SNAP Navigator Program

Get Help Applying

New Jersey’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food assistance for income-eligible individuals and families. You can use your SNAP benefits to buy groceries at most food retail stores, including online ordering or curbside pickup, and some farmer’s markets – stretching your food budget! If you are eligible, you will receive at least $95 a month for food shopping.

Eligibility depends on your household’s income, size and resources. For most applicants, a single person can have a gross monthly income of $2,413 and a household size of three can have a gross monthly income of $4,109 (eligibility numbers are from October 2025 to September 2026 and are updated every October.) However, if a household member is age 60+ or has a disability, they may still be eligible even if their gross income exceeds these amounts.

Not sure if you are eligible? Visit our Get SNAP page to learn more about SNAP eligibility or visit www.NJHelps.gov to screen for eligibility for SNAP, Work First New Jersey cash assistance and more.

Need Help with Your Application? Ask a SNAP Navigator.

Applying for SNAP can be confusing. A SNAP Navigator can help you apply and help you keep your benefits so you can get the food assistance you need. 

SNAP Navigators will help you:

  • Understand SNAP eligibility
  • Complete the application process
  • Gather application documents;
  • Keep your SNAP benefits

SNAP Navigators are community organizations that partner with DFD to help you learn about, apply for and keep your SNAP benefits. They also can answer questions and correct misconceptions about SNAP to help you decide if SNAP is right for you. This help is free and confidential.

Find Help in Your Area

SNAP Navigators often hold events in your community at food pantries, senior centers, health care facilities, libraries, schools and other locations.  Find your county below to learn about our partner agencies that can help you apply for SNAP or find help in your language using the Search function:

Navigator Events

Protect yourself from fraud

The SNAP Navigators listed above are the only agencies that contract with the state to assist you with the SNAP application process.

Be aware that there other agencies that might claim to be “SNAP consultants,” asking you for personal information to complete a pre-approved SNAP application or telling you that an application was initiated on your behalf. If you think a letter or text is a scam, do not reply at all. If you do not know if a request for personal information is real, contact your County Social Service Agency.

You should never be asked to pay for help filling out an application. There is no charge.