The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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ELIGIBILITY AND ASSISTANCE
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 1204)
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§ 1204. Food assistance
(a)(1) An eligible family shall receive monthly food assistance equal to $50.00 to be applied
to the family’s electronic benefit transfer (EBT) food account for the first 12 months
after the family has become eligible for Reach Ahead.
(2) For the 12th through 24th months, the family shall receive a monthly food assistance
of $5.00.
(b) Food assistance may be used only to purchase eligible food items as defined in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program federal rules and shall be disregarded as
income for the purposes of determining Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility
and the amount of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
(c) An eligible family shall not be required to assign child support to the Department,
and all child support received by the family shall be disregarded as income.
(d) The 12th through 24th months of assistance shall be funded through savings resulting
from caseload reductions in the Reach Up program. If there are insufficient savings
from caseload reductions to fund the 12th through 24th months of assistance, the assistance
shall be suspended or modified. (Added 2007, No. 30, § 18, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; amended 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 33, eff. May 20, 2014; 2013, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2015.)