Program Eligibility Charts and Tables

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TAFDC

TAFDC Eligibility Table

The TAFDC income eligibility standard for the parent of a teen parent under age 18 is based on household size and is adjusted annually as prescribed by the Final Massachusetts Budget Paper copies are available upon request.

• Income from the Parent(s) of a Teen Parent Under Age 18 as referenced at 106 CMR 204.236 (PDF) 

TAFDC Tables of Eligibility, Need and Payment Standards for September 2011

Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2011 authorized a nonrecurring $150 clothing allowance in September 2011 for each eligible applicant and recipient under age 19. Therefore, the Department temporarily increased the Eligibility, Need and Payment Standards during the month of September 2011. Paper copies are available upon request.

• Table of Eligibility Standards - Exempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.400 PDF 
• Table of Eligibility Standards - Nonexempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.405 PDF 
• Table of Need Standards - Exempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.410 PDF 
• Table of Need Standards - Nonexempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.415 PDF 
• Table of Payment Standards - Exempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.420 PDF 
• Table of Payment Standards - Nonexempt Assistance Units as referenced at 106 CMR 204.425 PDF 

SNAP Eligibility Charts and Issuance Tables

The standards in the SNAP Program's Eligibility Charts and Issuance Tables are based on household size and are adjusted annually as prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture/Food and Nutrition Service. Paper copies are available upon request.

• Gross Income Standards
  • Disaster SNAP Program Maximum Gross Monthly Income and Asset Standard as referenced at 106 CMR 364.946. 
  •   Maximum Gross Monthly Income Standards as referenced at 106 CMR 364.950 
  • Maximum Allowable Monthly Net Income Standards as referenced at 106 CMR 364.970 
  • Gross Monthly Categorical Eligibility Income Standards as referenced at 106 CMR 364.976 
• Standards for Special Circumstances Involving an Elderly and Disabled Individual as referenced at 106 CMR 364.975 
• Maximum Benefit Levels as referenced at 106 CMR 364.600 (PDF) 
• Standard Deduction as referenced at 106 CMR 364.400 (PDF) 
• Maximum Shelter Deduction as referenced at 106 CMR 364.550 (PDF) 
• Standard Utility Allowances (SUA) as referenced at 106 CMR 364.945 (PDF) 
• Bay State CAP High and Low Shelter as referenced at 106 CMR 366.910(F) (PDF) 
• Bay State CAP Standard Utility Allowance as referenced at 106 CMR 366.910 (PDF) 
• Minimum Benefit Level for Certain Categorically Eligible One- and Two- Person Households as referenced at 106 CMR 365.180 (PDF) 
• SNAP Program Issuance Tables as referenced at 106 CMR 364980.pdf 
  The standards in the SNAP Program Issuance Tables are based on household size and are adjusted annually as prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture/Food and Nutrition Service.

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