Apply online or call your local office before applying in person. Many of our rules have changed because of the state of emergency. Please call your local office for help with any questions.
Food, Cash and Child Care
Apply for food, cash and child care assistance in one place.
- Apply online
- Apply by email by sending your application to SSP.StatewideWorkshare@dhsoha.state.or.us. (Note: your information may not be protected if you do not use a secure email process.)
- Mail, fax or drop off an application in one of the following languages to your local office
- Call your local office to speak with someone to apply or before coming in
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Older Adults and People with Disabilities apply separately
- Call 1-855-ORE-ADRC (1-855-673-2372)
- Email ADRC.WebMessages@dhsoha.state.or.us, or
- Visit ADRCofOregon.org
Food/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- SNAP benefits can be used to buy food
- People with low incomes are eligible
- Access SNAP benefits on an Oregon Trail card that can be used like a debit card
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Maximum benefits in September for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) customers
- To help with continued impacts to the COVID-19 pandemic, SNAP customers will get the maximum amount of monthly benefits in September
- Maximum benefit amounts are based on the number of eligible people in the household
| Number in Household | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Each Additional Person |
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| Maximum Benefit | $194 | $355 | $509 | $646 | $768 | +$146 |
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Extra payments will be issued for:
- September 11 for all current SNAP households not receiving SNAP maximum allotment
- September 30 for SNAP households not receiving SNAP maximum allotment that did not receive an emergency allotment on September 11
- If you already get the maximum benefits you will not get an extra payment.
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Extra payments will be issued for:
Cash Assistance
Cash benefits are available through:- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) - for pregnant women and families with low income
- Refugee Program – for individuals who have a qualifying refugee status. Individuals are eligible for benefits for up to eight months after their qualifying refugee status was granted
- Can be used as cash on your Oregon Trail Card, with some limitations
Child Care/Employment Related Day Care (ERDC)
- Helps low-income working families pay for childcare
- Increased income limits and $0 copay amounts during state of emergency
- ERDC can pay for registration fees
Benefits for children who receive free or reduced price school meals
Oregon families with children who are eligible for free or reduced price school meals will get pandemic food (P-EBT) benefits. This includes children in foster care, children of migrant workers and homeless youth.
Note: Families are eligible for P-EBT benefits even if they have been getting meals from schools or other sources during the school closures. This means families who receive P-EBT benefits can also get meals from schools or other sources during the school closures.- If you are a current SNAP participant, or have an active Oregon Trail card on record, P-EBT benefits will be added to your Oregon Trail Card account.
- New cards will be mailed to households with no open SNAP and without an active EBT card on record.
- $69 for March
- $126 in April
- $120 in May
- $69 in June
- A family that was getting free or reduced price meals before the school closures, would get $384 in P-EBT benefits for each child.
- A family that applied for free or reduced price meals in May could get $189 in P-EBT benefits per child.
To see if the Oregon Department of Education has received addresses from their school district, visit their page.
To see where DHS is in processing the P-EBT cards, click here.
You can spend P-EBT the same as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Find information here about what SNAP benefits can be used for.
P-EBT benefits can also be used:- For online food purchases through Amazon and Walmart (delivery fees not included).
- In the Double Up Food Bucks program, which matches every $1 of benefits spent – up to $10 – on fresh fruit and vegetables at participating local farmers markets.
- If you are a current SNAP participant, P-EBT benefits will be added to your Oregon Trail Card.
- If you don’t currently receive SNAP benefits, you will access your P-EBT benefits through an Oregon Trail Card. If an active Oregon Trail Card is not on record for you, one will be mailed to you.
Domestic Violence Assistance
- Call your local office to arrange the safest way to apply (in person, mail or fax)
- Find an application
- Relocation costs. For example, deposits for rent and utilities, replacement of items left behind like clothes and furniture.
- Items that help address safety. For example, new locks, security cameras or post office boxes.
- Contact Call to Safety through email or by calling 1-888-235-5333
- See Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
- By phone at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
- Through the Hotline website chat feature
Foster Families
Families and youth impacted by foster care may request support from My NeighbOR, a project through Every Child and in partnership with Oregon Department of Human Services. Please connect with your caseworker to submit a need.
Those interested in donating to help a foster family can visit https://everychildoregon.org/donate/
Medical
The Oregon Health Plan (OHP) provides health care coverage for Oregonians from all walks of life. This includes working families, children, pregnant women and single adults.
Apply for OHP and learn about OHP benefits.
For additional resources, contact 211info:
Accessibility: Everyone has a right to know about and use Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) programs and services. DHS provides free help. Some examples of the free help DHS can provide are: sign language and spoken language interpreters, written materials in other languages, Braille, large print, audio and other formats. If you need help or have questions, please contact us at ADA.dhs@dhsoha.state.or.us.