Tell Us Your Experience At Your Local Food Stamp Office
June 15, 2017
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Absolutely atrocious. It’s amazing how the system is setup to literally make it almost impossible to receive assistance. I did everything that was requested of me, several times over in fact, and was still told my application was incomplete and they needed documents. The same documents I uploaded on several occasions and received confirmation reflecting the same. I’ve tried calling the office for weeks and 99% of the time you call you get a recording saying we’re busy and you can’t even wait on hold so call back later. The one time I did actually get through over the past month of trying, I had the priveledge of waiting on hold for 2 hours at which time the call was disconnected. It happened at exactly the 1 hour 59th minute mark, so obviously the system is designed to hang up on you after 2 hours. So apparently the answer is, for someone who is desperate enough to spend a month trying to get through, finally does, and waits on hold for 2 hours……we’ll hang up on you. I tried going to the office 2x, which is very difficult with no car, and both times after walking 3 miles to get there in the freezing cold, the line was literally out the door with 100+ people waiting. The place makes dmv look like a vacation. Only the federal government and state of CT would make the process so intentionally convoluted that desperate people are forced to give up so the state can save some money. Spent the past 3 weeks in hospital with me 3 year old daughter who was recently diagnosed with cancer and now her father can’t even eat because the snap program is intentionally inefficient. 25+ years of paying into the program but god forbid I utilize the “available assistance” in a time of desperation. Hope they’re proud, they saved a few dollars instead of doing what they say they do and help someone in need. Hard enough to be in such a bad spot but getting kicked in the face by the same government that’s robbed my paycheck for the past three decades is beyond deflating.