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SNAP & SENIOR PROGRAMS

  • If you receive SNAP, you may shop at participating vendors booths. Tell the vendor you are paying with SNAP; the vendor will write you a receipt. Take your receipt to the market managers booth to process your SNAP payment.
  • You cannot purchase HOT food items or non-food items using SNAP payment. These are SNAP rules: see your SNAP benefits guidelines for more information. 
  • Anyone receiving SNAP is automatically eligible for DOUBLE UP TOKENS. Double Up provides SNAP recipients with a one-to-one match (up to $20 per day) to buy healthy, locally-grown fruits and vegetables when they use their SNAP card at participating locations. Double Up Oklahoma can only be used to purchase fruits and vegetables that are fresh, frozen, canned, or dried with no added salt, sugar, or fat. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DOUBLE UP OKLAHOMA.

  • If you are a customer using a SENIOR Nutrition card, you may shop at participating vendors booths. Tell the vendor you are paying with SENIOR CARD; the vendor will write you a receipt. Take your receipt to the market managers booth to process your SENIOR Nutrition card payment.
  • You may only purchase Fruit & Vegetables using SENIOR payment.
  • This summer of 2022, we have a VISTA volunteer who will be at the market and able to assist any seniors that could use some help. She can help get you around to shop, carry bags, pay with your Senior Nutrition Card, and help you get to your car. ​​




SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP)
SNAP enables low-income families to buy nutritious food with Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. SNAP recipients spend their benefits to buy eligible food in authorized retail food stores and participating Farmers' Markets.
​Review Guidelines and Apply online at www.okdhslive.org


SENIOR FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM 
"The Oklahoma Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) offers low-income older citizens an opportunity to purchase fresh, locally-grown fruits, vegetables and herbs from certified farmers.
In addition to offering nutritious foods, the program supports local economies by increasing the use of farmers' markets.
DHS is able to offer EBT cards to seniors who qualify based on certain income eligibility requirements. DHS SNAP Services partners with local community organizations to distribute applications to potential senior participants.  Seniors then fill out the applications and return them to either the local community organization or DHS SNAP Program. 
Once the applications are approved, SFMNP-EBT cards are issued to the participants. The participants are then able to visit a participating famer's market with the card to purchase fresh, locally-grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs."
The SFMNP season begins each year on April 1st and ends on November 1st. The Oklahoma Department of Human Services will again make available a limited number of Senior Farmers’ Market Voucher Program applications for eligible low-income seniors age 60 and older. The program currently operates in Adair, Cherokee, Cleveland, ​Comanche, Johnston, Logan, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Pottawatomie, Stephens, and Tulsa counties.
A limited number of applications are available and will be issued on a first come, first served basis.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT Oklahoma Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP).
Contact: Cari Crittenden, 405-521-4089