OLGT 2023-20: SNAP: Sunsetting of SNAP Emergency Allotments

As part of the Families First Coronavirus Act of 2020, Massachusetts obtained a waiver from FNS to issue SNAP emergency allotments to certain SNAP households each month. The SNAP emergency allotments brought eligible SNAP households up to the maximum benefit level for their household size or a minimum SNAP emergency allotment of $95 per month.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 enacted by the federal government ended the SNAP emergency allotments effective February 2023, separating them from the end of the federal public health emergency. Most households will receive their last SNAP emergency allotment for the month of February on March 2, 2023. SNAP households who are approved for SNAP towards the end of February and miss the March 2, 2023, SNAP emergency allotment issuance will still receive their February SNAP emergency allotment at a later date. After the SNAP emergency allotment for February 2023 applications are issued, there will be no additional SNAP emergency allotments going forward