[NFBNJ] NJ to Launch Online Grocery Shopping for SNAP Recipients

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Subject: NJ to Launch Online Grocery Shopping for SNAP Recipients

New Jersey to Launch Online Grocery Shopping for SNAP Recipients

Amazon, Walmart, ShopRites & The Fresh Grocers to Accept SNAP Online Orders

May 20, 2020

(TRENTON) ï¿½  New Jerseyans enrolled in the stateï¿½s Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program (SNAP) will be able to use their benefits to order 
groceries online starting next week.  Online shopping will be available 
through Amazon and participating Walmarts, ShopRites and The Fresh Grocers.

NJ SNAP recipients will be able to use their benefits card to order 
groceries from Amazon starting on May 27. Walmarts, ShopRites and The Fresh 
Grocers that that provide online shopping will also accept online ordering 
with SNAP benefits starting on May 28.

ï¿½Online grocery shopping is another important step in our efforts to get 
affordable groceries to New Jerseyans during this public health emergency,ï¿½ 
Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson said. ï¿½Having the option to order 
groceries online is more important than ever, as we all work together to 
stay-at-home as much as possible.  We hope that the launch of SNAP online 
grocery shopping promotes equity by providing participants access to a 
convenient tool that many New Jerseyans are already using to comply with the 
stay-at-home order.ï¿½

NJ SNAP currently serves about 700,000 New Jerseyans in 356,000 households, 
with the monthly SNAP benefit based on household size and income.

Recipients will be able to use their Families First Electronic Benefits 
Transfer card to purchase eligible groceries from the participating 
retailers. Under federal rules, SNAP benefits cannot be used to pay for 
delivery fees.

To learn more, recipients can visit Amazon.com/SNAP to register their EBT 
card. Visit here to learn about Walmartï¿½s SNAP online program.  Any Walmart, 
ShopRite or The Fresh Grocer that currently provides online shopping will 
also accept online ordering with SNAP benefits.

New Jersey received federal approval for online SNAP grocery shopping from 
the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In addition to online SNAP grocery ordering, Human Services has taken the 
following steps to help New Jerseyans access affordable food during the 
emergency:

ï¿½       Distributed an extra $106 million in additional benefits to SNAP 
recipients since the start of the emergency.

ï¿½       Ensured that everyone whose benefits were up for renewal in March 
and April, or are due in May or June were extended for six months, meaning 
that nobodyï¿½s SNAP benefits will be ended during these extensions for not 
completing the renewal.

ï¿½       Made it easier to apply for SNAP during this emergency by waiving 
the normally required interview and the hard copy signature on applications, 
so as to reduce the need for face-to-face interactions.

ï¿½       Updated our online system to make it easier for SNAP applicants to 
track their application.

ï¿½       Received federal approval to provide about 600,000 children who 
normally receive free or reduced-price school meals $416.10 each to help 
with nutritional support during the time that schools have been closed 
during the pandemic.  Benefits will be delivered in June.

"For those New Jersey families who may have difficulty getting to the 
grocery store - and that may be for a variety of different reasons -- using 
SNAP benefits online can make the basics of feeding yourself or your family 
a little less complicated,ï¿½ said Human Services Assistant Commissioner 
Natasha Johnson, who directs the Division of Family Development that 
oversees NJ SNAP. "We continue to urge residents to visit njhelps.org to 
learn more and apply for food assistance and other benefits."

Follow the Department of Human Services at:

Peri L. Nearon, MPA

Executive Director, Division of Disability Services

NJ Department of Human Services

11A Quakerbridge Plaza

PO Box 705

Trenton, NJ 08625-0705

Phone: 1-888-285-3036

Fax: 609-631-4365

http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dds/home/index.html

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