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SNAP (Food Stamp) Benefit Levels

Images of Food Stamps paper coupons The monthly amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamp Program) benefits the household gets is called an allotment. The net monthly income of the household is multiplied by .3, and the result is subtracted from the maximum allotment for the household size to find the actual monthly allotment amount. This is because SNAP households are expected to spend about 30 percent of their resources on food. The maximum allotment amounts change at each Federal fiscal year, which run from October 1st to September 30th.

SNAP allotments are delivered by Electronic Benefit Transfer systems everywhere now, rather than by the older paper Food Stamps booklets. Food Stamp coupons (shown in the graphic above) are no longer being produced or issued by states and inventories are being destroyed. However, coupons that had already been issued continued to be honored until June 17, 2009.

The current maximum monthly allotment levels for Federal Fiscal Year 2012, in effect from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012, are shown in the tables below.

MAXIMUM MONTHLY SNAP (FOOD STAMP) ALLOTMENTS

Continental U.S.
October 2011 - September 2012

	Household Size	48 States and D.C.
	1	$200
	2	367
	3	526
	4	668
	5	793
	6	952
	7	1,052
	8	1,202
	Each Additional Person	+150

MAXIMUM MONTHLY SNAP (FOOD STAMP) ALLOTMENTS

Alaska and Hawaii
October 2011 - September 2012

Household Size	Urban Alaska	Rural I Alaska	Rural II Alaska	Hawaii
1	$239	$304	$371	$314
2	438	559	680	575
3	627	800	974	824
4	797	1,016	1,237	1,046
5	946	1,207	1,469	1,243
6	1,135	1,448	1,762	1,491
7	1,255	1,600	1,948	1,648
8	1,434	1,829	2,226	1,884
Each Additional Person	+179	+229	+278	+236

Source

http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/government/FY12_Allot_Deduct.htm
http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/government/FY12_Allot_Deduct_AKHIGUVI.htm

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