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Division of County Operations Quick Reference SNAP Eligibility – Updated October 2025 – September 2026

Purpose Income Limits Deductions Resource Limits Resource Exclusions Countable Resources Eligibility Factors The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 authorizes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP is designed to increase the limited food purchasing power of low- income Households and thus alleviate hunger and malnutrition. Gross Income Limits Apply First to Households with no Elderly or Disabled Members (Regular Households) Family Gross Monthly Size Income 1 $ 1696 2 2292 3 2888 4 3483 5 4079 6 4675 7 5271 8 5867 9 6463 10 7059 Net Income Limits Apply to all Regular Households Who Meet the Net Income Limits and to Households with Elderly and /or Disabled Members ** Family Monthly Maximum Size Income Benefits 1 1305 298 2 1763 546 3 2221 785 4 2680 994 5 3138 1183 6 3596 1421 7 4055 1571 8 4513 1789 9 4972 2007 10 5431 2225 • 20% of earned income. • Standard deduction • Farm loss • Childcare • Medical cost incurred by aged or disabled member. • Child support payments if legally obligated • Shelter cost $3,000 regular households $4,500* if one member is individual with disability or sixty (60) years of age or older

All households: $5,500 for twelve (12) months. After twelve (12) months, limits return to $3,000 regular households, and $4,500 for those 60 years of age and over and those living with a disability. This resource limit can only be applied for twelve (12) months in a five (5) year period. • A home • Some non-home properties if income producing or determined to be inaccessible • Life insurance • Burial spaces (one per household member) • Irrevocable burial arrangements • Tax Preferred retirement accounts • Certain Educational Savings accounts • 1 vehicle • Any vehicle used for transporting physically disable member • Income- producing vehicles • Vehicles used for self-employment • $4,650 of value of vehicle for each employed person and student attending school • Cash on hand and in bank and credit unions (less income received that month) • Stocks and bonds • Real property other than the home (unless excluded) • Mutual funds • Savings certificates • Some vehicles • Residency in the state • U.S. citizenship or legal alien status • Work registration • Social Security Number • Cooperation with child support **Categorically eligible households do not have to meet income or resource limits. Categorically eligible households include: • Any household with at least one member who receives TEA benefits. OR • A household where all members receive SSI benefits.