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500 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 8: Disaster (Emergency) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) Disaster-related expenses include expenses the household has paid or is expected to pay during the disaster benefit period for one of the following expenses and full reimbursement is not expected during the disaster benefit period. Expenses are only limited to the following: • Expenses to repair damages to the household’s home or other property essential to the employment or self- employment of a household member; • Expenses for temporary shelter if the household’s home is not livable or if the household cannot reach its home; • Expenses for moving out of an area evacuated due to the disaster; • Expenses related to protecting property from disaster damage including for paying for storage for such items; • Food destroyed in the disaster; • Dependent care needed during the disaster; and • Medical expenses for disaster-related injury to a person who was a household member at the time of the disaster (including funeral and burial expenses in the event of death)’ • Expenses to clean up the home or business following the disaster; • Expenses related to replacing necessary personal and household items, such as clothing, appliances, tools and educational materials; • Expenses to repair a vehicle damaged in the disaster; • Pet boarding fees when a pet must be placed in boarding due to a disaster. Calculating benefits Income would be counted if it had already been received in the disaster benefit period or if it is reasonably certain to be received during the benefit period. For any expense to be deductible, the household has to have paid, or expect to pay for the expense during the one- month or half-month disaster benefit period. If the household will not pay for the expense until after the disaster benefits period, it is not a deductible expense. Likewise, if the household has received or reasonably anticipates receiving a reimbursement for part or all of the expense during the disaster benefit period, only the net expense to the household would be deductible. If reimbursement is not anticipated until after the benefit period ends, the full amount of the expense paid or expected to be paid would be deductible. If the disaster benefit period is one month, income over that full month period and all accessible resources shall be counted, disaster-related expenses that are paid, or are expected to be paid over that full month period, shall be deducted and the maximum income limit shall be for a one-month period. If the disaster benefit period is for one-half month, income over the half-month period shall be counted, disaster- related expenses paid or expected to be paid over this period shall be deducted, and the disaster eligibility limit shall be one half of the monthly SNAP maximum limit. However, the full amount of accessible cash resources shall be counted, regardless of the length of the disaster benefit period.