Maximum Food Benefit Allotments and Standards for Income and Deductions

Table II. Maximum Net Monthly Income Standards

Net monthly income is set at 100 percent of the FPL. Households that include a member who is 60 years of age or older, or disabled, are subject only to the maximum net income standard for the household size. For each person over eight, add $459 to the maximum net income ($4,513) for eight persons. Households with a person 60 years of age or older or disabled are eligible when their gross income is less than 165 percent of FPL as indicated in Table III. 

For a household of:

Table III. Maximum Gross Monthly Income Standards

Use this table for entire household when a person 60 years of age or older lives with others and is unable to purchase and prepare meals separately because of a permanent disability. Gross monthly income is set at 165 percent of FPL. The 165 percent FPL by household size refers to everyone who lives in the home and only if everyone's total gross income is less than or equal to 165 percent FPL, can the elderly and disabled person (and spouse if appropriate) be determined eligible as a separate household. For each person over eight, add $757 to the maximum gross income ($7,446) for eight persons.

When eligible as a separate household, the total net monthly income of the person and the person's spouse, if appropriate, must be at or below Table II's maximum net income for a 1 or 2 person household. Refer to SNAP policy located at OAC 340:50-5-1(c).

For a household of:

Table IV. Maximum Benefit Allotments

Determine maximum allotment for the household size by adding $218 for each person over eight to the maximum allotment ($1,789) for eight persons. Multiply the household's net food benefit income by 30 percent, round cents up to the next dollar, and subtract answer from the maximum food benefit allotment. If that amount is less than $24 and the net income is at or below the maximum or categorically eligible, the food benefit is $24 for a household size of one or two.

When proration of initial month benefits results in less than $10, no issuance is made. When the monthly allotment is zero, the household is denied or closed, unless it is a categorically eligible household.

For a household of:

Standards for Deductions and Utilities

1. Earned income deduction: 20%
2. Standard deduction (each household receives this deduction):
   • Household size 1-3 persons = $209
   • Household size 4 persons = $223
   • Household size 5 persons = $261
   • Household size 6+ persons = $299   
3. Maximum shelter cost deduction (without elderly/disabled): $744
4. Standard homeless shelter deduction: $199
5. Utility standard:
   • Standard utility allowance (SUA) = $412
   • Basic utility allowance (BUA) = $354
   • Telephone standard = $49         

Resource Standards for Sponsored Aliens, Non-Categorically Eligible Households, and Lottery or Gambling Winners

Refer to OAC 340:50-7-1 and 340:50-7-6 for resource information and OAC 340:50-11-111(f) for non-categorically eligible household.

Sponsored alien and non-categorically eligible households:

• without an elderly or disabled member standard: $3,000
• with an elderly or disabled member standard: $4,500

Substantial lottery or gambling winner:

• Disqualified standard: $4,500
• Standard to regain eligibility:
  • without an elderly or disabled member: $3,000
  • with an elderly or disabled member: $4,500

Change Reporting Household Income Reporting Requirement Threshold

The change reporting household income reporting requirement is $125.

Maximum Food Benefit Allotment by Household Size

Refer to Appendix C-3 Allotment Table for the maximum food benefit allotment per income and household size.