Food Stamps
Food stamps benefits are used to buy food and help low-income households obtain more nutritious diets by increasing their food purchasing power. Food stamp coupons or paper stamps are no longer issued. Instead, the food stamps recipient receives a plastic card, the Pennsylvania EBT ACCESS Card. This card allows withdrawals for food purchases at grocery stores and supermarkets. The store simply uses the EBT ACCESS card to "electronically" subtract purchases from the food stamp account. Eligibility for food stamps is calculated based on a household's income (how much you and the people who live and eat with you earn or receive from the government) less certain expenses (including rent or mortgage, taxes and insurance, and utilities). There is no income limit which automatically makes a household with an elderly or disabled resident not eligible for food stamps, but to be eligible for food stamps the persons in the household cannot have resources in excess of $3,000. Resources do not include the value of your home, personal items in the home (furniture or jewelry) and one car.
For information, you should contact the Delaware County Assistance Office at either of these locations:
- 701 Crosby Street
- Chester, PA 19013
- 610-447-5500
- Fax: 610-447-5399
- 845 Main Street
- Darby, PA 19023
- 610-461-3800
- Fax: 610-461-3900