SNAP/ Food Stamps Calculator to help advocates determine clients' eligibility for SNAP/Food Stamps. 

Last update:  January 6, 2010

Download the SNAP/ Food Stamps Calculator here

Instructions

The Calculator is in an Excel workbook. By filling out the yellow boxes in the spreadsheet, you can estimate whether your client's household is eligible to receive SNAP/ food stamps in Massachusetts. Note that this calculator is intended as a convenience tool only and not a replacement for your own judgment. We do not guarantee the accuracy of its results, nor do we recommend relying on it solely without doing your own calculations. Please report any incorrect results to Pat Baker.

Remember to check this page frequently for updates to the Calculator.

• You must be on a computer with Microsoft Excel loaded on the computer.

There is also a web-based step-by-step eligibility calculator at Project Bread's gettingfoodstamps.org site which may be simpler for SNAP/ food stamps recipients to use.

most recent changes

• 2010: edits 
• 2009-11-19: edits
• 2009-10-1: updated gross and net income amounts, updated utility and standard deductions  
• 2009-4-1: increased fs maximum benefit amounts
• 2009-2-9: fixed minimum benefit calculation
• 2009-1-27: updated 200% poverty gross income test