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: 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. Impact of UI on People Already Enrolled
Individuals currently enrolled in SNAP, Medicaid, or TANF who are approved for UI may need to report receipt of the UI to the state agency, which may affect their benefits. Impact on Benefits and Eligibility
SNAP: All UI benefits (including the additional $600 per week in PUC) are countable as unearned income for SNAP households. Receipt of UI may reduce benefits for households, although they may continue receiving the maximum benefit if the state is issuing emergency allotments during the public health emergency. For other households, the receipt of UI will put them over the income threshold and make them ineligible.