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New and Updated SNAP Resources |
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ABAWD Rule Suspended Through September 2023 NYS OTDA will continue to waive the Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWD) three-month time limit rule in all New York State counties through September 30, 2023. Visit our ABAWD page for more information. |
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National Public Health Emergency Extended The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency through October 13, 2022. This extension enables New York State to continue to seek approval from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) to issue monthly emergency allotment (EA) benefits to all SNAP households. SNAP EAs are expected to continue each month until the COVID-19 public health emergency is lifted in our nation. Find updates about SNAP EAs on our COVID-19 page. |
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SNAP Benefit Expungement Now at 274 Days NYS OTDA announced that SNAP benefits will now be expunged from EBT accounts after 274 days of inactivity, a change from the previous timeframe of 365 days. Once SNAP benefits are removed from an account they cannot be reissued. Learn more about this and read the notice sent to SNAP households here. |
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SNAP Treatment of COVID-19 Health Care Worker Bonus Payments Due to legislation included in the NYS 2022-2023 State Fiscal Year Budget, some frontline health care and mental hygiene workers may receive $3,000 bonuses to encourage recruitment and retention in the health care field during a time of staff shortages and turnover. The budget requires that these bonuses be exempted for public assistance purposes. For SNAP, these payments are excluded from being counted as income. However, for any SNAP participant or applicant that is subject to a resource test, these payments are considered countable resources in the month they are received and remain a countable resource as long as they are readily available to the household. Visit our COVID-19 page for more information. |
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