How much do state welfare offices usually give single men who are unemployed and needing food stamps?
The unemployment office is a state office referred to as the Employment Development Department (EDD), but another state may have another name for it. Check under “State” agencies in your phone book. They can counsel you on unemployment benefits and requirements and help you apply for whatever benefits you might qualify. Benefit amounts vary from state to state (I don’t know if that’s also true from county to county). In general, however, you have to have been recently employed and laid off (not fired), and be either actively looking for work or in a job training program to prepare you for work. You have to verify your efforts to the EDD on a regular basis. Benefits do run out at a certain point, so it’s best to keep a routine of job finding and/or training. Good luck.
