State offers to replace food and SNAP cards lost in South Fork, Salt fires

In participating states, low-income families will receive $40 each month for each eligible school-aged child, up to $120, to buy groceries, beginning in the summer of 2024. Shown is a sign at a grocery store noting the acceptance of electronic benefit transfer, or EBT, cards, on Dec. 4, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

The New Mexico Human Services Department will replace lost food and Electronic Benefit Transfer cards for people impacted by the South Fork and Salt fires.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal program – colloquially referred to as food stamps – which offers money for food to low-income families across the state.

The deadline to report food loss or seek a replacement card is July 17, 2024.

Currently, the Human Services department has a temporary office in the Roswell Civic Center, to assist people enroll in  Medicaid and SNAP. There is no mobile unit at this time.

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The temporary field office for the Human Services Department is located at 912 N Main Street, Roswell, NM 88201. Staff will be onsite from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Written information is available in both English and Spanish, and additional interpretation services are available.

“That is the best option right now for in-person assistance,” said Tim Fowler, a spokesperson for the Human Services Department.

To qualify for SNAP card replacements, people must report the food loss verbally or in writing to the New Mexico Human Services department before July 17, and live in one of the following ZIP codes: 88312, 88345, 88355, 88346, 88340.

New Mexico residents who receive SNAP or cash benefits can seek a replacement card online by downloading the FIS EBT Edge app onto their phones, or on www.ebtedge.com . Additionally, people can contact the card service call center at 1-800-843-8303, or call the Human Services Department at 1-800-283-446.

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