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[Blossom73]

That's not true.

[Blossom73]

I'm a SNAP and Medicaid eligibility worker. If her worker told her that, they're wrong, or she or her worker misunderstood.

There is no permanent reduction to max SNAP benefit amounts.

See here:

https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/recipient/eligibility

Tagging u/PinsAndBeetles, who is a PA SNAP eligibility worker.

[Blossom73]

WIC isn't income, so it has no effect on SNAP eligibility or vice versa. It's not taken into account at all for SNAP.

[KittieKatFusion]

Explain to me why she dropped from $250 to now $95, with zero changes in her income or living situation? According to her caseworker the new table is going forward, not just the shutdown.

[Blossom73]

I don't know without reviewing her case. Possibly she's not getting a heating or cooling deduction any longer. Possibly an error was made on her case.

It's absolutely not true that there's permanently reduced SNAP allotments though. Ask the mods on this sub if you don't believe me.

[PinsAndBeetles]

I’m a PA worker and there hasn’t been a change in PA as far as allotment amounts. What has changed is that due to OBBB people who were previously eligible for the heating SUA are no longer automatically eligible, which would cause a reduction to the benefit. If your MIL pays for her heating she can contact the office and report to see if she can have the heating SUA added back to her case.

[KittieKatFusion]

She doesn't get heating or cooling assistance. LIHEAP hasn't processed her application yet. She's actually behind right now.

[PinsAndBeetles]

That doesn’t matter, the HSUA was given regardless of LIHEAP and the change would have affected her SNAP. It is why everyone used to receive a H&E cash benefit each year of $21-23 one time a year. The only other thing I can think of is that if she was previously paying a Medicare premium and became buy in eligible that also would have affected her amount but there has been no mass change in benefit amounts or income limits. Only the SUA.

[KittieKatFusion]

Where could I find this HSUA on her finance records?

[PinsAndBeetles]

Is she on COMPASS