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Find your Alaska EBT Food Stamps Stores near you, where Alaska Food Stamps recipients can buy the food they need using their Alaska Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card.

Use the search options to search for Alaska EBT Food Stamps Stores near your location by zip code, city, county, address, or store name.

The Food Stamps EBT card is the Alaska Quest Card. How to Get One?

Electronic Benefits Transfer or EBT card is an automated payment system created by the federal government. In Alaska, it is called the Alaska Quest Card. The EBT system facilitates food stamps benefits payments to households and individuals who qualify. Those who meet food stamps requirements are approved by the local Alaska food stamp office and get the EBT card that can be used in all Alaska Food Stamps Stores. In other words, the EBT helps you get your food stamps without going to the food stamp office or your mailbox.

How Do I Qualify for Food Stamps EBT card?

The first question you are probably asking yourself is: am I eligible to get Food Stamps at this time? To a large extent, you may be able to answer it by following our guide. But keep in mind that your local Alaska food stamp office makes the final decision about your food stamps eligibility and the EBT card.

Food Stamps or the SNAP is probably the most popular and used assistance government program. On average, about 40 million Americans are getting food stamp benefits each month and buying food at food stamps stores. Here is the most recent data we have about how many people in Alaska State get Food Stamp (SNAP) Benefits in June to buy food at Alaska Food Stamps Stores.

And unlike most government assistance programs that require extensive proof and verification, the Food Stamps Program (federally known as SNAP) is a federal entitlement program. That means there are enough food stamps for everybody that qualifies under the SNAP eligibility rules.

Three main requirements are ruling your eligibility for the SNAP food stamps benefits:

1. Income Requirements – gross and/or net income limits
2. Resource Requirements – cash at hand limits $2,250/$3,500
3. Work Requirements – able-bodied adults ages 18-49 need to work

Each of the above main food stamp eligibility requirements has a long list of specifics and details. But a good starting point is the gross and net income limit that qualifies you for the food stamps or the SNAP benefits. The Alaska food stamp office needs to know the size of your household first. Then it looks at the gross monthly income limits and the net monthly income limits of the household. The SNAP and food stamps qualification income limits are based on the poverty line established each year. In general, the food stamps income limits are adjusted for inflation and increase each year. Check the latest up to date SNAP Max Income for Food Stamps table. It is published each fiscal year by the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and it is called SNAP Income Eligibility Standards.

What is the gross and net income limit that qualifies you for food stamps?

SNAP Max Income for Food Stamps
Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30, 2020 

 Source:  USDA, SNAP Income Eligibility Standards

Keep in mind that the gross monthly income includes earned and unearned income. Earned income is the money you get from working, like your paycheck. Unearned income includes money you are getting from sources like Cash Assistance Government Program, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance Benefits, etc. If you are getting child support payments, you must include them in your gross income calculation.  Learn more about the SNAP food stamps eligibility on the federal level here.

Other Eligibility Requirements to Get the EBT Card and Food Stamps Benefits in Alaska

In addition to the three main food stamps eligibility requirements, there are so-called Other Eligibility Requirements. Notably, as a food stamps recipient, you must have a social security number and be a citizen or lawfully present non-citizen.

Different applicant categories have various additional eligibility requirements for getting food stamps benefits in their EBT card every month.

If you are under the age of 18, pregnant, disabled, or elderly, you may be exempt from the work requirements. All others without dependents can get the food stamps and the EBT card but for a limited time – in a total of 3 months for 36 months. Here, there are exemptions also – like enrolling in a state-approved workforce program or training for a new job.

Also, each state may have additional specific requirements that must be met to qualify for food stamps and get the EBT card. Learn more about Who is eligible for SNAP benefits (Food Stamps) in Alaska?

The SNAP or Food Stamps help specific categories of low-income individuals that need food assistance.

How to Apply for Alaska Food Stamps and the EBT Card (the Alaska Quest Card)?

To get the EBT Card and use it in the Alaska food stamps stores first, you must get approved for food stamps benefits from the Alaska food stamp office.

The Division of Public Assistance which is part of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or the food stamps as it is generally known in Alaska and elsewhere.

The food stamps application is provided by the Alaska Division of Public Assistance and can be obtained from any local Public Assistance Office in Alaska. Once you complete the application for food assistance you can bring it to the food stamp office or mail it.

Also, you can apply from home by downloading the Alaska SNAP application from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. Once approved for Alaska food assistance, you will get mailed your Alaska Quest EBT card. The EBT card can be used in all Alaska food stamps authorized stores listed on this webpage table.

Keep in mind that during the food stamps application process you will be able to access online your case information and once approved you will be able to manage your food stamp benefits online, including reporting any change of your situation and completing the required six-month report. Click here to find the Food Assistance office nearest you.