Since March 2023, Maryland has replaced benefits for individuals whose benefits have been stolen. The state has a simple, seamless, and swift reimbursement program for replacing stolen food and cash benefits. Maryland was the first state to use federal funds to replace stolen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, and Maryland also now uses state funds to replace stolen benefits as well. For customers whose benefits have been stolen, please click here to learn about how to recover your benefits. See below for summary data about the replacement of stolen benefits to date.
Current Totals
What are the total amounts related to the replacement of stolen benefits since March 2023?
65,980
Number of Claims Submitted
54,380
Number of Claims Approved
45,462
Number of Households with Claims Approved
$29,791,359
Value of Replaced Benefits
How is the total value distributed across the various benefit programs?
$23,239,558
Value of SNAP Benefits Replaced
$6,511,196
Value of Cash Benefits Replaced
$40,605
Value of State Pandemic EBT Benefits Replaced
Data as of 9/25/24. See explanation of benefits types and data definitions below.
Explanation
The Replacing Stolen Benefits – Key Data Points page contains data on claims and payments around stolen benefits from March 2023 to date. DHS is committed to transparency and openness around the replacement of stolen benefits and all programs. As we begin to share more data proactively on our website, we ask for your patience with any issues that arise. We invite your feedback – see contact information below.
SNAP Benefits: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford the nutritious food essential to health and well-being.
Cash Benefits: The Cash Benefits total includes Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA), Temporary Disability Assistance Program (TDAP), Public Assistance to Adults (PAA), Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), and Transitional Support Services (TSS).
Pandemic EBT: the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer was a program that allowed school children to receive temporary emergency nutrition benefits loaded on EBT cards to purchase food. The program ceased after 2023.
The totals reported above include funding for stolen benefits replacement from both federal and state funds. DHS is working to report on the breakdown between state and federal funding sources.
Claims Submitted: Number of claims received.
Claims Approved: Number of claims with at least some amount of stolen benefits approved for replacement. Note that claims that were submitted but not approved could be either Denied, Pending, or Not Started.
Households with Approved Claims: Number of households with at least some stolen benefits amount approved for replacement.
Value of Replaced Benefits: Total dollar amount of benefits replaced.
Source: MD THINK data system.
Time period: The totals reflect all stolen benefits replaced since March 2023 to the most recent data upload date (cited above). The data will be updated monthly.
Limitations: The data does not yet include replaced stolen SUN Bucks benefits. The financial totals may be subject to minor adjustments based on quarterly reconciliation with the financial management system.
Federal reporting: Note that the totals reported on the federal SNAP Replacement of Stolen Benefits Dashboard will differ from those on this Maryland website. The federal totals represent federally funded SNAP replacements, while this website represents state and federally funded replacements and includes additional benefits beyond SNAP.
DHS is considering the following enhancements to the Replacing Stolen Benefits data we share: data by jurisdiction, data by month / historical data, data by funding source, and the addition of SUN Bucks. If you have feedback on what data would be most helpful to you, please share that via the contact information below.
