When Crystal Estrada returned to Victoria, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey, she found her home ripped apart with shreds of fiberglass insulation strewn among her familys belongings.

Theres no roof, she said. Theres no walls, theres no doors, theres nothing.

Estrada, 27, and her family evacuated the day before the storm arrived. Now theyre living in a San Antonio motel, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is paying for the room until Sept. 26. (State governments, though, can collaborate with FEMA and extend stays for up to six months.) Estrada said she has no idea what she and her family will do once that ends.

After the 26th, we will be in the streets, she said.

One thing that has made the ordeal a little more bearable: extra food stamp benefits. To make up for all the food lost in powerless refrigerators and ruined kitchens, the Texas Department of Health and Human Services on Friday reissued the benefit allotment for the month of August to more than 700,000 people who had been receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in 58 Harvey-afflicted counties.

We were really hungry, and when we got them food stamps, we were so happy, Estrada said.

The state also distributed September benefits on the first of the month, rather than following the usual practice of staggering delivery over several days. Estrada would normally have received her $194 benefit on Sept. 6.