New Jersey’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, provides food assistance to families with low incomes to help them buy groceries through a benefits card accepted in most food retail stores and some farmers’ markets. Tzu Chi USA Mid-Atlantic Region office is a NJ SNAP navigator who can help you apply and help you keep your benefits so you can get the food assistance you need.
We will walk you through:
- How SNAP works;
- Eligibility requirements;
- What documents you need to apply;
- The application process, and;
- How to keep your SNAP benefits.
We also can answer questions and correct misconceptions about SNAP to help you decide if SNAP is right for you. This help is free and confidential.
Check your eligibility, please use this link: https://www.njhelps.gov/
We provide SNAP application service at our office between 10am and 3pm on every Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
Address: 150 Commerce Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 07450
Tel: 973-857-8666
Please for question contact us at [email protected] or by phone:
For Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, please call 732-518-8405
For Camden County, please call 973-991-9703
Required documentations for SNAP application
You MUST bring the following for everyone in your household who is applying for the application:
- A valid ID (i.e. driver’s license, birth certificate, government ID)
- Proof of where you live (i.e. lease, rental agreement, utility bill)
*Unless you are experiencing homelessness - Proof of earned income (i.e. paystubs, employer letter, recent tax records)
- Proof of unearned income (benefits award letter)
- Proof of resources (i.e. bank statements)
- Social Security Number
- Proof of immigration status (for non-citizens)
- Proof of student status (for college students)
You can get more benefits by providing:
- Housing costs (i.e. rent receipt, mortgage statement, property tax bills)
- Phone and utility costs
- Medical expenses for anyone in your household 60+ or disabled
- Child and adult care costs
- Child support paid by a person in your household