Replacement SNAP Benefits
Recipients who lost food and/or their Lone Star card in the winter storms can apply for replacement food benefits for both regular Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) allotments and SNAP emergency allotments provided in response to COVID-19.
SNAP benefits recipients are encouraged to request replacement benefits through one of the following options:
Dial 2-1-1 and select option 2.
Download and complete Form H1855 (Affidavit for Nonreceipt or Destroyed Food Stamp Benefits),
Once completed, the form can be faxed to 1-877-447-2839, or
Mailed to Texas Health and Human Services Commission, PO Box 149027, Austin, TX 78714-9027.
Tuesday: A prescribed burn in northern Hays County is scheduled for Thursday, according to Austin Water officials.
People may see smoke from the controlled fire, which will take place in a 120-acre area north of FM 967 in Hays County and southeast of FM 1826, and is managed by Austin Water as part of its Water Quality Protection Lands program.
Crews who will manage the burn will include federal, state and local fire authorities with special training, officials said.
The program protects more than 30,000 acres of land to ensure the quality and quantity of water flowing into the Edwards Aquifer, according to officials.
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Christopher Wood says he and his wife wouldn’t have purchased the home warranty a year ago had they known what they do now.
After two days without heat or electricity because of February’s storms, Wood and his wife, Kelly Lohr, left their East Austin home to stay with his parents for a few days in Round Rock. When they returned, their tankless water heater was ruined.
Wood says he signed up on OneGuard Home Warranties web portal for a service call to the house and had to wait a week, until Feb. 26, for the company to send plumbers who finally had the time. The fee: $75.
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