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Your Tasks
For this assignment you will be placing yourself in the position of someone who is wanting to enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
TASK 1
First, you will create a fictional applicant. You will need to consider the following before trying to go through the enrollment process:
- Number of individuals in the household, including children, spouses, and elderly parents.
- Whether the applicant is enrolled in any other supplemental services or is receiving other financial support.
- Citizen status
- Job status/annual income
TASK 2
You will be comparing SNAP enrollment pages for 2 different US states. One of the states must be California. Once you have decided on the other state, go to their enrollment pages [you will be finding this on your own…after all, most people don’t have an instructor telling them what to do ;)].
TASK 3
Begin the SNAP enrollment process. Make sure to keep track of what answers you put for each question asked.
**IMPORTANT** Stop when you get to the “Tell us about yourself section”. We are not creating a real account for this assignment!!!
TASK 4
Answer the following reflection questions for this assignment (point values included in bold):
- How easy or difficult was it to find the enrollment page in each state? 5 points
- How easy or difficult was it to enroll for SNAP benefits in each state? Consider factors such as health and computer literacy. 5 points
- In your opinion, would you recommend someone enrolling online in each of these states? Why or why not? 5 points
- Describe any other thoughts that you had as you were completing the enrollment process. 5 points