Notice Details

The DSS/ Office of Community Outreach is requesting the one year Required Source contract with Food Bank for New York City for SNAP Outreach Services in FY 2023. Food Bank for NYC provides vital services to increase access to SNAP for low-income New Yorkers through outreach and direct client assistance. SNAP Outreach is a 50 percent reimbursement program in which New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) reimburses approved, reasonable, and necessary SNAP Outreach expenditures. The federal funding is granted with the understanding that this funding supports the implementation of outreach activities to inform low-income households about the availability, eligibility requirements, application procedures and the benefits of SNAP. OTDA verified that SNAP Outreach Plan for FY 2023 includes Food Bank of NYC federal SNAP Outreach reimbursement in the amount of $973,700 as 50 percent of total SNAP outreach program costs.