Applying for food benefits after losing my job - 7 months and counting

I lost my job as a security officer and my household is applying for SNAP for the first time. I worked as a security officer before this. There are 16 people in my household. What did you submit and how long did approval take?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 7 months ago, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.