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EO Guidance Document #
FNS-GD-2017-0047
Resource type
Policy Memos
Guidance Documents
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Policy Memo (191.95 KB)
| DATE: | July 28, 2017 |
| SUBJECT: | SNAP – Fiscal Year 2018 Cost-of-Living Adjustments |
| TO: | All Regional Directors Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
This memorandum provides the fiscal year (FY) 2018 Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA) to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) maximum allotments, income eligibility standards, and deductions. Under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 COLAs are effective as of Oct. 1, 2017.
Attached are FY 2018 COLAs for the 48 contiguous states and D.C., Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Maximum allotments will decrease for the 48 states and D.C., Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Alaska. For a family of four receiving a maximum allotment, benefits will be $640. Maximum allotments for Hawaii increased slightly. The minimum benefit for the 48 states and D.C. also decreased to $15. The shelter cap values increased by $18 to $535 for the 48 states and D.C.
The shelter cap values for Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands also increased. The minimum standard deduction for household sizes 1 through 3 increased to $160 a month for the 48 states and D.C. Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands also experienced increases in their standard deduction amounts for certain household sizes.
The resource limit for households will remain unchanged for the 48 states and the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands at $2,250. The resource limit for households where at least one person is age 60 or older, or is disabled, will increase to $3,500.
Regional offices (ROs) should ensure that their states are apprised of these changes. State agencies with questions regarding these adjustments should contact their respective regional office representatives.
Lizbeth Silbermann
Director
Program Development Division
Attachments
- Net Monthly Income Eligibility Standards
- Gross Monthly Income Eligibility Standards
- Gross Monthly Income Eligibility Standards For Households Where Elderly Disabled Are A Separate Household
- Maximum SNAP Allotments
- Minimum SNAP Allotments
- Standard Deductions
- Maximum Shelter Deductions
- Maximum Asset Limits