The last Emergency Allotment mid-month payment will be distributed in mid-March. Starting in April, households will receive the benefit amount they were originally approved for (this is the first of the month payment), and no Emergency Allotment (i.e. no mid-month payment).

The frosty, festivity-filled months can be expensive. The Vermont Foodbank has many programs and partners statewide that help take the edge off financial stress. Here is the story of how the Foodbank helped one family through the approval process for 3SquaresVT (SNAP) benefits!

We all experience an increase in living costs to heat our homes in fall, winter, and spring. The heating season is long in Vermont! Many folks are eligible for Vermont Fuel Assistance, a program administered by the Economic Services Division of the Department of Children and Families.

3SquaresVT, also called SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), is an entitlement program. What does this mean? It means that every person living in the United States has a legal right to redeem benefits when eligible. Your tax dollars have paid into the 3SquaresVT funding pot.

As we witness the start of fall here in Vermont, we see the leaves change, the weather cool down, and 3SquaresVT benefits continue to rise.