Food Stamps are a benefit to help persons with limited income to buy food. Covered services include impatient and out patient hospital care, physician services, skilled nursing care, laboratory and X-ray services, early and periodic screening of children, home health care services and transportation services. The department provides protective services for vulnerable adults and children and services to keep children and families together to prevent the need for foster care. Services include child protective services, adult protective services, foster care and adoption services. Day care subsidies are available for low-income families and families receiving public assistance.
Eligibility is determined according to income and program guidelines.
Income and program guidelines apply. Recipients of HEAP emergency benefits must have less than seven days of oil in their fuel tank or a utility disconnect notice to be eligible. This site was created and is maintained by the Suffolk County Department of Social Services.