<img class="size-medium wp-image-52433 alignright" src="https://theenterprise.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2021/05/milk_carton_1620728816-199x300.jpg" alt="" width="199" height="300" /><a href="https://www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/snap.cgi">Virginia’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</a> (SNAP) will again release emergency allotments of benefits to eligible households this month. Benefits will be automatically loaded to recipients’ Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards on Sunday, May 16. Emergency allotment benefits are available to current SNAP households only, and do not apply to <a href="https://www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/pebt/index.cgi">Pandemic EBT</a> recipients. SNAP participants with questions related to their benefits are encouraged to contact their <a href="https://www.dss.virginia.gov/localagency/index.cgi">local department of social services</a> or visit CommonHelp at <a href="https://commonhelp.virginia.gov/">commonhelp.virginia.gov</a> to access account information. For additional information regarding SNAP, how to apply, and other assistance programs, visit <a href="http://www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/">dss.virginia.gov/benefit/</a>. For streamlined access to other critical and actionable resources from <a href="https://211virginia.org/">2-1-1 Virginia</a>, CommonHelp, and other state and federal agencies, visit <a href="https://covid.virginia.gov/app/">COVID.Virginia.gov/app</a> to download the COVID-19 Virginia Resources mobile app.
