Oklahoma has one of the highest rates of hunger in the United States, especially for children. Every day Oklahomans have to decide whether to pay rent, buy medicines or eat. Working people face the same decisions.

The Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education (ONIE) Project offers ideas to help people stretch their food dollars and recipes for low-cost meals to help make sure Oklahomans have enough to eat. One way to receive assistance in getting enough food is SNAP (formerly the Food Stamp Program).

SNAP helps more than 400,000 children and adults in Oklahoma each month to get enough food. The Oklahoma DHS offices have applications for SNAP benefits. Your income and expenses are used to see if you are eligible and how much help you might get. Only people in the house who receive SNAP benefits need to give personal information.

The Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education Project (ONIE) is part of the Department of Health Promotion Sciences in the College of Public Health. ONIE has participated in SNAP education efforts in Oklahoma as well as SNAP outreach.

You have the right!

You have rights that protect you when you are involved with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The USDA states your rights as:

  • You have the right to receive an application when you ask for it.
  • You have the right to turn in your application the same day you receive it.
  • You have the right to receive your SNAP benefits (or be notified that you are not eligible for the program) within 30 days after you turn in your application.
  • You have the right to receive SNAP benefits within a few days if you are eligible and have little or no money.
  • You have the right to a fair hearing if you disagree with any action taken on your case.


If you believe that you or any group of individuals have been discriminated against by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because of age, sex, color, race, handicap, religious creed, national origin or political beliefs, write immediately to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington D.C. 20250.


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