06-13-2016, 11:01 AM
What we have found out.
We made an appointment this morning with the head of the SNAP program in Hilo at the old Food Fair building .
A single person can make $1200.00 a month before taxes in order to qualify .
That same person can drive any type of vehicle they wish to.
Car payments do not count as household expense nor does insurance on said vehicle .
Electricity does count as a house hold expense , as does a water bill and phone bill.The phone bill is capped at 21$ a month.
Rent is considered a household expense but land payments or house payments do not.
A single person can not have more than $2000.00 in the bank and can not have life insurance nor a burial plot .Plus no investments in stocks or bonds .
A person who is not certified as disabled and able to work,MUST have a job of a minimum of 19 hours a week to qualify.
Felons are NOT eligible for SNAP .
The SNAP program now requires a verifiable address and they do send out workers to verify .
No general delivery is allowed .A person must have a P.O.Box and a home - and the beach is not a home unless has a state or county permit saying a person has permission to camp or live on the beach .
A vehicle can be called a home but not the beach.
A single person can not receive SNAP anywhere in the nation more than FIVE years in their entire life span unless deemed disabled permanently .
A person MUST report all income of more than $39.99 a month be it cash or taxed to be eligible for SNAP .
The average SNAP benefits for east hawaii island are 128$ a month for a single person .
Gone are the days of getting off the jet in Hilo an headed right to the welfare office to collect a hand out.
Nationally the SNAP program is being reduced 10% yearly for 10 years .
No state is exempt .
Mrs . Mimosa
We made an appointment this morning with the head of the SNAP program in Hilo at the old Food Fair building .
A single person can make $1200.00 a month before taxes in order to qualify .
That same person can drive any type of vehicle they wish to.
Car payments do not count as household expense nor does insurance on said vehicle .
Electricity does count as a house hold expense , as does a water bill and phone bill.The phone bill is capped at 21$ a month.
Rent is considered a household expense but land payments or house payments do not.
A single person can not have more than $2000.00 in the bank and can not have life insurance nor a burial plot .Plus no investments in stocks or bonds .
A person who is not certified as disabled and able to work,MUST have a job of a minimum of 19 hours a week to qualify.
Felons are NOT eligible for SNAP .
The SNAP program now requires a verifiable address and they do send out workers to verify .
No general delivery is allowed .A person must have a P.O.Box and a home - and the beach is not a home unless has a state or county permit saying a person has permission to camp or live on the beach .
A vehicle can be called a home but not the beach.
A single person can not receive SNAP anywhere in the nation more than FIVE years in their entire life span unless deemed disabled permanently .
A person MUST report all income of more than $39.99 a month be it cash or taxed to be eligible for SNAP .
The average SNAP benefits for east hawaii island are 128$ a month for a single person .
Gone are the days of getting off the jet in Hilo an headed right to the welfare office to collect a hand out.
Nationally the SNAP program is being reduced 10% yearly for 10 years .
No state is exempt .
Mrs . Mimosa