SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY (July 12, 2012) – Sullivan County Seniors may be eligible for $20.00 worth of produce at a local farmer’s market.
The Sullivan County Office for the Aging is distributing Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program Coupons which are good at area state-run Farmer’s Markets. In Sullivan County, those markets are: Bethel Woods Harvest Markets (September and October), Callicoon (year-round), and those in Jeffersonville and Liberty.
In order to take advantage of the Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program for seniors you must be at least 60 years young and a Sullivan County resident and carry an Office For the Aging senior ID card. In addition, you must meet and prove one of the following eligibility criteria.
· Currently receiving, or eligible for SSI, public assistance, food stamps, or Section 8 Housing subsidy; or
· 1 person household – $1,722.00/month
· 2 person household – $2,333.00/month
· 3 person household – $2,943.00/month
For more information, call the Sullivan County Office for the Aging at 845-807-0241.
The Catskill Chronicle 
I went to Office of the aging to get these coupons. You need to get an ‘Office of the Aging’ card, and bring your Food stamps AND Social security letter to get t he coupons. i have to go back this week, bringing my SS award letter to get the coupons.
Thank you for letting us know!