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Eligibility:
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Income standards for SNAP are based the federal poverty levels (FPL). All income standards listed in the following table below are monthly figures. There are gross and net income limits. The gross income limit is equal to 200% of the current Federal Poverty Level and is the amount of income the household has before taxes and deductions. The gross income limit applies to most households. The gross income limit does not apply to households in which at least one person is 60 years of age or older, or receives disability income. However, all households are subject to a monthly net income limit.
-There is no asset limit EXCEPT for households whose gross income is more than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. For those households, total assets including cash, savings accounts, stocks and bonds cannot be more than $4,250. We do not include the home the client lives in as an asset, nor do we put a lien on the home. We also do not count vehicles or retirement accounts, such as IRAs. Again, these asset limits only apply to households whose gross income is more than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.
-A "household" is all the people who live together and buy and prepare food together. Once a household meets the eligibility requirements, we calculate the amount of the household’s SNAP benefit based on the household’s income and certain allowable deductions for shelter, dependent care expenses, medical costs and child support payments to others outside the household. Shelter costs are rent and mortgage payments, heating or cooling not included in rent, and utility and monthly telephone services charges.
NOTE: Able-bodied adults
without dependents
(ABAWD) work requirements
suspended for entire state
though 11/30/23
SNAP Benefit Amounts (including cost-of-living adjustment effective October 1, 2022)
The maximum SNAP benefit amounts are listed in the table below.
For a household of: The maximum SNAP benefit is:
1 $281 monthly
2 $516 monthly
3 $740 monthly
4 $939 monthly
5 $1,116 monthly
6 $1,339 monthly
7 $1,480 monthly
For more information about income limits and benefit amounts for households of 8 or more, or for any other information about SNAP, please call 1-855-626-6632.
NON-CITIZENS: People in the U.S. with a temporary visa and illegal aliens are not eligible for SNAP; however, their citizen children can be eligible. Permanent residents, refugees, asylees, and certain other categories of immigrants are eligible for SNAP. Permanent residents who have not lived in the United States for five years are eligible for state-funded SNAP, but must have lived in Connecticut for at least 6 months.
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Application Process:
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You can apply for these benefits by completing a state application form. This form can be done online, mailed, or dropped off at a local DSS Regional Office. Once the form is complete, an eligibility worker will interview you to continue the application process.
If you prefer, you can fill out the application for SNAP benefits at your local Department of Social Services office. You can also authorize someone else to do the application paperwork for you. If you are unable to get to a DSS office, and if there is no one who can go for you, ask DSS to do your application interview by mail and phone – or you can apply online.
For application information, please visit www.ct.gov/dss/apply, or see information below:
-Households and individuals who wish to apply for SNAP (food stamps), Medicaid for the Aged/Blind/Disabled (HUSKY C), Medicaid for Employees with Disabilities (MED-Connect), and/or cash assistance can download this application: Adobe PDF FileW-1E Application for Benefits; Adobe PDF FileW-1ES Solicitud de Beneficios.
-To apply online, please visit www.connect.ct.gov - under ‘Apply for Benefits.’
-You may also use the DSS ConneCT pre-screening tool found on our home page at www.ct.gov/dss
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