Gross and net income tests against the poverty line.
Covers: snap, food stamps, benefits, ebt, nutrition.
Open the SNAP Eligibility tool →SNAP (food assistance) runs two monthly income tests. The gross test checks your income against 130% of the poverty line for your household size. If you pass, the net test checks income after the standard deduction and a 20% earned-income deduction against 100% of the line. That 20% is on the part of your income that comes from work — 7 CFR §273.9(d)(2) — which is why this asks for it separately: a household living on Social Security or SSI does not get it. If both pass, your benefit is the maximum allotment minus about 30% of your net income.
This is a deterministic estimate using the FY2026 figures for the 48 contiguous states and DC. It doesn't model the shelter, dependent-care, or medical deductions, which only raise the benefit. Tick the box if someone in the household is 60 or older or has a disability: 7 CFR §273.9(a) holds those households to the net standard only, so the gross test does not apply to them at all. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories run on their own, higher allotment tables and their own poverty guidelines; those are not bundled here, so if My Situation says you live in Alaska or Hawaii this tile estimates nothing rather than showing you a lower-48 figure. States vary, and the agency makes the final decision.
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