SNAP Prescreener Disclaimer & Privacy Policy

Last Updated: February 9, 2024

Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Background

The goal of this prescreener is to help connect individuals to SNAP and other government benefits and to make eligibility data more accessible. However, this prescreener is not affiliated with any government organizations.

Accuracy Disclaimer

All estimates and data on this website are for educational purposes only and provide a basic estimate based on publicly available information. State test, benefit, and allowance amounts may be incomplete, incorrect, or outdated due to limitations in finding updated sources. Eligibility factors vary between states, and some deductions, eligibility criteria, and eligibility pathways will not be included on this website. The only way to find out your true eligibility and benefit amount is to apply.

If you find any information contained in the prescreener to be inaccurate, please send an email to [email protected].

Unofficial Disclaimer

This website is not affiliated with any government organizations. Please refer to your state’s website for more information and to apply.

License

See the full license of this project.


Privacy Policy

What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy applies to information that scjustice.org (“this website”, “we,” “us” or “our”) collects when you use our Services.

Background

This website uses third party technology to collect information about how our visitors use our website. We may collect some personal information about visitors (like IP address, email, or phone number) that could be used to identify an individual. We may collect screener information entered on our website to monitor and improve the quality of our services. We also collect screener use and pageview data.

Information We Collect

We may collect the screener data that you input into the calculator fields.

We use some third-party services to run, monitor, and improve our website. Below is a summary of the tools we use, why we use them, and a summary of the types of information they collect for us. Please refer to the complete privacy policy for each service to learn more.

Third Party Services

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics to collect data on what pages where accessed, how often, and by whom. We collect information about (including but not limited to) your browser, IP, operating system, location, browser settings, who referred you to our site, what pages you visited, how often you visited, and how long you spent on different pages.

Google Analytics uses “cookies” in order to track you between sessions on our website (and across the web).

Opting out of Google Analytics: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Make.com

This website may use Make.com as a data processor to collect inputted screener data and transfer it to data storage products.

Google Drive

This website may use Google Drive to store information entered into the calculator (including email, phone number, income, deductions, and eligibility results).

How We Share Information

We may make our website statistics public or share them with partners, for example but not limited to: how many times the screener was used by state, how many times different pages were viewed, and which websites are referring visitors to our site.

We may share all information entered into the calculator (including email, phone number, income, and deductions) as well as eligibility results with partners.

We may use additional third party services not listed here to analyze collected data from the calculator, and we may share anonymized or aggregated analysis of this data publicly. Additionally, if you provide your email address, we may use a third party service to send you an email or survey, upon which we may share the results publicly in anonymized or aggregated format.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

As we alter our services we may update our privacy policy. Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted here. Please visit this privacy form time to time to check for updates.

Contact

Please send an email to [email protected] if you have any questions. Or mail to

PO Box 7187
Columbia, SC 29202