From 3SquaresVT (1-800-479-6151)
What if I lost food due to a disaster, power outage or fridge/freezer failure?
You may be eligible to have benefit money restored to replace lost food.*
You may receive 3SquaresVT Replacement Benefits if:
- You currently receive 3SquaresVT and lost food purchased with your benefit.
- You lost food due to a household misfortune, including:
- flood or fire
- loss of electricity (approximately 4 hours of more)
- equipment (refrigerator or freezer) failure
- if you are a renter, you must first request a reimbursement from your landlord
- other disaster
To receive 3SquaresVT Replacement Benefits you must:
- Report the loss of food within 10 days of the disaster or misfortune either orally (by phone or in person) or in writing.
- Call the Benefits Service Center: 1-800-479-6151
- Visit or mail a report to your local district office
- ANDReturn a signed and completed “Attestation of Loss and Request for Replacement of 3SquaresVT Benefits” form that you will receive when you report the loss within 10 days of the date of the reported loss to the local district office – either by mail or in person.
- The Attestation must be signed by a witness
You will need to provide the following information:
- Name and social security number of the head of household.
- Town and county of residence.
- The specific way that food was lost, i.e. power outage of more than four hours, refrigerator/freezer failure, flooding, fire, etc.
- The dollar value of food loss.*
*You will never receive more than one months’ 3SquaresVT benefits in replacement benefits, no matter the value of the food that was lost.
District Offices:
If you are not sure which office serves your area, please visit our town listing.
| BARRE 5 Perry Street, Suite 150 Barre, VT 05641-4270 1-800-479-6151 |
MORRISVILLE 63 Professional Drive, Suite 4 Morrisville, VT 05661 1-800-479-6151 |
| BENNINGTON 200 Veteran’s Memorial Drive, Suite 6 Bennington, VT 05201-1929 1-800-479-6151 |
NEWPORT 100 Main Street, Suite 240 Newport, VT 05855 1-800-479-6151 |
| BRATTLEBORO178 Linden Sreet, 3rd Floor Brattleboro, VT 05302 1-800-479-6151 |
RUTLAND 320 Asa Bloomer Building Rutland, VT 05701 1-800-479-6151 |
| BURLINGTON 119 Pearl Street John Zampieri State Office Building Burlington, VT 05401-4334 1-800-479-6151 |
SPRINGFIELD 100 Mineral Street, Suite 201 Springfield, VT 05156 1-800-479-6151 |
| HARTFORD 224 Holiday Drive, Suite A White River Junction, VT 05001-2097 1-800-479-6151 |
ST. ALBANS 20 Houghton Street, Room 313 St. Albans, VT 05478 1-800-479-6151 3 |
| MIDDLEBURY 156 South Village Green, Suite 201 Middlebury, VT 05753 1-800-479-6151
|
ST. JOHNSBURY 67 Eastern Avenue, Suite 7 St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 1-800-479-6151 |
