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Find stores near you that accept SUN Bucks, or learn how to qualify and apply.
Find stores near you that accept SUN Bucks, or learn how to qualify and apply.
Find stores near you that accept SUN Bucks, or learn how to qualify and apply.
Find stores near you that accept SUN Bucks, or learn how to qualify and apply.
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The Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) is a state option to allow certain SNAP clients, who might not be able to prepare meals for themselves or who do not have permanent housing for storing and preparing food, to be able to buy prepared meals at restaurants with their SNAP benefits.
To be eligible for the RMP, SNAP clients must be certified for SNAP in a state that has an RMP and all members of the household must be either:
To participate in the RMP, the restaurant must:
Each state can set their own requirements for choosing how many and which restaurants they want to allow to participate in their state's RMP. For more information, please contact the RMP contact for your participating state listed below.
If you are a restaurant owner that has a signed agreement with the state and is ready to apply for SNAP authorization, you will need to submit a completed FNS 252-2 application to FNS.
Mail your complete application package and your signed RMP agreement to the following address:
Retailer Service Center
USDA Food and Nutrition Services
PO Box 7228
Falls Church, VA 22040
For questions about the SNAP authorization process, contact the FNS Retailer Service Center at:
1-877-823-4369.
No. SNAP clients who are eligible will have an EBT card that is coded by the state to allow their cards to be accepted at participating restaurants. An EBT card will automatically be declined if the SNAP client is not eligible.
Restaurants must have a point-of-sale (POS) device that is programmed to accept Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. If your restaurant already uses equipment that accepts credit/debit cards, you can contact your third-party processor (TPP) to ask about adding EBT to your service.
Arizona Family Assistance Administration (FAA) Systems Email: FAAMOU@azdes.gov Phone: 602-774-9284 | Maryland Mischelle A. Williams Director Email: mischelle.williams@maryland.gov Phone: 410-767-5504 | New York Susan Zimet NYS Food and Anti- Hunger Policy Coordinator Email: susan.zimet@otda.ny.gov Phone: 518-949-3700 |
California Email: CDSSRMP@dss.ca.gov Phone: 916-651-8047 | Massachusetts Lorraine Ward & Deborah Grace Email: (DTA.RMP@mass.gov) | Rhode Island Providence and Washington Counties Only Bethany Caputo Email: Bethany.caputo@dhs.ri.gov Phone: 401-559-7077 |
Illinois Cook and Franklin Counties Only Ron Delay EBT Program Director Phone: 217-720-4107 | Michigan Email: mdhhs-restaurantmealprogram@ michigan.gov | Virginia Tainesha Crute SNAP Program Consultant Sr. (Community Engagement) Email: vrmp@dss.virginia.gov Phone: 804-726-7400 |