Frequently Asked Questions

With Double Up Food Bucks Colorado, participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food assistance) and Summer EBT will receive a dollar-for-dollar match in vouchers for their SNAP purchases. These vouchers can be used to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables, dried beans, or food-producing seeds or plants at our participating locations.

Anyone receiving SNAP benefits is automatically eligible for the program. If you have an EBT Card, you are eligible for Double Up.

Statewide, more than 100 stores, farm stands, and farmers markets participate in Double Up. Find a location or contact us to find a participating site near you.

At the farmers market, Double Up Food Bucks can only be used to purchase Colorado-grown fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, fresh herbs, food-producing seeds or starts, and dry beans.

At the grocery store, Double Up Food Bucks can be used to purchase any fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, fresh herbs, food-producing seeds or starts, and dry beans.

Here's how it works.

Yes. While some markets are available year-round, many markets and food box programs end on October 31st. Participants should make sure to ask market staff when they close for the season, or for how long they will have Colorado-grown produce in stock, and make sure to use their Double Up Food Bucks before the end of the season. Participants should check the expiration date on the back of their Double Up vouchers before use. Save A Lot receipt vouchers expire 60 days from issuance, City of Boulder Whole Foods vouchers expire quarterly, and Jefferson County Safeway coupons expire at the end of the month following issuance.

You can recommend a location to us to tell us where you want Double Up to take root in your area. You can also have interested retailers contact us via our interest form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GMZrp3Bp7JSTY12Gjmz8EMJiSjCEenR2YQatyRJk5Ts/viewform?edit_requested=true)!

Access more food resources with Hunger Free Colorado’s website (https://hungerfreecolorado.org/find-food/) or call 855-855-4626.

You can also use FindHelp.org to find food and other resources near you.

Double Up Food Bucks is available in many states and is growing every day. Visit Double Up America to find other state programs across the country.

There are many wonderful resources to help you learn how to cook the fresh produce you’ve purchased. While you’re at the market, consider asking the vendor their favorite way to prepare them. You can also find resources on coloradoproduce.org and cookingmatters.org.