional needs. Not all families who are eligible for SNAP know about the program, and those who do often face other challenges in trying to apply.
We work with local communities and statewide leaders to identify barriers to participation. Our SNAP Outreach Steering Committee works to improve the program at many levels, and our outreach coordinators travel across the state helping local partners to get the right information to families who need it.
SNAP Helps Oregonians
The 2009 average monthly benefit in Oregon was about $250 per household; 1 in 6 (600,0000) Oregonians received SNAP (a 32% increase from 2008), 40% of these recipients are children. More than $800 million in federal food dollars comes into the state economy each year, stimulating more than $1.2 billion in local economic activity.
Apply for SNAP: See if you are eligible and learn how to apply.
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Reports
Oct. 23
Food Program Use in Your County (2009)
Details on the use of federally funded nutrition programs among Oregon counties, and the level of untapped federal resources.
Dec. 29
Policy Recommendations to Improve SNAP (2009)
10 ways the SNAP program can be improved at the federal level.
Dec. 29
SNAP Outreach to Seniors: Findings from 2008
In 2008, PHFO began a pilot SNAP outreach project to reach seniors in Washington County.
Oct. 22
SNAP Participation Report (2009)
How the federal stimulus has strengthened SNAP; How SNAP has benefitted rural Oregonians; What you can do to promote SNAP in your community.
Mar. 2
Video: About the Food Stamp Program (CBPP)
A video about the SNAP program (formerly food stamps) from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
