food stamps

Food Stamps: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/ts/fss/foodStamp.asp State-sponsored website with information to obtain food stamps. Single Illinois residents qualify for $149/month of food stamps, as well as other types of assistance such as rent and medical help.

Oregon – Department of Human Services Information on Food Stamps, Online Applications, & Other Food Assistance Programs - http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/assistance/foodstamps/foodstamps.shtml Food Banks & Food Assistance Agencies - Oregon Oregon Food Bank – http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/ Listing of Portland Area Food Rescue Programs – http://www.metro-region.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=1089 …read more

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Food Stamps http://gettingfoodstamps.org has valuable, general information for anyone looking to receive food assistance. It also tells you how to apply and what you need. Spectacular! Massachusetts typically gives $155/month to VISTAs. Fair Foods, Inc.: Dollar-A-Bag …read more

Food Stamps http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/outreach/states/minnesota.htm (Where to apply in Minnesota, with downloadable information) Cheap Eats HARRY SINGH’S ORIGIAL CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT …read more

On the first week with DANEnet, and now I'm relearning everything I once knew about HTML and then some!  I'm also going to be administrating some sites using Drupal, so if anyone here uses Drupal and would be a good resource, it would be great if I could throw questions at you if I needed it!  And I have my meeting for food stamps on February 7th!  Also, to clarify, is there NO CTC conference this year?  And what are the exact dates of the NTEN conference in DC?  Let me know, thanks!

Wow...I'm glad everybody seems to be having a super-fun time in San Diego. I've spent the whole week updating 16 iBooks, using only a single installation disc, and a slow internet connection. fun. Also, I finally got around to applying for food stamps. I'm not sure how much they are giving me, but it's not going to be as much as I had hoped. It turns out that if I had applied BEFORE the PSO, none of my "living stipend" would count as income, but having applied after my term of service began, it all counts as income. Making me poor, but not poor enough. …read more

I guess I've been here two and a half weeks now; it feels so normal now that I'm wondering what to say about it. I get the impression that my organization (the California Coalition for Rural Housing, CCRH) is very different from most of the others. We're a suite of offices rather than a community center, and I haven't yet had any contact with the population we serve. Scratch that; our audience is the affordable housing community, rather than individuals. We work with groups like other affordable housing nonprofits, town governments, lobbyist groups, and tenants' associations. So in terms of the people aspects of our work, sitting in on conference calls and going to meetings is where it's at (though hopefully I will be involved in some GIS trainings later in my service). …read more

Since living cheaply is a concern for us, I thought I would share this resource that was shared with me. Since there appear to be a few of you that, for many different reasons, don't qualify for food stamps, there is a group called Angel Food Ministries that has no income verification and anyone can purchase their boxes of food. If you read the About Us page, it tells how they got started and what the boxes of groceries typically contain. It looks as though there are locations all over the U.S. so take a look and see if there is something in your area. The menu is posted for October and changes every month. The only catch is that you have to pay for your groceries approximately 2 weeks before you can pick them up, but for $25, who cares about the wait!! There are add on packs for $18 each month that change as well. …read more

i really hope we all keep up with our blogs, because i want to be able to keep up with all of you! ok, now for some "vista life" type stuff i've been thinking about / looking into:   *** food stamps *** according to stuff online, i don't think i am eligible for food stamps since i have too much savings (too much being more than the limit of $2,000). savings in an ira must be included toward this limit, even though according to wikipedia "a debtor in bankruptcy can exempt his or her IRA from the bankruptcy estate" and this seems like it should be a similar situation. …read more