701.01 The Purpose and Uses for Food Coupons SR 94-04, 04/94 (FSM-A) |
The Food Stamp Program exists to raise nutrition levels among low-income households.
Food coupons are provided to eligible low-income households to purchase food items, including seeds and plants, for home consumption and use.
Households need not have cooking facilities.
Coupons cannot be used to buy nonfood items-such as beer, tobacco, paper products, or soap-or hot foods.
Other uses of food stamps include purchasing food from:
. communal dining facilities,
. nonprofit meal delivery services,
. drug or alcoholism treatment and rehabilitation programs,
. community mental health centers,
. nonprofit group living arrangements, and
. shelters for battered women and children.