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August 29, 2025
Food Assistance Change Transmittal No. 105
TO:
Food Assistance Certification Handbook Holders
FROM: Matt Damschroder, Director
SUBJECT: October 1, 2025, Mass Change
Previous Policy: Pursuant to provisions of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) provides States with annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The standard utility allowance, limited utility allowance, single standard utility allowance, single standard telephone allowance, excess shelter deduction, resource standards, maximum monthly SNAP allotments, monthly net income standards (100% of poverty), monthly gross income standards (130% of poverty ), and monthly separate assistance group standards for elderly and disabled assistance groups only (165% of poverty) are all subject to change based on the annual adjustments the State receives from FNS.
New policy: The Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), which is developed by the USDA to estimate the cost of a healthy diet across various price points, is used to determine the maximum SNAP allotments. The new SNAP maximum allotments will be effective beginning October 1, 2025.
Additionally, the deduction amounts, and income guidelines have been adjusted and are listed below. All the utility allowances have increased. The following amounts are increasing effective October 1, 2025: the standard deduction; excess shelter deduction; maximum homeless shelter deduction; the minimum benefit allotment and the gross income standards, net income standards, and separate assistance group standards for elderly and disabled assistance groups eligibility standards. The maximum resource standards remain unchanged effective October 1, 2025.
Standard Utility Allowance $766 Limited Utility Allowance $479
Single Standard Utility Allowance