How To Report Income Change To Snap

Reporting Requirements

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If you receive SNAP Benefits...

Most SNAP households need to report only when their household's total monthly income before taxes or deductions is more than the SNAP Monthly Gross Income Limit for their household size.

The SNAP Monthly Gross Income limits can be found on the SNAP web page. You may also contact your eligibility worker to get this information.

Report within 10 days of when you know your income goes over the limit. You may report changes to your eligibility worker by phone, letter, or a personal visit to a Public Assistance office near you. You may also report the change by completing a change report form and bringing it or mailing it to your local Public Assistance office.

There are penalties for not reporting this change or giving false information, including having to repay the benefits you got in error. You may also be prosecuted for fraud and disqualified from receiving SNAP benefits .

If you receive benefits from Temporary Assistance, Adult Public Assistance, Medicaid, and Denali KidCare programs, the reporting requirements are different.

If you receive Temporary Assistance, Adult Public Assistance, Medicaid, and/or Denali KidCare...

Please report changes right away.

If you receive Temporary Assistance, Adult Public Assistance, or Medicaid you must report changes within 10 days.
If a child moves out of your home and you are receiving Temporary Assistance you must report this change within 5 days.
If available, please provide proof of changes.

Report to us by phone, mail, or in person, if you or anyone in your household has any of the following changes:

Employment:
If someone gets a pay raise, starts or stops working, starts or stops fishing, starts or stops a business, gets a decrease in rate of pay, changes job status from full-time to part-time or part-time to full-time.
Other Income:
Unearned income changes, if changes are over $50.00. Unearned income includes, but is not limited to: inheritance, child support, insurance settlements, unemployment benefits, worker's compensation, social security and veteran's benefits.
Child Support:
Let us know if the amount you must pay for child support changes.
Money:
Cash and bank accounts for yourself and others in your household totaling $2000 or more.
Address Changes:
Any changes in your mailing address, where you live, and telephone number. If you move, report new rent and utility costs.
Who Lives With You?
If anyone in your household becomes pregnant or has given birth, someone moves into or out of your home.
Vehicles:
If you or anyone in your household gets a vehicle.
Do you receive Medical Assistance?
You must tell us if you or anyone in your household starts or ends medical insurance, and changes in pregnancy status
Do you receive Adult Public Assistance or related Medicaid?
You must tell us if you have any changes, including changes in employment and income.

Information about reporting changes may also be obtained by calling the DPA Statewide Information Hotline (IVR) at (907) 269-5777 (Anchorage) or 1 (888) 804-6330.