What counts as the application date for food stamps?
This is an important question because the date of application starts the clock ticking on how quickly the agency needs to act on the application for benefits. Remember that the County Department of Job and Family Services must act very quickly on some applications, especially food stamps (some very low income clients are entitled to get their stamps within 24 hours under the expedited food stamp provisions). The date of application is when the application is signed, dated, and turned in to the agency. It doesn’t need to be completely filled out, just signed and dated. This means that if you don’t have all of their information, you should still turn in the incomplete application to get your benefits in the shortest amount of time possible. How are the number of hours determined I must work in order to receive food stamps? Under the Food Stamp Employment and Training program, the county takes the amount of food stamps you are getting and then they divide it by the federal minimum wage to
