Just got this email from the senator.
In response to Oregon’s recent storms and weather events, the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) has made a waiver available to impacted households to request replacement SNAP benefits through February 16, 2024.
Oregonians who qualify for food assistance can now request SNAP benefits to replace food they had to throw out due to power outages related to the storms that occurred from January 12, 2024 through January 17, 2024. Replacement benefits can be requested by phone, email, or by visiting a local Oregon Department of Human Services office.
This waiver applies to households in Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington, and Yamhill counties, and more information from ODHS can be found here.
When widespread power outages hit our communities, families have enough struggles to deal with without losing out on food they can’t afford to replace.
I’ll keep working to help Oregon recover from these storms and to fight for working families across our state.
All my best,
Jeff
The link that didn't copy points to
https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=quorum_merkley-iq&crop=20629.425525896.32921502.129632030&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.oregon.gov%2fodhs%2ffood%2fPages%2fsnap-replacement.aspx%23disaster&redir_log=973872250836487