Students & Food Stamps

Paying for College
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<p>Hi, I have been trying to hunt this information down all day. Can a student who moves to another state to go to school be eligible to receive food stamps in the state as long as they are working and receiving federal work study from work? Has any student moved to a state for school and received food stamps b/c they received federal work study?</p>

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<p>Links:</p>

<p>[Cash-Strapped</a> Georgia College Students Turning To Food Stamps CBS Atlanta](<a href=“http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/02/02/cash-strapped-georgia-college-students-turning-to-food-stamps/]Cash-Strapped”>http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/02/02/cash-strapped-georgia-college-students-turning-to-food-stamps/)</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/1284738-cash-strapped-college-students-turning-food-stamps.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/1284738-cash-strapped-college-students-turning-food-stamps.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.fns.usda.gov/SNAP/applicant_recipients/students.htm[/url]”>http://www.fns.usda.gov/SNAP/applicant_recipients/students.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What state will you be going to college in and qualifying for work-study?</p>

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<p>Thank you, I did see those articles earlier today. Thank you for your time posting them. I guess I’m just wondering specifically if I have to be a resident of the state? Does anyone have any stories of this?</p>

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<p>It may be possible but it isn’t easy. You have to work a minimum number of hours, do not live in a dorm, and meet other requirements. Financial aid or loans that you receive that are used for room and board will count as income.</p>

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<p>Yes, you have to be a resident of the state.</p>

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<p>This is really going to depend on what state you are talking about. A state may not give food stamps to healthy adults who don’t have children.</p>

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<p>Washington</p>

<p>I found this:
[Student</a> Status](<a href=“http://www.dshs.wa.gov/manuals/eaz/sections/StudentStatus.shtml]Student”>http://www.dshs.wa.gov/manuals/eaz/sections/StudentStatus.shtml)</p>

<p>and didn’t see anything about residency</p>

<p>and this was part of it:</p>

<p>“If you are a student and the only reason you are eligible for Basic Food is because you participate in work study, you are only eligible while you work and receive money from work study. If your work study stops during the summer months, you must meet another condition to be an eligible student during this period.”</p>

<p>Should I interpret this as ok??</p>

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<p>Are you going to be a student at a state school or private school because it seems to me that the amount of $ you could possibly get in food stamps will be nothing compared to how much more you’ll have to pay in tuition as a nonresident.</p>

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<p>It’s a private school. Same tuition for all (luckily).</p>

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<p>I have heard of students applying and getting them, and want to hear if anybody else has done that.</p>

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<p>There is a residency requirement for Washington but it doesn’t specifically exclude students who come to the state for school. You should call them and make sure.
[WAC</a> 388-468-0005](<a href=“http://www.dshs.wa.gov/manuals/wac/388-468-0005.shtml]WAC”>http://www.dshs.wa.gov/manuals/wac/388-468-0005.shtml)</p>

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<p>You can afford a private college but not food?</p>

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<p>If this student is ws eligible, there is a good chance that he/she is getting need based aid at the private school.</p>

<p>I’d be surprised if they don’t have a residency requirement. However, if you have a food stamps card in your home state then you can use that in Washington.</p>

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<p>When I went to college, students often got food stamps. The governements clamped down on this by excluding dependent students. Don’t know how that plays today.</p>

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<p>The laws in Michigan, and they vary by state, is that you can get them if you are working for a work study job or working 20 hours per week. Dependency doesn’t matter.</p>

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<p>I thought MI tightened things up in the last year or two for dependent students. S had friends at school who lost their food stamps when that happened. I have filled out forms for several of my students, but they are all independent …</p>

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<p>Also, most schools require freshmen to buy a meal plan on campus. I believe that becomes a factor in qualifying for food stamps in some states.</p>

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<p>Kels, those ARE the stricter laws lol.</p>