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499 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 8: Disaster (Emergency) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) Eligibility criteria To be eligible for emergency SNAP assistance during a disaster, a household must file an Application for Emergency Food Stamp Assistance (DHS 0349) (paper only), and be interviewed, determined to meet all the following criteria and provide the required verification. • At the time the disaster struck, the household must have resided or worked within the geographical area authorized for disaster procedures. The household may be certified for emergency SNAP assistance even if at the time of application it is occupying temporary accommodations outside the disaster area. However, the household’s representative would need to come to the disaster certification site to be certified for disaster SNAP assistance; • The household must plan on purchasing food during the disaster period. A household residing in a temporary shelter but not expected to remain there for the entire benefit period is eligible for DSNAP benefits; • The household must have experienced at least one of the following adverse effects due to the disaster:

Š Loss or inaccessibility of income involving a reduction or termination of income or a significant delay in receipt of income. This could occur if the disaster has caused a place of employment to close or reduce its work days, if pay checks or other payments are lost or destroyed, or if there is a significant delay in the issuance of pay checks or other payments. It could also occur if the work location is inaccessible due to the disaster;

Š Inaccessibility of liquid resources. The household is unable to reach its cash resources and is not expected to be able to access its liquid resources for most of the disaster benefit period. This may occur because the financial institutions where the household has its resources are closed due to the disaster;

Š Loss of food;

Š Real property damage. Damage to or destruction of the household’s home or self-employment business. Determining the availability of income To be eligible for disaster SNAP assistance, the household’s take-home pay for the disaster benefits period, plus its cash resources (cash on hand and accessible funds in checking and savings accounts), less disaster-related expenses, must be less than or equal to the SNAP maximum income level for the household size of DSNAP. Take-home pay includes: • The wages a household actually receives after taxes and other payroll withholding is taken out; and • The assistance payment or other unearned income a household received; and • Self-employment income earned after personal income and social security taxes as well as costs of producing the self-employment income are subtracted. Allowable costs of producing the self-employment income are described in OAR 461-145-0930. Note: The household must meet the income limit for emergency SNAP assistance. Because this standard requires that cash resources be added to income, large numbers of households in disaster areas will be screened out of the program unless the cash is inaccessible. Inaccessible resources are disregarded if they are expected to be inaccessible for most of the disaster benefit period.