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Time Limit Waivers FY 2025-2029

Certain individuals can only receive SNAP for three months in a 3-year period if they do not meet specific work requirements. This is called the time limit.

The Food and Nutrition Act allows states to ask us to temporarily waive the time limit for individuals living in areas that have an unemployment rate of over 10%. Alaska and Hawaii can also request to temporarily waive the time limit for individuals living in areas with unemployment rates 1.5 times the national average. However, a time limit waiver does not waive the general SNAP work requirements.

FY 2025-2029

As required by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, we post all available waiver materials to the public to increase waiver transparency. Documents prior to FY 2013 may only be available in part. This webpage contains time limit waiver materials for FY 2025-29. We will update this page with new requests and responses on a quarterly basis.

State Requests and Supporting Documents

Select a fiscal year (FY) to download a zip file with all state requests and supporting documents for that year.

FY 2026

FY 2025

FNA Response Documents

The following states have submitted waivers. Select a state name to see our response (approvals and denials) to state requests.

Certain waivers in effect in FY 2026 were impacted by changes in guidance and are denoted with a (*). Please see letters below for more information.

Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Illinois
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Virgin Islands
Washington
Wisconsin

If you have any difficulties accessing or viewing these documents, please email us at SM.FN.SNAPHQ-WEB@usda.gov.

Page updated: July 22, 2026