Maryland Human Services Article §5–501 requires that if a household includes an individual who is at least 62 years old and receives a federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit in an amount less than $40 per month, the State shall provide a supplement to increase the total benefit to $40 per month.

412.4 Determining Initial Allotment

When the full monthly allotment is determined, use one of the following two methods to determine the initial allotment:

Consult the Basis of Issuance Tables in the Appendix.

The monthly net income is listed in the left-most column. The family size is listed across the top.

Find the net income and follow the row to the family size. The benefit allotment is the number at the intersection of the income and size.

A family of three with a net monthly income of $100 would be eligible for an allotment of $740.

To determine the prorated benefit for the first (partial) month, consult the Multiplication Factors provided in Section 411.4.

The left column of the multiplication factors is the day of the month that the application was filed.

The second column is the factor by which to multiply the benefit for the applicant’s family size..