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SNAP recipients can request SNAP benefit replacement for food lost or destroyed because of the July Independence Day floods

10 Jul 2025 1:50 PM | Diane Weidenkopf (Administrator)

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in Bandera, Bexar, Burnet, Caldwell, Coke, Comal, Concho, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Reeves, San Saba, Tom Green, Travis and Williamson counties can request a SNAP benefit replacement for food lost or destroyed because of the July Independence Day floods.

SNAP recipients have until Monday, August 4, 2025, to request a benefit replacement.  Requests for benefit replacement can be made by:

  • Call 2-1-1 and choose option 7,
  • Submit Form H1855 by mail to Texas Health & Human Services, PO Box 149027, Austin, TX  78714 – 9027, or
  • Fax Form H1855 to 877-447-2839

SNAP recipients in Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble and Real counties can buy hot food items, such as prepared foods from a store’s deli, at retailers that accept SNAP until Thursday, August 7, 2025.

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) recipients can replace lost food and formula benefits by making an appointment and visiting a WIC office in person through Thursday, July 31, 2025. 

Lost or damaged Lone Star Cards can be replaced by visiting a local HHSC office.

Here is the link to Form H1855   Form H1855, Affidavit for Nonreceipt or Destroyed Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits

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