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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Categorical Eligibility Updated August 1, 2019. Congressional Research Service R42054. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Categorical Eligibility Summary The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides benefits to low-income, eligible households on an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card; benefits can then be exchanged for foods at authorized retailers. SNAP reaches a large share of low-income households. In FY2018, a monthly average of million persons in million households participated in SNAP. Federal SNAP law provides two basic pathways for financial eligibility to the Program : (1) meeting Program -specific federal eligibility requirements; or (2) being automatically or categorically eligible for SNAP based on being eligible for or receiving benefits from other specified low-income Assistance programs.

Oct 25, 2019 · States do this by providing households with a low-cost TANF-funded benefit or service such as a brochure or referral to a telephone hotline. There are varying income eligibility thresholds within states that convey “broad-based” categorical eligibility, though no state may have a gross income limit above 200% of the federal poverty guidelines.

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