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Information on work requirements that must be met to receive, or continue to receive, SNAP benefits longer than three months.

Protect yourself against Lone Star Card fraud.

SNAP food benefits are put on to the Lone Star Card and can be used just like a debit card at any store that accepts SNAP.

SNAP recipients in Texas can buy food online. This will make it easier to get food by having the option to pick it up or get it delivered.

The Texas Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) system uses the Lone Star Card to provide access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash benefits.

Whether it's SNAP food benefits on the Lone Star Card, TANF cash assistance or the Summer Lunch Program for kids, HHS is there for people who need help buying food.

Learn more about the variety of Medicaid, CHIP and other healthcare benefits HHS offers.

The Lone Star FAQs webpage includes frequently asked questions about the Lone Star Card.

Texas WIC offers a wide array of resources to support breastfeeding mothers.

Gov. Abbott announced HHSC is providing more than $344.1 million in emergency SNAP food benefits for the month of January. The allotments are expected to help about 1.6 million Texas households.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced that HHSC has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a fifth round of federal Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer food benefits for Texas families.

The HHSC Community Partner Program, in partnership with Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, is hosting a community event on Thursday, July 13, to help Texans with their Medicaid renewals.

Texas HHSC announced it received federal approval to replace stolen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for recipients who were victims of fraud.

Texas HHSC’s Community Partner Program, in partnership with Feeding Texas and the San Antonio Food Bank, is hosting a community event in San Antonio to help Texans with their Medicaid renewals.