Attention Hurricane Sandy victims! Federal food assistance benefits for individuals and families in Monmouth County affected by Sandy, who are not already enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), will begin on Monday, Nov 26 and run for seven business days, concluding on Tuesday, Dec. 4.

One of these locations will be at Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan.

Disaster SNAP, called D-SNAP, is designed for people who are not already enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This federal safety-net subsidy is available only to people who are at risk for hunger because their disaster-recovery expenses have left them without enough money to buy food, and who were without power and as a result lost perishable food supplies.

In Monmouth County, D-SNAP, applications will be accepted on the following schedule:

If your last name begins with the letters A-M:

• Monday, Nov. 26
• Wednesday, Nov. 28
• Friday, Nov. 30
• Tuesday, Dec. 4

If your last name begins with the letters N-Z:

• Tuesday, Nov. 27
• Thursday, Nov. 29
• Monday, Dec. 3
• Tuesday, Dec. 4

Applications will be accepted at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Road in Manalapan from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with extended hours to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28 and Thursday, Nov. 29 only.

D-SNAP applications will also be accepted from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at these Monmouth County locations:

• Asbury Park City Hall, 1 Municipal Plaza, Asbury Park

• Monmouth County Fire Academy, 1027 NJ Hwy. 33 East, Howell
• Bayshore Senior Center, 100 Main St., Keansburg
• Croydon Hall, 900 Leonardville Rd., Leonardo Section of Middletown
• Red Bank Resource Network, 103 Shrewsbury Ave., Ground floor, Red Bank
• Wall Township Municipal Complex, 2700 Allaire Rd., Wall

For more information on the criteria you must meet to be eligible for the program, please click here.