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SNAP Advocacy Guide

• Introduction
• Part 1: Application and Proofs
• Part 2: General Eligibility Rules
• Part 3: Financial Eligibility
  • 62. What is financial eligibility?
  • 63. When do assets count?
  • 64. Is there a gross income test for SNAP?
  • 65. What income is not counted?
  • 66. Does DTA count gifts or contributions?
  • 67. What is earned income?
  • 68. How does DTA double-check income and other information?
  • 69. How is self-employment income counted?
  • 70. What is unearned income?
  • 71. How is rental income treated?
  • 72. How does DTA calculate my income for each month?
  • 73. Does DTA count money that is withheld or garnished from my cash benefits?
  • 74. How does DTA count the income of someone not eligible in my SNAP household?
  • 75. What deductions are allowed against my income?
  • 76. What medical expenses can I claim if I am elderly or disabled?
  • 77. Can I claim the medical expenses I used for my public or subsidized housing rent?
  • 78. What is the child support exclusion?
  • 79. What is the childcare/dependent care deduction?
  • 80. What is the Standard Utility Allowance and what is Heat and Eat?
  • 81. What is the shelter deduction and how is it calculated?
  • 82. What is the homeless deduction?
• Part 4: Getting and Using SNAP Benefits
• Part 5: Proving Continuing Eligibility
• Part 6: Appeal Rights
• Part 7: Overpayments and Fraud
• Appendices: SNAP Guide

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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute

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January 2024

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Part 3 of the SNAP Advocacy Guide has information about financial eligibility for SNAP in Massachusetts.

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Part 3 - Financial Eligibility (April 2024)

61. Can I enroll in an education or training through DTA’s “SNAP Path to Work” program?

62. What is financial eligibility?

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