Title: Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Provisions: What They Mean for Access to SNAP, Medicaid, and TANF | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Headings: Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Provisions: What They Mean for Access to SNAP, Medicaid, and TANF
Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Provisions: What They Mean for Access to SNAP, Medicaid, and TANF
Impact of UI on SNAP, Medicaid, and TANF Applications
Impact of UI on People Already Enrolled
Impact on Benefits and Eligibility
Reporting Requirements
Receipt of Lump Sum
Overpayments
Example: Impact of Receipt of UI Through 2020
Health Insurance Marketplaces
Additional Considerations
End Notes
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Content: For Medicaid, the additional $600 per week of PUC is not countable and should be excluded in determining eligibility, but other UI benefits are counted. States have flexibility for treatment of income under TANF; most states count the full amount of UI, but some states are excluding the additional $600 per week of PUC. No delay in processing applications. State agencies must not delay processing of SNAP, Medicaid, and TANF applications while an individual is applying for UI. Potential UI income that hasn’t yet been received must not be considered when determining eligibility and benefit amounts. Providing information about UI. State agencies that administer SNAP, Medicaid, and TANF can provide information about these expanded UI benefits and encourage individuals who apply for assistance to also apply for UI. Due to the expansion of UI eligibility, many self-employed people and those with limited work history who wouldn’t have previously qualified may be eligible. And some TANF programs require applicants to apply for other potential income sources, including UI.