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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, provides financial benefits to needy families to help them buy nutritious food.
Formerly known as food stamps, the SNAP program is funded by the federal government but administered by individual states, which also shoulder some of the administrative costs. Instead of physical “stamps” or receipts, recipients now receive electronic debit cards known as Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.
The program is only available to households below the gross and net income limits. Qualifying households must also have assets below a certain level.
The gross income limit is 130% of the poverty level, while the net income eligibility criterion is the actual US poverty level. These numbers are adjusted each fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30 for the SNAP program. So the numbers listed below will be valid until September 30, 2023, at which time they will likely be revised again.
Given the current economic climate, demand for SNAP benefits is likely to increase. Meanwhile, with inflation and interest rates at multi-decade highs, many economists are calling for a recession and the finances of many Americans are being tightened. Now that much of the stimulus that fueled the economy at the heart of the pandemic has disappeared, American households are draining their savings. Worse, debt levels are rising, with 46% of credit card holders now carrying balances. While households are generally holding things together for now, if the economy falls into recession, many on the edge could find themselves in need of government financial assistance.
Here are the net monthly income standards for fiscal year 2023 that show the maximum monthly income to qualify for SNAP. Note that the standards of Alaska and Hawaii are higher than the standards of the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the US Virgin Islands.
| Household size | 48 states, District of Columbia, Guam, Virgin Islands | Alaska | Hawaii Islands |
| 1: | 1473 dollars | 1841 dollars | 1694 dollars |
| 2: | 1984 dollars | 2480 dollars | 2282 dollars |
| 3: | 2495 dollars | 3119 dollars | 2870 dollars |
| 4: | $3007 | 3759 dollars | 3458 dollars |
| 5:00 | 3518 dollars | 4398 dollars | $4047 |
| 6:00 | 4029 dollars | 5037 dollars | 4635 dollars |
| 7:00 | 4541 dollars | $5676 | $5223 |
| 8 o’clock | $5052 | 6315 dollars | 5811 dollars |
| Each additional member | $512 | 640 dollars | 589 dollars |
Here are the gross monthly income standards for fiscal year 2023 that show the maximum monthly income to qualify for SNAP:
| Household size | 48 states, District of Columbia, Guam, Virgin Islands | Alaska | Hawaii Islands |
| 1: | 1133 dollars | 1416 dollars | 1303 dollars |
| 2: | 1526 dollars | 1908 dollars | 1755 dollars |
| 3: | 1920 dollars | 2400 dollars | 2208 dollars |
| 4: | 2313 dollars | 2891 dollars | 2660 dollars |
| 5:00 | 2706 dollars | 3383 dollars | 3113 dollars |
| 6:00 | 3100 dollars | 3875 dollars | 3565 dollars |
| 7:00 | 3493 dollars | $4366 | $4018 |
| 8 o’clock | 3886 dollars | 4858 dollars | 4470 dollars |
| Each additional member | $394 | 492 dollars | $453 |
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