Buchanan County Department of Social Services :: S.N.A.P.
This federal program supplements the food budgets of low-income households to help assure needy persons a nutritionally adequate diet. Financial need, household size and non-financial criteria such as student status and work registration determine eligibility. On July 1, 2002 Buchanan County implemented the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) which replaces paper Food Stamps with a plastic card similar to a debit card.