If I Qualify For SSDI Disability Will I Be Able To Get Food Stamps?

An individual's eligiblity for ssdi (social security disability insurance) benefits is not at all connected to their potential eligibility for food stamps. While social security disability and ssi disability are administered through SSA, applications for food stamps are processed in local public assistance offices.

Information on food stamp eligibility should, ideally, be gained from the nearest department of social services. However, it can be stated that food stamp eligibility determinations are handled similarly to ssi (supplemental security income) determinations in the sense that income and asset (aka resource aka reserve) limits will have a direct bearing on an individual's eligibility for benefits.

Historically, the food stamp program's approach to counting disability income has been to count title II social security disability benefits in an applicant's budget, while not counting title 16 supplemental security income benefits (ssi).